05-25-2009, 09:23 AM
The city will launch a new marketing campaign, "The New Urban Adventure," in an effort to attract young professionals who are being priced out of other communities, Sabonjian said. He is pushing a fast-track development process, plans to expand Fountain Square -- "Route 43 is a potential golden pathway for affluent communities," Sabonjian said -- a new business model for downtown, and dredging the harbor to make it navigable by more commercial vessels, perhaps even a ferry between Waukegan and major ports.
"Waukegan is very well positioned between Chicago and Milwaukee," Sabonjian said. "It's a symbiotic relationship, and we have to play on that."
This statement comes to mind as well after reading the above article. It is in the 'Economic strong cards' article.
We've talked about this before. There have been some articles about young 'urban pioneers' moving into Waukegan. But they did mention the need for more services; place to get a coffee downtown, pizza, places to hang out after work, etc...
And then there's the schools. I've heard of people who really like some of our homes/the low prices/lake side town/ etc... BUT will not move here because of the state of the schools. How involved can/should a city government get involved with asking for 'more' from it's schools. Our school board has a new president -will be make new movements/new personnel like Mayor Sabonjian?
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Here's a link to the district and school report cards.
"Waukegan is very well positioned between Chicago and Milwaukee," Sabonjian said. "It's a symbiotic relationship, and we have to play on that."
This statement comes to mind as well after reading the above article. It is in the 'Economic strong cards' article.
We've talked about this before. There have been some articles about young 'urban pioneers' moving into Waukegan. But they did mention the need for more services; place to get a coffee downtown, pizza, places to hang out after work, etc...
And then there's the schools. I've heard of people who really like some of our homes/the low prices/lake side town/ etc... BUT will not move here because of the state of the schools. How involved can/should a city government get involved with asking for 'more' from it's schools. Our school board has a new president -will be make new movements/new personnel like Mayor Sabonjian?
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.wps60.org/wpsd60/reportcards.php">http://www.wps60.org/wpsd60/reportcards.php</a><!-- m -->
Here's a link to the district and school report cards.