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Understanding Your Property Assessment
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.
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Reduce Your Carbon "Foodprint"
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.
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New Lake County Health Department Executive Director Talks About Health Care
What does the Affordable Health Care Act 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.
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Construction Updates
Resurfacing Project on Route 45 (Old Half Day Road) in Mundelein and Lincolnshire
The resurfacing of Route 45 recently began. Construction will require temporary lane closures controlled by flaggers. The project has an estimated completion date of November 15, 2013.
Long Grove Road Reconstruction
Deer Park, IL-The Lake County Division of
Transportation recently closed a portion of Long Grove Road immediately east of Quentin Road.
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Current and Upcoming Events
Barrington Annual Sidewalk Days & Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival
July 25 - 26 - 27
The biggest shopping days of the year! Don't miss out as businesses, quality art-and-crafts vendors, and organizations show off their products and services!
Stores and vendors will be located throughout downtown Barrington and at the Ice House Mall, Foundry, Jewel-Osco parking lot, on Lageschulte St. & Route 14.
ELA TOWNSHIP ELECTRONICS RECYCLING 
July 27, 8 am
Knox Park, 1111 E. Rt. 22, Lake Zurich.
Bring your old electronics to be recycled for free. Computer equipment, stereo equipment, cell phones, video games, electric tools, televisions and more. More information on e-cycling here
Meatheads Ribbon Cutting
Tuesday, July 30
4:30 - 6:30pm,
500 N. Hough St. in Barrington, next to Heinen's
Join us at the ribbon-cutting and welcome Meatheads Burgers & Fries, to the Barrington community.
Jazz Patio and Wine Festival
August 10
12 - 5 pm, Deer Park Town Center Gazebo
Enjoy entertainment from local & regional jazz performers, children's activities, and oh yeah, Wine!
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Stormwater Management: Creek Restoration
Approximately one half mile of Dead Dog Creek in Winthrop Harbor has  been stabilized and restored after decades of bluff and stream erosion that dumped sediment into the creek degrading water quality. Dead Dog Creek flows eastward from Fossland Park to Spring Bluff Forest Preserve and Illinois Beach State Park, one of the most biologically diverse landscapes in Illinois, and enters Lake Michigan. Restoring the stream and stabilizing the eroding bluffs will keep sediment and pollutants out of this high quality natural area and the near shore of Lake Michigan. Watch this video to learn more about this project.
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Breakfast with the Villages
Register Deadline: July 26
Thursday, August 1, 7 - 9 am,
Kemper Lakes Golf Club.
Join us for this annual event where each Village Mayor presents their "State of the Village" and informs business owners of important current and future issues the Village faces. I will also be giving a presentation on the "State of the County".
Breakfast begins at 7 am. Program begins at 7:30 am. $30 per person. Full breakfast included. Registration Required.
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Dunk the Sheriff at The Lake County Fair
July 24 - 28 
Lake County Fair Grounds
1060 East Peterson Road, Grayslake
Dunk the Sheriff
Daily: 12-8 p.m.
Cost: $5
Get three attempts to dunk Sheriff Curran, deputies and corrections officers. 100% of the money raised will be donated to Special Olympics Illinois.
The fair welcomes five days of events including motocross, monster trucks, demolition derby, a carnival, games, live entertainment and delicious food!
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 Forest Preserves News
The Lake County Forest Preserve Board of Commissioners recently 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.
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As always, I'm looking for ways to improve the content of this newsletter and continue to look to you for suggestions/ideas. Let me know what you'd like covered and I'll do what I can to incorporate it in future issues. Also, if you know of events or news of interest concerning our area, I'd appreciate you letting me know about it so we can share it with our fellow residents.
Please forward this e-newsletter to anyone you feel may benefit from its content. By helping me get the word out in this manner, you're also helping me go green! Thank you!
Should you need to contact me, my contact information follows:
Home phone: 847-438-2961
Cell phone: 224-805-6027
ctaylor@lakecountyil.gov
I consider it an honor and privilege to serve you!
Please stay safe!
Thanks,
Craig
Lake County Board Member & Lake County Forest Preserve Commissioner
District 19 Representative
Serving Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, and Long Grove.
Beginning in 2013, District 19 includes Deer Park and Barrington.
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