Nice new urban redevelopment in downtown Lemont, Illinois adjacent to the historic I and M Canal. The development was supported by a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district prepared by Beth Ruyle.
"the opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in 1848 gave Illinois the key to mastery of the American mid-continent. The dream of the canal had animated every vision and under laid every plan for Illinois for 200 years before. As that vision was realized, the canal’s commissioners laid out a canal port that would grow into a great metropolis; their fellow citizens patented agriculture and industrial innovations that would make this the richest economic zone the world had ever seen. http://www.canalcor.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_and_Michigan_Canal http://www.nps.gov/history/heritageareas/areas/ILMI.htm |
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