Barrington Area Conservation Trust Completes Conservation on Rare Land – 2012
The Barrington Area Conservation Trust announced that it has completed a conservation easement on a rare native gravel hill prairie in Barrington Hills, which will ensure that both the prairie ecosystem and equestrian trails on the property will be preserved in perpetuity.
This Barrington Patch story can be read here.
Why Public Safety Mergers Are Inevitable – 2013
More than ever, the local cop, firefighter or emergency responder may not be from the neighborhood.
A Better Government Association investigation finds municipal budget shortfalls are forcing a growing segment of Northern Illinois suburbs to consider what was once unthinkable: Merging basic hometown public safety operations with neighboring or regional governments, such as the county sheriff’s departments.
Read more of the Better Government Association’s recent article here.
Couple battle forest preserve over Barrington Hills estate – 2013
The owners of Horizon Farms — a 400-acre Barrington Hills estate and horse farm — have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Forest Preserve District of Cook County of conspiring to pay $14 million for their Barrington Hills horse farm while they were fighting foreclosure.
Read more of the Daily Herald story here.
13-year lawsuit of Sears vs. Barrington Hills, South Barrington settled – 2014
A lawsuit filed in 2001 by Sears Holding Corp. against Barrington Hills and South Barrington has been settled with no money changing hands.
Sears claimed the two villages cost the company $15 million by interfering with its development plans. It filed the suit to remove land-use restrictions the villages placed on a portion of Sears’ 780-acre business park, located entirely in Hoffman Estates.
Barrington Hills and South Barrington had authority over use of the land as the result of a 1980s legal battle stemming from noise complaints at Poplar Creek Music Theater, which closed in 1994. The restrictions added height and setback limitations to the existing Hoffman Estates zoning code.
Read more from the Business Ledger here.