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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 23 Dec 1937, p. 5

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nsng ands aoning, thse developmeast of recreatiorbal areas and thse futures of --,Present building and institutions. A blighted are a is defitted as "an area that bas become a social anid economsic liability to the commsunity. The termn is broader. ini scope than thse terni slum, and it does nôt necessarily lumit its scope to dwellîng areas. Blighted, areas are usually tr ansition zones where the original uses have been superseded and the property allowed to decline. Wilmette has sev- eral spots that need consideration and develoiptent. City planning purposes that land shall be used to the best advantage of ail concerned-the owner.. the neiLgh. imeatrloel photo To oadd tb the Pleasure of village,': during the preg-Chriulmsdayr, the Wilmette'Chamber o«.Commerce ha., prepared a siqui a dhsghly chier- taitting >rogramn of vocal and intrumental music that is entirely dufférent from apnything ever presented here. The feature consists of TpThe Fou iIL. U CU8. 1The trustee, to be eletd for the un- expired terni of Chase W. Love, ftoent- 17, resigned, wiIl serve until April, 1941. Only one-naine wilI appear on the. bâflot, that of- Anas, Raymnd, 547 Roslyn road, who was nonmated by the. Kenil- worth advisory comniittee, an organiza- tion composed of representatives of ail thse civic organizations of the conununity. 1Bitter bas becs, the controversy over the storni sewer, where the village board seelci authority to issue $340,000 in bonds. The obligations will be met by a boost in the water rates. At Citimmas' Raquwt The village.council recenty submîtted- the plan at the request of citize r hose basements, have been flooded, duaing heavy storins of recent date. Pironnnts caihim th. he GKmurnr..L. ..li Cite&' "Design of' Adam, o1ic. Kabele,J(0, '0 bristinas seir- jewer morsing of 1, nuGoiUs & 1dem cionstration of a plan- Des ned town in New jersey. The " Shopping Districts," by De Boer, is buildit a book by a distinguished town plan- street ner. It deals with the location of shop- wherci ping. districts, a mnajor cônsideration ini nui in the det.erminirng of zoning districts. Toi Both urban and suburban centers are to 12 considered .The & at railway stations- ers are to be found VISITOR IN VILLAGE Miss Pauline Wash of Arl ington, e hours are froni 10 Va., spent two days last week -as thée d frnm 2 to 1. n. ni ~.f L th approve of encouraging iding. fentiers of thse village rced that, while an amsou wlhole sum was to ticaa referendum next TueM< council an- wlth thse

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