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Breakfast Briefing
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Workshop incentivises sustainability By Jonathan Samples Staff Reporter
and Patti Bellock, R-Hinsdale, made up the panel of lawmakers. They stressed issues related to funding and cooperation among lawmakers as essential elements to helping schools. “The most important thing that can help
Nearly 100 residents attended a free event Feb. 21 designed to help them cope with the initial financial strain of the new stormwater utility fee. The Stormwater Education Workshop instructed Downers Grove residents about sustainable practices related to stormwater management, while also giving them a financial incentive to engage in conservation strategies. “The incentive program is why most of you are here tonight,” Stormwater Administrator Karen Daulton Lange said to the crowd. “If you have a qualifying rain barrel, rain garden, a dry well cistern, permeable pavement system, these all can qualify for a one-time incentive for your storm water utility.” The stormwater utility, which went into effect in January, is a monthly fee based on the total amount of impervious area on all parcels throughout the village.
See BREAKFAST, page 4
See INCENTIVE, page 3
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Herrick Middle School Student Council President Emily Grigg (far right) addresses (from left to right) Congresswoman Patti Bellock, Congressman Ron Sandack and U.S. Rep. Bill Foster during the District 58 Legislative Breakfast.
State of schools discussed at District 58 Legislative Breakfast By Jonathan Samples Staff Reporter
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ension reform and unfunded mandates were among the main issues discussed by state and federal lawmakers Feb. 22 during Downers Grove Grade School District 58’s annual Legislative
Breakfast. The event, held at O’Neill Middle School, gave administrators, teachers and student leaders the opportunity to ask a panel of legislators a number of questions relating to education policy. U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, and state reps. Ron Sandack, R-Downers Grove,
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