Recruiting Loud Voices to Win Willow Road Debate
Going into final year of state study to redesign roadway, Glenview uses a village-funded public relations group in its debate with other communities.
In the game where the squeakiest wheel gets the grease, Glenview residents are trying to improve their chances that the Illinois Department of Transportation's two-year design study of Willow Road will end in their favor: expanding the road to at least four lanes. Feeling its residents' voices were initially not loud enough on the study's Community Advisory Group – where 13 Northfield village and community representatives sit across from four representatives from Glenview, four from Northbrook and two from Winnetka – the Village of Glenview hired public affairs firm Jasculca Terman and Associates, Inc. in August to help organize the community. And since the firm launched the Move Willow Forward website, village officials believe its impact…
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8:37 pm on Wednesday, January 26, 2011
ASB It is not fair for the non-NFLD communities to feel they can tell NFLD what to do about Willow Road IN NORTHFIELD! Glenview and Northbrook decided to build up without any insight as to how their consumers would navigate to their new strip malls. Too bad. We will not sacrifice our safety for your monetary benefit. more ›