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Mayor Kevin Barnes
and the City Council
welcome you to
the
City of Lanark
"TREE CITY U.S.A." |
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The
City of Lanark was established in 1861
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Lanark is a beautiful, peaceful rural
community located in Northwest Illinois.
It is 20 Minutes East of the
Mississippi River, 55 minutes Southwest of Rockford, IL, and 2 hours
West
of Chicago.
The city is known as one of the
most beautiful communities in the region. It has stately trees, an
historic, picturesque business district and magnificent old and new
homes.
Lanark takes great pride in the
academic and extracurricular achievements of its students in the
Eastland School District.
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Area News & Highlights
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2008 Old Settlers Days |
June 20 - 22
This
year there will be many new family oriented entertainment,
games, and attractions. Thanks to a group of dedicated
volunteers assisting the Lanark Community Club take on the
organization of this big event.
Stay
Tuned For More Details
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| City of Lanark
and Eastland Schools working together on Safe Route to School program |
| The Illinois Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS)
is administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
SRTS uses a multidisciplinary approach to improve conditions for
students who walk or bike to school. The program has three main
goals: |
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1. To enable and encourage children, including those
with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school.
2. To
make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing
transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and
active lifestyle from an early age; and
3. To facilitate
the planning, development, and implementation of projects and
activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel
consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity (within 2 miles) of
both public and private primary and middle schools (grades K-8).
UPDATE: The School Travel Plan was approved. You
can view it here
2007 Lanark Safe Route to
School Plan
The next step is to submit a funding request application. UPDATE
March 2008: Lanark has been award over $11,000 for SRTS
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| Shumway
Restoration Underway |
| Lanark Cornerstone Project have begun work
restoring the Shumway building in downtown Lanark. Crews shown
to the right are working on roof repairs.
CLICK
HERE to visit their web site. |
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| Wind
Monitoring |
NEW! Developers
interested in a wind farm project in Carroll County.
CLICK HERE for more...
Lanark's wind
monitor results are available, click
here!
(Be sure that the date you put in is after the 07-01-2006)
CLICK HERE for more details
about the MET tower.
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| E85
Fuel Now Available in Carroll County |
| E85 is here! Lanark is proud to have the first public
E85 fuel pump in Carroll County! Carroll Service Company now
provides the fuel at its Fuel 24 Station at 505 W. Route 64 which is
in the south west corner of town along highways 64/52. E85 can be
used in all Flexible Fuel Vehicles. Not sure if your vehicle is a
Flex Fuel Vehicle? CLICK
HERE to look it up. |
| Lanark
Veterans Memorial |
The Lanark VFW & American Legion have come together to bring the community a beautiful, meaningful
Memorial to all area veterans and families. A fund has been
set up at The Exchange State Bank of Lanark. Donation are
still needed to do some paving and add benches.
CLICK HERE
for more information |

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| Eastland
School District Gets Honors |
| Standard & Poor's School Evaluation says the
Eastland School District is an academic
"out-performer."
CLICK HERE for more information.
Keep up the good work! |
| NEW
Illinois Organ/Tissue Donor Registry |
| Even if you have signed
your donor card in the past, you will need to register again. Nearly
5,000 people in Illinois are waiting for organ transplants.
For you inforamtion call
1-800-210-2106 or visit www.LifeGoesOn.com. |
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