Just like Crystal Lake, Mt. Prospect is trying to create an entertainment district.

Just like Crystal Lake, Mt. Prospect is using condemnation powers it got from authorizing a TIF district.

In Mt. Prospect, the village authorities are after a home on Route 14 that has been used as a law office since 1966. It’s in the tax increment financing district.

In Crystal Lake, Mayor Aaron Shepley and the city council are seeking to condemn property owned by Vulcan Materials without which Crystal Lake does not have access to the Vulcan Lakes property it got from Vulcan Materials low those many years ago…even though the mayor promised not to.

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The picture is taken from Rakow Road of the main Vulcan Lake.