An 80-acre patchwork of woods and farmland near Darien is thefirst parcel DuPage County hopes to buy with proceeds from a $75million referendum approved last year.
Forest preserve district commissioners unanimously agreedTuesday to negotiate for the land, near Lemont Road and Interstate55, and preserve it as parkland and open space.
They want to acquire the land - actually seven parcels - beforeit is sold to developers."All seven parcels are currently on the market," saidcommissioner Roger Kotecki. "If we're going to move on this, we'regoing to have to move quickly."Voters last November approved a plan that allowed the forestpreserve to borrow up to …
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