An alert reader sent me this link to the Chicago Tribune’s
Find sites near you.”
I typed in my zip code–60014–and found the list and map you see below (click to enlarge, obviously some duplicates):
Next, I plugged in McHenry’s zip code.
Here’s the list and the map that appeared (click to enlarge):
That’s all I could found in and close to McHenry County.
So they can be searched online, I’ll type the cleaners’ names below:
Algonquin:
- KS Cleaners Inc.
- Village Cleaners
- Four Seasons Cleaner
- Vogue Cleaners
- Country Cleaners
- Town Cleaners
- In Town Cleaners
- Lakewood Cleaners
Cary:
- Plaza Cleaners
- Family Pride Cleaners
- 14 Dry Cleaners
- Crystal Lake Vogue Cleaners
- One Hour Crystal Cleaners
- C-US Cleaners
Fox Lake:
- Best Cleaners
- Bavaros Cleaners
Fox River Grove:
- Ohs Cleaners
- Four Season Cleaners
Huntley – Huntley 47 Cleaners
Island Lake – Island Lake Cleaners
Lake in the Hills – Signature Cleaners
McHenry:
- Shamrock Cleaners
- 120 Cleaners
- Mr Dons Cleaners Inc.
Wauconda – Liberty Cleaners
Woodstock:
- Vogue Cleaners
- Stewart’s Cleaner
Two are high priority clean-up sites:
- One Hour Crystal Cleaners at 52 East Brink Street in Crystal Lake and
- Bavaros Cleaners (mentioned specifically in the Tribune article) at 41 East Grand Avenue in Fox Lake
Money obtained through fees from the industry used to be available for clean-up efforts, but, as the Chicago Tribune reports,
“More money could have been earmarked, but last fall former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and legislative leaders took $2 million out of the fund to help balance the state budget.”