Schaumburg - Live, Work, Play - November/December 2008 - (Page 9) “One of the things Bob Atcher wanted was for Schaumburg to be a community where all kinds of folks could live,” said Larson. “People who work here could live here.” As a result, 60 percent of the housing is multi-family – apartments, condominiums, manor and row homes. By 1970, Schaumburg’s population had grown to 18,750. Interstate 290 opened on the eastern boundary of the village, providing another link to Chicago, and enhancing Schaumburg’s potential in the eyes of developers. Woodfield Mall opened in 1971. Commercial, office, industrial, and residential development boomed. “We encouraged additional single family homes,” said Larson daily herald archive photos Aerial view Woodfield Mall – Fall 1984. Woodfield Mall under construction – Fall 1984. regarding the 1975 Village Board. “We were concerned about the impact of building.” Larson recalled that there were three things he wanted to see done while he was a Village Board Trustee. He wanted to preserve land for the Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary. He wanted the area at Schaumburg and Roselle roads preserved as an historical district. Also, he wanted to put in place, as part of the overall comprehensive plan, an off-street and on-street bike way. Schaumburg grew to 18.3 square miles of land area with a population of 53,305 residents in 1980. The Woodfield Regional Center along Golf Road and large corporate office buildings were developed during the early and mid 1980s. Industrial and business parks flourished in the village’s northeast and southwest quadrants. Large hotels were being added to the landscape, too. november/december 2008 Page 9 http://www.pushfitnesstraining.com http://www.pushfitnesstraining.com
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