Crunch Time For Kane County Growth Planning

Kane County is working on the 2030 Land Resource Management Plan, to be released in November.

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January 11, 2003, 12:00 PM PST

"The notion that Kane County, west of Chicago, remain a far western transition area, where city living flows into farm life and agriculture, is being recommended as the foundation for the new plan, county board chairman Mike McCoy told the Kane County Regional Planning Commission. A basic land-use scheme calls for half of Kane County's total land area to be retained in agriculture and open space."

Thanks to Chris Clair

FULL STORY: McCoy says 2030 plan must tame growth

Friday, January 10, 2003 in The Chicago Tribune

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