What does the Affordable Health Care Act (Obama Care) mean for you? Healthcare options can be complicated and confusing.  In this episode of Lake County Update, new Lake County Health Department and Community Health Centers Executive Director Tony Beltran talks about the wide range to Health Department services. Learn about Lake County Health Centers, Preventative Care Initiatives, the Affordable Care Act, and more. Watch.

Visit the Sustainable Lake County website for tips on how you can GO GREEN!

Email: Communications@lakecountyil.gov, call  847-377-2550

July 24 - 28  Still a few days left !

Lake County Fair Grounds

Join in the fun with the annual Lake County Fair! Five days of events including motocross, monster trucks, demo derby, a carnival, games, live entertainment, lots of various foods! Friday features a Sasquatch call competition, and don't miss the Banana Derby dog race that includes real life monkey jockeys!

This year will also feature the "Do Green. Do Good." Chicago Flower & Garden Show as your one-stop-shop for inspiration, education and motivation.

For more information about admission, specials and for a full line up of events, visit the Lake County Fair Website

In the next few weeks, Lake County property owners will be receiving their property tax assessment in the mail. To help property owners understand and evaluate their assessment, Lake County has a number of tools and resources available. Read the Assessor's Office newsletter to learn more and to connect you with these resources. 

Whether it's the production of food, packaging of food, or wasting of food, more people are becoming conscious of their carbon "foodprint". If you are looking to reduce your carbon foodprint buying locally grown produce, purchasing minimally packaged foods, and eating your leftovers, are easy ways you can do it.  Watch this video to learn more.

At their July meeting, the Lake County Forest Preserve Board of Commissioners purchased a 1-acre addition to Hastings Lake Forest Preserve in Lake Villa. The 

preserve is currently under construction with a pending opening in late fall 2013. Though small in size, the parcel of land provides the missing link 

needed to complete a 2-mile trail loop around the preserve's 80-acre lake offering big benefits for trail users. Construction of boardwalks and a few sections of new trail to connect the trail loop will begin in August. Check the Forest Preserve website (LCFPD.org) for information on the preserve's opening date.