GE Citizen Power Stays The Day At Ackerman Woods

A friend asked me why I bother writing about this; it is not even near DG. No arguement about proximity, but here is a group of people who got mad, got organized, and got a plan.

GE Residents To Lose Ackerman Woods

I wrote briefly about Ackerman Woods before. Residents protested, and it appears have been ignored again.

Cutting down over 340 trees for a flood control project and soccer fields, according to the GEPD, is a necessity.

An Unexpected Meeting Resulting From an Unexpected Walk in Lyman Woods

On Thursday May 22 members of the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, the Downers Grove Park District, ERA Consultants, several concerned residents, and three of us from the Pierce Downers Heritage Alliance met at the Park District to discuss damage done to Lyman Woods. The following email sums it all up pretty well. Sometimes the system works pretty well, too.

Not Alone, Not Unique

Lest residents think our PD is the only one that cuts down trees to make way for better parks, here’s a little nightmare from Glen Ellyn, where it’s not about cutting down 40 trees.

No, try 342 trees.

An Unexpected Walk in Lyman Woods

I was invited to become a board member of the Pierce Downer Heritage Alliance after the last election, and I took them up on it. PDHA does many worthwhile things for the people of Downers Grove, mostly unrecognized. Their seminal contribution to Downers Grove was organizing the effort to coordinate the Village, the DG Park District, and the DuPage County Forest Preserve in purchasing and preserving Lyman Woods. In 2007, Lyman Woods celebrated 20 years of nature. A skeptic at first, after many trips through the different areas, now I get it. If you don’t get it, take a hike. Really; get yourself over there on any day and take a hike.