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Village officials recently accepted an award from the Illinois chapter of the American Planning Association honoring their creative approach to residential growth.
New Lenox’s comprehensive plan, which focuses on letting the town grow from the center outward, aims to maintain the small-town character of the community while encouraging the economic growth needed by an expanding population.
Plans for residential development call for lower population density and more open space as development moves out to the borders.
The plan, developed over more than a year of consultation with The Lannert Group and a series of community and workshop meetings, also concentrates on preserving the area’s natural features, such as trees and wetlands.