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Save Woodridge Open SpaceKeep Green Space Green
What is it all about? We would like our Village officials and the Dist. 99 school board to come together and settle their differences.
Negotiate not Litigate.
High School District 99 owns approximately 45 acres of open land at the corner of Woodridge Dr. and Center Dr. You know the place...it is the site that the Jubilee is held at and kids practice their sports.
The site was originally purchased by District 99 some 30 years ago to build a 3rd high school if and when it was needed. When the land was purchased there was an understanding that if the district was not going to build the 3rd school and decided to sell the land that they would sell it back to the village.
The referendum to build the 3rd
school never passed and now the district considering selling the land.
Unfortunately the district, in it's efforts to determine market value and gather
information about the revenue that the land sale could bring has many residents
as well as the Village of
The district at a recent board meeting indicated that they have not decided to sell the property at this time and that they are only doing research. However, the methods used to do this research has left the residents very concerned. The Village felt that in order to protect the land and the wishes of the residents that they needed to begin an Eminent Domain/Condemnation law suit on the property.
Regardless of how this turns out thousands of tax dollars are going to be lost determining the fait of this property. We are urging High School District #99 and the Village of Woodridge to sit down and work this out according to the original agreement. To see the original agreement Click Here.
We are fighting to keep our open space. We are fighting for our parks. We don't want higher traffic counts that could jeopardize our children's safety. We don't want our elementary schools and junior high school over crowded and over extended. We also don't want are tax dollars lost in needless litigation. We would like to see Dist 99 and Woodridge officials go back to the negotiating table so that they can avoid long litigation.
Watch the Fox News Special by Clicking Here.
Show your support sign the online petition by Clicking Here.
Check out the detailed history. This is a very informative and well researched web site from Village Trustee Robert Brandt by Clicking Here.
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The Woodridge Steering Committee is a group of concerned residents trying to protect open land.
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Woodridge concerned. The district hired an marketing firm which placed ads
in the wall street journal seeking bids from developers to develop a "High
Intensity Multi-Family" development on the site.