November 25, 2015 vol. 7 issue 52
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Community Small Business
Westmont gives Small Business Saturday a sense of community see page 2
News New Direction
Downers Grove Library director announces retirement see page 3
Police Weapons Charges Lisle man sentenced to 16 years for selling illegal guns
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Business Excellent Ethics
Perma-Seal receives ethics award from BBB
see page 11
SPORTS All-Area Announced Several locals named to football all-area team
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By Laura Katauskas | Bugle Sta ff After the flood of April 2013 hit at least 20 area communities hard, causing major damage to both residential and public areas, an investigation was deemed necessary. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a series of public meetings last week in Bolingbrook, Wheaton and Shorewood to share a first look of the DuPage River Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study and solicit concerns and information from residents. In July 2015, the USACE, Chicago District, signed a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement with the DuPage County Stormwater Management Planning Committee and Will County Executive Office to initiate the study, which will investigate overbank and backwater flooding along the DuPage River and its major tributaries.
The study is still in its infancy, and the USACE, in coordination with local agencies, is hosting numerous meetings to further its research, identify and prioritize high-risk areas, and develop possible structural and non-structural alternatives to address flooding. Though the April 2013 flood was the most recent and deemed devastating to the area, it wasn’t the first. Other major storm events that caused the river’s basin to flood occurred in 1996, 2008 and 2009. The DuPage River and tributaries drain approximately 353 square miles in suburban Cook, DuPage, and Will counties. The area has seen rapid growth over the past two decades, and now includes 40 communities and approximately 900,000 residents.
See ‘River’ on page 3