Archive for 'utilities'

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 [...]

Mysteries of the U-verse

Posted 13 April 2010 | By | Categories: utilities, Village Hall | 24 Comments

The over-sized boxes have been sitting on local parkways for months, the village has granted permits and AT&T has been promising its U-verse service to Downers Grove for two years.  So where is it? That’s the question many disgruntled Comcast customers are asking since the cable provider decided it was a good idea to add [...]