Articles filed under Suburban Guide
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Take a hike at these six top spots in the suburbs
Jan 1, 2016 5:30 AM - Flatlanders, beware: There are actually plenty of great hiking spots in the suburbs. The northern Illinois landscape is far from flat and boring -- if you know where to look. Trails feature rolling hills, woodlands, prairies, historic farm buildings, river shorelines and brilliant foliage that changes with the seasons. Without leaving suburban downtowns or neighborhoods, there are pretty water scenes around Lake Arlington in Arlington Heights or along the DuPage and Fox rivers in Naperville and Batavia. -
State of the Suburbs: New road projects cement future
Sep 2, 2015 5:35 PM - As the economy sputtered, innovative transportation projects like the Elgin O'Hare Expressway extension kept people working. Now the suburbs are rebounding, those same projects will change how we drive, live and work in the very near future. -
State of suburbs: Investors pump new life into business
Aug 31, 2015 12:14 PM - Suburban economic development leaders and business experts are optimistic about the outlook and like what they see when it comes to business growth. -
State of Suburbs: Shoppers demand updated malls
Aug 31, 2015 12:07 PM - Several suburban malls are undergoing transformations or sizable facelifts and expansions. They include Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, The Quad in St. Charles, Westfield Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills and Randhurst Village in Mount Prospect. -
State of the Suburbs: Changing standards, tests transform schools
Aug 29, 2015 5:46 PM - Public education in Illinois has undergone a significant transformation in the past decade with the overhaul of state standards, assessments, and how teachers and students are evaluated. -
Editorial: Celebrating the rebirth of the suburbs
Aug 29, 2015 1:29 PM - A Daily Herald editorial says that while the progress may have gone largely unnoticed, the suburbs are in the midst of an impressive rebound from the depths of the Great Recession. -
State of Suburbs: Entertainment a big business
Aug 29, 2015 1:25 PM - Which suburban entertainment venues are booming? A lot of them. There has never been more to do, or a better variety of activities, than there is now in the Chicago suburbs. -
Suburban health care continues to transform with mergers, hospital expansions
Aug 29, 2015 1:23 PM - Despite the economic downturn, health care has been a field that continues to flourish and expand in the suburbs. -
State of the suburbs: Governments making up for lost time
Aug 29, 2015 1:23 PM - The recent recession took a huge toll not only on the viability and growth of for-profit businesses, but also the local governments that depend on the sales taxes and property taxes that naturally rise when the economy is strong. With even a village like Schaumburg having to start its first property tax due to shortfalls in its once robust consumer taxes, most every local government spent a few years in survival mode rather than improving facilities. -
State of the Suburbs: Recreation finds creative ways to expand
Aug 29, 2015 1:21 PM - From golf course renovations to construction of fitness centers growth in public recreation facilities and initiatives abound throughout the suburbs.
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