Hampshire

The village recently launched our new My Hampshire app. Download it today from the Apple or Google Play Store to report a new pothole, a street light out, an abandoned vehicle and more. With the My Hampshire app, your village government is in the palm of your hand to apply for a fence permit, pay your water bill, or just post a favorite photo of Hampshire and have it featured on the app.

Hampshire Public Works completed the new one-mile North/South Water Main that now connects our North water system with our South water system. This provides for redundancy, increases in demand, regardless where it comes from. The new intersection at State and Route 72 may be the most important public safety improvement implemented in 2022. Just a stop sign until a temporary light was installed in 2015, the new intersection now includes pedestrian walkways, sidewalks, and a major upgrade to the stormwater culvert system, eliminating the frequent flooding at State and Route 72. A significant resurfacing project will be completed on Centennial Drive in early spring 2023, and the Village Board will receive a new 20-year utilities master plan, identifying the village’s infrastructure needs, allowing them to set priorities and plan for the next decade.

Prairie Ridge North Development by the Crown Family is a newly designed subdivision that expanded housing options, with eight miles of walking trails with acres of prairie plantings and open space. Along with the Oakstead Development by Crown approved in 2021, Hampshire now has wellplanned housing options available for a generation to come. In spite of the volatility in the housing market nationwide, Lennar Homes continues building at a brisk pace in Tamm’s Farm. Prairie Ridge South welcomes new homeowners and residents weekly to Hampshire, and DR Horton is well on their way to building over 200 new townhouses, including 78 build-to-rent units for those who prefer not to buy.

“Logistics” and “supply chain,” once manufacturing and freight industry lexicon, became part of the public vernacular when COVID-19 happened. While many businesses and communities were suffering from the economic impact of the pandemic, Hampshire was poised to take advantage of our location as a logistics hub. Thirty miles from O’Hare, and 30 miles from Rockford Airport, Hampshire maintained its steady, managed growth by targeting these opportunities. The new Hampshire Logistics Park is underway on Route 20 at the tollway, where Vista Trucking will begin construction of their new headquarters, service, and logistics facility this summer. Freight Union will open their new HQ facility in the Hampshire Woods Business, and Old Dominion will break ground on a new logistics facility this spring.

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