Sensing an explosion of activity to come, city leaders are embracing the future with transformative projects, high-tech infrastructure and a mindset that’s centered around Woodstock’s unique sense of place. ...
The newest outreach from Crystal Lake's performing arts center puts children centerstage – literally – as they explore their interests in performance, music and more. ...
As more people find themselves working, entertaining, schooling and relaxing at home, remodelers are meeting the demand for a more functional living space. ...
Looking for something new and refreshingly original for your reading list? These local authors provide it with these bestselling hits at your local independent bookstore. ...
The right combination of function, color and accents makes these showstopping kitchens – and their adjacent spaces – a source of pride for these suburban families. ...
How do you replace a retiring generation of experienced workers in a high-tech, highly demanding field? For local industries and educators, it begins on a pathway that equips our young people with region’s most in-demand skill sets. ...
From busy cityscapes to quiet countryside, tidy subdivisions and bedroom communities to major thoroughfares, our region is an amazing patchwork of places, each with its own culture, its own identity and its own fascinating history. Take a tour through six communities that really put the Windy City into perspective. ...
Eyeing its mission of making a Top 25 community by 2025, this nonprofit is homing in on the strategies that will help to reverse some of the Rockford area's most stubborn challenges. ...
What do you get when you combine a pandemic, low housing inventory, generational shifts and available land? The answer is one of the hottest spots for homebuilding in Illinois. ...
Resting in the foothills off the Mississippi River near Galena, this cozy bed-and-breakfast is gaining plenty of notice for its unique setting and high-class amenities. And those magnificent sunsets? They're only the start of something wonderful. ...