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We are making great progress with the Save the Special 8 campaign. Here
is the latest news and the recommended next steps
(listed in priority
order) we are asking you to follow:
NEWS: The Illinois Prairie Path not-for-profit corporation
has committed
to put $10,000 towards purchasing the Special 8. The DuPage County
Forest Preserve District Land Acquisition Committee is becoming inclined
to investigate purchasing the Special 8. We filled their meeting room on
Thursday morning! Thanks to all for attending. We now need to get the
Glen Ellyn Park District and Village officials to agree to take over the
parcel if it is purchased by the DuPage County Forest Preserve District.
- Write to Sandra Minogue, President, Glen Ellyn Park District, 185
Spring Ave, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 asking the Park District to take over
the 8.3 acres if they are purchased by the DuPage Forest Preserve Dist.
Note the Park District is concerned that there will be high maintenance
costs with the Special 8. The facts are we just want them to preserved
"as is" as a nature preserve. A volunteer group organized as the
"Friends of the Special 8" can be helpful in getting them cleaned
up in the Spring and Fall. Please tell Ms. Minogue you want the 8.3 acres
preserved "as is" and you will help out as a Friend of the Special 8.
If the Glen Ellyn Park District does not agree to take over the
parcel, the DuPage Cty. Forest Preserve District will not want to purchase
the parcel and maintain it.
- The State Legislators have $10Million available to them to allocate
to save open space. We need to write to our legislators to ask them to
direct the state to save these pristine acres as a nature preserve. Note
the property is for sale at "only $275,000." The perspective
developer Carlos Moran has not yet taken title to the property. Call
312-814-6440
to get the correct names and contact info. for your state legislators.
- If you have not yet written to the DuPage County Board members there
is still time to get your letters in to ask them to purchase the Special
8. Call 630-682-7993 or 7440 to learn the correct Board members in the
recently redrawn County Board member boundaries. Include a copy to
Robert Schillerstrom, County Chairman and Dewey Pierotti, President of
the DuPage County Forest Preserve District. Send all letters to 421 N
County Farm Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187
- Letters to the Editor like the ones recently written by Phil and
others have a positive effect on popular opinion and the elected
officials. Please consider letters to the Daily Herald (click on this
site
fencepost@dailyherald.com),
Press Publications (News), Suburban news (Sun) (click on this link
thesun@suburbanchicagonews.com) and
Tribune (click on this site
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-lettertotheeditor.customform?coll=chi%2Dnewsopinionvoice%2Dutl)
or Sun-Times.
Thanks again for your continued support. Please pass on the news to
everyone.
Remember we have more lawn signs and flyers available. Let
me know your address and I will get them to you in a day or two. Check the
IPP website www.ipp.org for info on the Special 8 (including the petition
form) and info on how to join the group.
Don Kirchenberg, Email or Call with any questions. Home office:
630-682-9297
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