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Helping or Hurting the Community?

Our community is expanding rapidly.  Builders in the area are tearing down one older house and putting two in its place.  Just last year, the city sold Newland Park to a developer who bulldozed the play area and park benches in order to put up 18 houses.   How do you feel about the changes in your neighborhood?   How are these changes impacting our community?   This is your chance to voice your opinion.  

After class discussion and searching the Internet for resources and information, choose one aspect of this issue that interests you most to develop into a project of your choice.  You need to design a focused project for a specific audience.  We'll talk more about the options you have in class.



Resources

City of Burbank
http://www.burbankil.gov/home.htm


Municipal Code of Burbank
http://library7.municode.com/gateway.dll/IL/illinois/3265?f=templates&fn=default.htm&npus
This document contains the rules and general ordinaces for building in our city.


City-Data.com
http://www.city-data.com/city/Burbank-Illinois.html
General city information

Daily Southtown Newspaper
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/index/dsindex.html




News Stories from other communities

Willow Glen
http://www.svcn.com/archives/wgresident/04.21.99/teardown-9916.html


Romeo, Michigan
http://www.detnews.com/2005/macomb/0502/23/B05-98033.htm

Barrington
http://www.eastbayri.com/story/368943505599383.php

Glencoe
http://www.jetsetmodern.com/bigheadache.htm

Naperville
http://www.5starsnews.com/home-improvements/83969.htm



Add any resources you find particulary helpful to our list by emailing me with the info.  I will update our list daily.


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