community: Community Profile: Brookfield, IL
- 08/19/11 04:04 AM
Located thirteen miles southwest of the Chicago Loop, Brookfield, IL is a comfortable settlement populated by some 19,000 close-knit residents. It is as close to the city center as some of outlying Chicago’s neighborhoods yet enjoys the perks of suburban life (e.g. lower taxes) and one of the best zoos in the Midwest. Following the construction of a train depot, a commercial pavilion and the village’s first houses in 1889, the small town’s population and prosperity grew with the encouragement of Samuel Eberly Gross, who urged locals to “Stop paying rent and make your home your savings bank.” Mr. Gross’ notable … (0 comments)
Located thirteen miles southwest of the Chicago Loop, Brookfield, IL is a comfortable settlement populated by some 19,000 close-knit residents. It is as close to the city center as some of outlying Chicago’s neighborhoods yet enjoys the perks of suburban life (e.g. lower taxes) and one of the best zoos in the Midwest. Following the construction of a train depot, a commercial pavilion and the village’s first houses in 1889, the small town’s population and prosperity grew with the encouragement of Samuel Eberly Gross, who urged locals to “Stop paying rent and make your home your savings bank.” Mr. Gross’ notable … (0 comments)
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