Politics & Government

Former Lake Bluff Middle School Students Honored For Project Citizen Work

Invited to continue work on Village Committee on downtown improvements.

A group of former students, now freshmen in high school, returned to the school Wednesday to be honored for their work on a Project Citizen program.

Project Citizen is geared toward involving students in their local government through work on a project relevant to their area.

The group was presented with plaques from both Project Citizen, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's office, and a letter of congratulations from Illinois Rep. Karen May (D-58).

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The team's portfolio, entitled “Dangerous Intersection”, took first place at the Project Citizen regional hearing in May and was then chosen by the Illinois State Assembly to represent Illinois in the Project Citizen’s National Showcase in California during the summer where they received an “Exceptional” rating.

Lake Bluff Village Trustee Kathy O'Hara, one of the original panel of judges, was also on hand for the ceremony. She invited the team to continue to work with the Village by assisting with a new Board of Trustee committee being formed to look at improvements to the downtown and west corridor business districts.

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Potential improvements to the pedestrian intersection at Scranton Avenue and Sheridan Road, which was the focus of the team's work, would also be part of the Village committee's agenda.


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