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April 21 UPDATE: You've done so much for us already, and we need just a little more help to protect our community from a dangerous industrial development! Illinois Senate Bill 990 will aid in the fight against industrial developers in our residential neighborhood! If you live anywhere in Illinois, fill out a proponent witness slip in support today. It takes 2 minutes and can make all the difference!

JAN. 31 UPDATE: LTHS won't stop the sale and won't lower its industrial-appraised $55M asking price in the face of mounting public pressure. The opposition continues! 

JAN. 25 UPDATE: Public records show LTHS was negotiating with high bidder for nearly a year before launching public sale, according to reporting by La Grange Patch.

JAN. 23 UPDATE: LTHS Board rejects Bridge bid on a technicality over earnest money. However, the property still remains for sale at the industrial-appraised price of $55M. After an hour of overwhelmingly negative public comments at its meeting, the LTHS board declined to address the community's concerns and refused to change course. The sale continues and so does the opposition!

UPDATE: WGN News reports on community efforts to stop LTHS sale.

SAY NO TO INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON LTHS LAND IN WILLOW SPRINGS, IL

The Lyons Township High School District 204 Board has decided to sell the 70-acre wooded parcel of land at the corner on Willow Springs Road that extends from 79th Street to German Church Road in Willow Springs, IL. 

With scant community input, the District 204 Board is on the verge of selling the property to Bridge Industrial for $55 million. This is a company that specializes in developing heavy industrial and warehouse space. They have now turned their sights on transforming a quiet residential community and elementary school-adjacent property into an industrial corridor.

The property, which is wooded and containing much of the area's natural wildlife, directly borders homes, Pleasantdale Elementary School and White Buffalo Park. In addition to driving down home values in the area, this potential redevelopment will literally back up against dozens of houses in the area as well as the park and school. This will increase pollution, traffic, noise and put tremendous pressure on public resources.

This decision to sell was unanimously approved by the High School Board and was quickly fast-tracked with little notice in the community in just a month's time. The board solicited no opinions from neighbors adjacent to the property and are moving quickly to seal a deal that is detrimental to the Willow Springs and Burr Ridge communities. 

Parents and residents living near Pleasantdale Elementary School in Willow Springs, Illinois, will be the most impacted by any potential development by Bridge Industrial. There is also the potential negative effects of elementary school children being forced to learn and play in the direct shadow of a commercial and industrial hub. But there is time to act!

Tell the Board it's time to slow this process down and solicit real community feedback for the long-term, best usage of this property for EVERY STAKEHOLDER IN THE PLEASANTDALE COMMUNITY. Tell them to reject the Bridge Industrial proposal!

Please put your name to this petition and let your voice be heard!

Also, if you can, please join the neighbors of Pleasantdale in attending the District 204 public meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 at 100 S. Brainard Ave. in La Grange. Or call the District 204 office at 708-579-6300 to voice your concerns.

Thank you!