Archive for 'Energy'

Forward thinking

Posted 11 August 2010 | By | Categories: community development, Energy, utilities | 2 Comments

Jim Cox has vision. Clarendon Hills does some neat stuff.  When they built their new Clarendon Hills Middle School, they partnered with their Park District and came up with a multi-use facility where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.  That’s thinking creatively and cooperatively. This wind turbine that is just now [...]

Star light, star bright…

Posted 09 April 2010 | By | Categories: Energy, Environmental Concerns | Comments Off

BlueStar Energy made a presentation to the ECC the same night as Trash Talk, looking for a recommendation from the commission to council that Downers Grove participate in the Green Power Community Program and become a Green Power Community.   Alexis Cain from the US EPA was on hand to give a brief overview of the [...]