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Cook County Forest Preserve board votes to continue negotiating controversial land lease

Posted on October 12, 2009

Chicago Tribune

In this news article about the vote by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County's Board of Commissioners to allow District officials to negotiate with Hinsdale over its plans to develop a park on District land, the Civic Federation is quoted saying that the plans run counter to the District’s core mission of preserving natural areas in Cook County.