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Cook County Forest Preserves: Is It Time For a Funding Referendum?

WTTW, November 24, 2020

With the forest preserves enjoying unprecedented usage — twice as many trail users were tallied in 2020 as 2019 — the timing is ripe to seize upon that goodwill and secure the funds needed to put the preserves on solid financial ground…