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Entries Tagged as 'Environment'
Washington Park on deck
May 28th, 2010 · 41 Comments · community development, Environment, Neighbohoods, Park District, Stormwater
Tags: planning·Stormwater
Greener
May 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · community development, Environment, Local Business
Landscaping and greenery where before only asphalt existed…
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Five furry, fishy reasons to recycle
September 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Conservation, Environment, Environmental Concerns, Public health, Village Hall
The village will hold its second annual Recycling Extravaganza from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Belmont train station parking lot. Last year, the event collected more than 73 tons of defunct, broken or outdated electronics, plus cell phones, ink-jet cartridges and other environmentally unfriendly cast-offs. With that much toxic trash now out [...]
The summer of our discontent
September 2nd, 2009 · 9 Comments · community development, Development, Environment, Environmental Concerns
Director of Public Works Naneil Newlon gave a report to council tonight, an update on tree concerns along Prairie Avenue. Three additional trees to those already taken out will also be lost. A fourth, the huge sycamore at the corner of Forest and Prairie on private property, will be severely trimmed back for newly located [...]
Tags: parkway tree protection·trees
Seeing the forest for the trees
August 27th, 2009 · 22 Comments · community development, Development, Environment, Environmental Concerns, Neighbohoods, Taxes
Between January 2007 and now, the village has taken down 899 trees. Let’s call it 900. This doesn’t count trees taken down on private property (the village has no way to track that), trees on park district land, or school district land. The village planted 1,127 trees in that same time frame. More trees going [...]
Tags: comprehensive plan·Development·property values·Stormwater·trees
Love my new neighbors
August 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Environment
Had some new neighbors move into the neighborhood. They’ve been making a loud racket yelling at each other. You can hear them from blocks away. They obviously move around when they’ve worn out their welcome, but they can stay as long as they like as far as I’m concerned.
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Toxic dry cleaners
July 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Environment, Environmental Concerns, Public health, Public Safety
On July 26th the Trib ran an article about the the toxic solvent perchloroethylene, also known as PCE or perc, having contaminated soil or posing a threat to nearby water supplies. We here around DG already had our toxic waste problems, big enough that large unincorporated areas were involuntarily hooked into the municipal water supply [...]
Tags: Environment·EPA·PCE·polution·sry cleaners
Village budget: options
July 25th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Conservation, Development, Economic Development, Environment, Fire and police, Stormwater, Strategic Planning, Taxes, Village Council, Village Hall, Village Manager
Last Tuesday was meeting number four for long range budget planning (see reports of meetings one, two, and three here). Led by Village Manager Dave Fieldman, staff laid out various possible options for revenue enhancement and expense trimming in response to the budget crunch that has already seen layoffs, unpaid furloughs, pay freezes, and cost [...]
Recycling extravanganza returns
July 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Environment, Environmental Concerns
On Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 8:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. in Parking Lot H of the Belmont Road Train Station, the Park District and the village will host the second Recycling Extravaganza. Same as last year, this event is being held before Amnesty Day, when DG tosses a lot of trash that can be [...]
Tags: Park District·recycling·village