Lincolnshire, Illinois

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Lincolnshire is an affluent American village in Vernon Township, a southern Lake County, Illinois locale, and is a suburb of Chicago, which is located in Cook County just to the south. Lincolnshire has been recognized as a Tree City USA since 1988. The population was 6,108 at the 2000 census, the ethnicity of village inhabitants largely Caucasian. Lincolnshire was incorporated on August 5, 1957 from land in the unincorporated Half Day area when land was purchased to build a residential subdivision, and underwent an aggressive era of expansion from 1983 to the 1990s, seeing the annexations of properties like the Lincolnshire Corporate Center. in 1994, Lincolnshire lost a court case with the adjacent village of Vernon Hills over the old Half Day area from which Lincolnshire was created. The village later constructed a downtown region and a new center of administration, which were collectively completed by the 2000s. The village experiences elements of the Des Plaines River, and shares a major traffic artery at its border with Vernon Hills. It also experiences a humid temperate climate similar to most other communities within miles of the Great Lakes.

Lincolnshire is home to Adlai E. Stevenson High School, a school that was recognized by the "U.S. News and World Report" "Top 100 Gold Medal Schools" list; it is also almost entirely within the zone of coverage of Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103, which won State Scholastic Bowl championships for two consecutive years. It is the headquarters of a variety of corporations, including global outsourcing company Hewitt Associates and real estate developer Van Vlissingen & Company, and is the base of operations for the Newman-Haas Racing team. The village has produced several notable athletes, including the former world-class tennis player Andrea Jaeger, silver medalist Olympian Robert Berland, and ex-NFL guard Matt O'Dwyer, and television personalities such as Kyle Brandt.

The village of Lincolnshire holds several festivals (including one mirroring the Taste of Chicago) annually in either commercial establishments such as City Park and the Village Green, or in one of the nine public parks and nature reserves that it has set up for recreation purposes; many of these parks contain tennis courts and other sports facilities.

Lincolnshire maintains a police department that works closely with the local school districts. It is also maintained by a public works system that encompasses complimentary public services and storm drain networks. The village retrieves all of its water from the city of Highland Park, which lies on the coast of Lake Michigan.

Lincolnshire is governed by a Council-manager government, and is a Home rule municipality. The mayor of the village is Brett Blomberg.

History

Early History

The first inhabitants of what would become the village of Lincolnshire were Native American Potawatomi migrants from Canada and Wisconsin who left in the sixteenth century searching for a warmer, more temperate climate. These native American bands dominated present-day Lake County by 1768. The first non-Native Americans to arrive in Lake County were the French Jesuit explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, who sailed down the Des Plaines River and made contact with the local Potawatomi in the area. [cite book|last = Dretske|first = Diana|authorlink = Diana Dretske |title = Lake County, Illinois: An Illustrated History|publisher = Heritage Media Corporation|date = May 2002|location = Dallas, TX|pages =16|isbn = 1886483612] One of the Potawatomi villages that they encountered stretched along the west bank of the Des Plaines River from present-day Illinois Route 22 south to present-day Aptakisic Road, the first real settlement in the Lincolnshire and Half Day region. A "Council Tree" (actually a group of three trees) was located on the east side of the Des Plaines River just south of present-day Illinois Route 22. The leaders of most of the Aptakisic tribes in the Midwest met under the "Council Tree" every two years to settle any differences and issues among them.

The Lincolnshire area was originally a part of the town of Half Day, the first region settled by non-Native American peoples in present-day Lake County.cite book | last = Reichelt | first = Marie Ward | authorlink = Marie Ward Reichelt | title = History of Deerfield | publisher = Glenview Press | year = 1928] Many people mistakenly believe that it was named Half Day because it was a half day's journey from Chicago on the way to Milwaukee. In reality, at the time a trip from Chicago to the area would have taken much longer. The area was actually named after Potawatomie Chief Halfda, the chief at the time the area was settled. A cartographer spelled it "Half Day", and the misnomer stuck, giving rise to the reputed, but erroneous, derivation of the name. [cite web |url=http://www.dupagehistory.org/dupage_roots/Chapter2.htm|title="DuPage Roots"|accessdate=2008-09-11 |author=Richard A. Thompson|date=1985|work=History of DuPage County|publisher=County of DuPage, Illinois] [ "Early Chicago", based off of "A Compendium of the Early History of Chicago to the Year 1835, When the Indians Left" (2000). [http://www.earlychicago.com/encyclopedia.php?letter=H] ] The first European settler in the Lincolnshire area was Captain Daniel Wright, who arrived in 1834. Chief Halfda allowed Wright to build his cabin at the south end of the Potawatomi village at the site of the intersection of present-day Milwaukee Avenue and Aptakisic Road. The Potawatomi tribesmen were ousted a year later in the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, which was implemented two years after its conception, and faced relocation. [cite book|last = Dretske|first = Diana|authorlink = Diana Dretske |title = Lake County, Illinois: An Illustrated History|publisher = Heritage Media Corporation|date = May 2002|location = Dallas, TX|pages =16–17|isbn = 1886483612]

The Half Day area experienced an economic boom with the arrival of a number of new settlers within the two decades following Wright's arrival. Among these pioneers were Seth Washburn, the first postmaster of the Vernon Township who would settle in what is now the location of School District 103's Half Day Intermediate School, and Laura Sprague, the first teacher to reside in the area. [cite web |url=http://www.vernontownship.com/history.html|title=History|accessdate=2008-09-13 |work=Township of Vernon, Lake County, Illinois|publisher=County of Lake, Illinois|date=2008] By 1855, twenty-one years since the settling of the Half Day area by Wright, the town was a thriving community with a blacksmith's shop, saw mill, country store, and a church. At this time, the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad connected Milwaukee to the county seat of Waukegan, and would expand throughout the Lake County area over the course of the next few decades; this also contributed to the town's temporal prosperity. [cite book|last = Dretske|first = Diana|authorlink = Diana Dretske |title = Lake County, Illinois: An Illustrated History|publisher = Heritage Media Corporation|date = May 2002|location = Dallas, TX|pages =33–34|isbn = 1886483612] Henry Ford's invention of the automobile in the early twentieth century made Half Day a more accessible destination to other communities within the Chicago metropolitan area, and the village became a popular recreation area, prompting the opening of numerous businesses catering to the increasing influx of visitors; the era saw the erection of an amusement park, a race track, a bowling alley, a dance hall, and a number of taverns.

Recent History

After the end of World War I, Vernon Township, in which the village of Half Day lay, was carved up between wealthy farmers. Edward Ryerson, Adlai E. Stevenson II, Samuel Insull, and Louis Leverone bought the majority of the territory within Vernon Township borders. [cite web |url=http://www.ryersonwoods.org/p/general.html|title=General Information - Historical Facts|accessdate=2008-08-20 |work=Ryerson Woods|publisher=Pustelnik Designs and Friends of Ryerson Woods|date=2001-2008] Leverone, who had purchased the Half Day area, sold the town to developer Roger Ladd and his eponymous company in 1955. The company organized a residential subdivision out of the ceded town of Half Day and dubbed it "Lincolnshire", the precursor to the present-day village of the same name. However, life in the village was problematic, as the new subdivision was serviced by dirt roads and had neither a sufficient communal sewage and sanitation system nor a gas line. Lincolnshire's police coverage was weakened by the fact that officers patrolling the area had to be dispatched from Waukegan to the north. As a result, the Cambridge Forest Association was formed to lobby for improvement in the livelihoods of the people of Lincolnshire. With sponsorship from the Cambridge Forest Association, Lincolnshire was incorporated as a village on August 5, 1957. The CFA was later renamed the Lincolnshire Community Association, and continues to play a large role in the political life of the village.cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/community/history.php|title=Lincolnshire Village History|accessdate=2008-08-18 |work=Village of Lincolnshire Website|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] Various authors: "Lincolnshire Information Report", "A History of Lincolnshire", 2004.] [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/community/links/clinks-lca.php |title=Lincolnshire Community Links: LCA |accessdate=2008-08-20 |work=Village of Lincolnshire Website|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire Website|date=2008]

Lincolnshire's government supported a conservative and cautious approach, and refused the annexations of two corporate park divisions in the 1980s; however, opposition to the village government's methods, which supported a quick growth to rival that of the surrounding villages' increasing affluence, won out in later years, overseeing the cessions of the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort and Lincolnshire Corporate Center to the village over a period of years starting in 1983. Lincolnshire sought to annex the old remnants of Half Day from which it was created but lost in a court battle with the village of Vernon Hills to the north in 1994; this created the present day border between Lincolnshire and Vernon Hills, which lies along Route 22 until it meets Milwaukee Avenue. [cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1301.html|title=Vernon Hills, IL|accessdate=2008-08-23|author=Marilyn Elizabeth Perry |work=Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago |publisher=Chicago Historical Society |date=1990 ] To consolidate all these new acquisitions, Lincolnshire set to work on a new village hall and completed it in 1993, and built downtown area in what would become the Lincolnshire Corporate Center, City Park, and the Lincolnshire Commons, centered around the intersection of Aptakisic Road and Milwaukee Avenue.cite web |url=http://www.gocitypark.com/location.html|title=City Park Location|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Go City Park!.com |publisher=Village of Lincolnshire |date=2008] cite web|url=http://www.lincolnshirecommons.com/html/mallinfo.asp|title=Mall Information|accessdate=2008-08-23|work=Lincolnshire Commons.com|publisher=GGP.com|date=2007] These facilities were planned and constructed from the mid-1990s to the mid 2000s.cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/748.html|title=Lincolnshire, IL|accessdate=2008-08-23 |author=Douglas Knox|date=1995|work=Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago|publisher=Chicago Historical Society]

In 2005, Buffalo Grove and Lincolnshire reached a boundary agreement concerning with respect to the allocation of properties and of the unincorporated Prairie View area, which lay in between the two Lake County villages. The agreement equalized the acreage for the two separate settlements. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/comdev/news-boundaryAgreement.php|title=Boundary Agreement with the Village of Buffalo Grove|accessdate=2008-09-13 |work=Department of Community Development (Lincolnshire)|publisher=Villages of Lincolnshire and Buffalo Grove|date=2005]

Geography

Lincolnshire is located at coor dms|42|11|47|N|87|55|2|W|city (42.196435, -87.917263).GR|1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11.5 km²), of which, 4.4 square miles (11.4 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.68%) is water.

The Midwest village is a suburb of the city of Chicago, being situated in the southern reaches of Lake County, and therefore located in the extreme northeast of the state of Illinois. The Des Plaines River meanders through the eastern part of the village, dividing the town in half vertically at the village hall, while Half Day Road (Illinois Route 22) splits the village in half in an east–west direction. Milwaukee Road becomes Illinois Route 45 in nearby Vernon Hills, running in a north–south direction through Lincolnshire and into the village of Buffalo Grove.cite web |url=http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS229US230&q=Lincolnshire+IL+map&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title|title=Map of Lincolnshire, Illinois|accessdate=2008-08-18 |work=Google Maps|publisher=Google, Inc.|date=2008]

Lincolnshire has been a Tree City USA every year since 1988. [cite web |url=http://www.arborday.org/programs/treeCityUSA/TreeCities.cfm?chosenState=Illinois&orderBy=Years|title=Tree Cities in Illinois |accessdate=2008-08-31 |work=Arborday.org|publisher=Arbor Day Foundation |date=2008] It has won the Tree City Growth Award for 13 consecutive years. To maintain Lincolnshire's trees the village passed the "Tree Preservation Ordinance" which puts strict restrictions on tree removal [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/forestry/ordinance.php|title=Tree Preservation Ordinance|accessdate=2008-08-18 |work=Lincolnshire Forestry Services|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] and is working towards the eradication of gypsy moths in their area. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/forestry/gypsy_moths.php|title=Information Concerning Gypsy Moths|accessdate=2008-08-18 |work=Lincolnshire Forestry Services|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] Lincolnshire lies on the border of two Chicago-area watersheds, with one pertaining to the Des Plaines River, and the other involving the nearby north fork of the Chicago River. This situation is due in part to the presence of the Des Plaines River in the village. [cite web |url=http://www.co.lake.il.us/smc/images/maps/SubShedMap_0805.jpg|title=Subwatershed Map of Lake County|accessdate=2008-09-11 |work=Stormwater Management Commission|publisher=County of Lake, Illinois|date=2004]

Climate

Due to its proximity to the city, Lincolnshire's climate shares many of the same traits of its mother city to the south, in Cook County. Similar to Chicago, Lincolnshire is in the humid continental climate zone and experiences four clearly discernible seasons. Lincolnshire receives an average of convert|33|in|mm|0 of rain per year and convert|37|in|mm|0 of snow per year; approximately 110 days every year are dominated by precipitation. [cite web |url=http://climate.fizber.com/illinois-city-lincolnshire-climate.html|title=Lincolnshire, Illinois Climate, Weather|accessdate=2008-08-18|work=Fizber.com|publisher=Fizber.com|date=2008]

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Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,108 people, 2,134 households, and 1,796 families living in the village. The population density was 1,386.2 people per square mile (534.8/km²). There were 2,177 housing units at an average density of 494.1/sq mi (190.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.11% White, 0.51% African American, 0.03% Native American, 3.72% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.50% of the population.cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Lincolnshire&_cityTown=Lincolnshire&_state=04000US17&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y|title=Lincolnshire, Illinois Fact Sheet|accessdate=2008-01-31 |work=United States Census Bureau|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=2008]

There were 2,134 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.1% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. 13.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the village the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 3.0% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 32.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $134,259, and the median income for a family was $150,598. Males had a median income of approximately $90,000 versus $46,328 for females. The per capita income for the village was $60,115. About 0.7% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.1% of those under age 18 and 0.7% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Lincolnshire serves as the headquarters of Van Vlissingen & Company, [cite web |url=http://www.vvco.com/|title=Home Page|accessdate=2008-08-21 |work=Van Vlissingen & Co. Website|publisher=Van Vlissingen and Company|date=2008] a commercial real estate developer, the global outsourcing Hewitt Associates company [cite web |url=http://www.hewittassociates.com/Intl/NA/en-US/AboutHewitt/WhoWeAre/FactSheet.aspx|title=Who We Are: Fact Sheet|accessdate=2008-08-21 |work=Hewitt Associates Website|publisher=Hewitt Associates LLC|date=2008] and the stationary products manufacturer Quill Corporation, [cite web |url=http://www03.quillcorp.com/Content/Quill/About/C_QHist.asp|title=History|accessdate=2008-08-21 |work=Quill.com|publisher=Quill Lincolnshire, Inc.|date=2008] as well as Newman/Haas Racing, [] an auto racing team in the Indy Racing League. Marriott Theatre is located in Lincolnshire as part of the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort.

Despite the rather small population of its mother village, the Half Day Road-Milwaukee Avenue area is a major retail corridor. The area experiences heavy traffic at peak hours on these arterial roads. [cite web |url=http://lakecountymotorist.com/2008/05/15/the-ten-worst-traffic-backups-in-lake-county/|title=Ten Worst Traffic Back-Ups in Lake County|accessdate=2008-08-23|author=pseudonym "lake county motorist" |work=Lake County Motorist|publisher=WordPress|date=2008] Lincolnshire and several of its neighboring villages have collaborated in attempts to ease the traffic in the area. [cite web |url=http://www.longgrove.net/Government%20Files/US45Brochure.pdf|title=U.S. Route 45 Public Input Meeting|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Illinois Department of Transportation|publisher=Government of the State of Illinois|date=2003] Downtown Lincolnshire is generally centered around the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Aptakisic Road. City Park, the Lincolnshire Commons, and the Lincolnshire Corporate Center are the hub and center of Lincolnshire,although the Village Green plaza at the intersection of Illinois Route 22 and Milwaukee Avenue is the location for many of the festivities that the village holds.

Culture and media

The village of Lincolnshire holds an annual summer festival, mirroring the more publicized and much larger Taste of Chicago in both nomenclature and intention. The Taste of Lincolnshire, as it is known, features and advertises "taste" samples of local restaurants and provides local entertainment, including musicians, a raffle, and a local pet show.cite web |url=http://www.chambermaster.com/directory/jsp/events/EventPage.jsp?ccid=96&eventid=16|title=Information on the Taste of Lincolnshire 2008|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Greater Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] Since 1993, Lincolnshire has also held the Lincolnshire Art Festival a few weeks prior to the Taste of Lincolnshire. The Art Festival permits local artists to display their work to the rest of the village and other visitors. As incentives for publicity, entertainment and parking are provided free of charge.cite web |url=http://www.amdurproductions.com/lincolnshire.html|title=2008 Lincolnshire Art Festival|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=amdurproductions.com|publisher=Amdur Productions|date=2008] Lincolnshire hosts a Fourth of July celebration annually known as "Red, White, and BOOM!", a slew of activities centered around the celebration of the American Independence Day. It incorporates live music, a raffle, and a fireworks show at local Spring Lake Park into its festivities. [cite web |url=http://www.lincolnshirecommunity.com/newsletter/June%202005%20LCA%20Newsletter.pdf|title=Lincolnshire Community Association Neighborhood News|accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=LCA Newsletter|publisher=Lincolnshire Community Association|date=June 2005]

According to Ontheradio.net, Lincolnshire is home to one licensed radio station, WAES-FM (88.1 FM). [cite web |url=http://www.ontheradio.net/radiostations/waesfm.aspx |title=WAES-FM Information|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Ontheradio.net|publisher=On The Radio.net|date=2008] The station, licensed to Adlai Stevenson High School, is called the "Stevenson Patriot Radio". [cite web |url=http://radiotime.com/station/s_42174/WAES_881.aspx|title=WAES-FM 88.1 Information|accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=RadioTime.com|publisher=RadioTime|date=2008] However, Lincolnshire's location in Lake County, a member county of the Chicagoland area, grants it access to a wide range of stations, from those in Milwaukee [cite web |url=http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WTMJ&service=AM&status=L&hours=D|title=WTMJ-AM Daytime Coverage|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Radio-Locator.com|publisher=Theodric Technologies, LLC|date=2008] and Kenosha, Wisconsin [cite web |url=http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WIIL&service=FM&status=L&hours=U|title=WIIL-FM Coverage|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Radio-Locator.com|publisher=Theodric Technologies, LLC|date=2008] to those in northern Indiana. [cite web |url=http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WNDZ&service=AM&status=L&hours=D|title=WNDZ-AM Daytime Coverage|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Radio-Locator.com|publisher=Theodric Technologies, LLC|date=2008]

Lincolnshire was also home to two motion picture performers: Alison LaPlaca, an actress famous for her role as yuppie Linda Phillips on "Duet" and its spinoff, "Open House", is an alumnus of Stevenson High School, and Kyle Brandt, another graduate of Stevenson, played Philip Kiriakis on the soap opera "Days of our Lives" and appears as himself on the reality show "". [ [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-2934272_ITM "Stevenson graduates make a name for themselves in television roles."] Daily Herald, May 13, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008.]

ports and recreation

Lincolnshire, despite its relatively small size, is home to nine public park areas. Spring Lake Park, which is centered around the eponymous lake and sports a small beachhead, hosts Lincolnshire's festivities during the Fourth of July and is renowned throughout the area. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/springlake.php|title=Parks and Paths - Spring Lake Park|accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] North Park, a major sporting field and nature reserve in northeastern Lincolnshire, collaborated with Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 to meet both the growing need for youth sports teams and extra recreational public park space; [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/northpark.php|title=Parks and Paths - North Park and North Park Nature Preserve|accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] North Park and Spring Lake Park are important enough to the village's vitality that they are considered Lincolnshire's "jewels." [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/news_jewels.php|title=Jewels of Lincolnshire - Our Parks!|accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=August 2007] School District 103 also collaborated with the village of Lincolnshire to create an educational nature center called Rivershire Park, which is located in southeastern Lincolnshire. The nature center runs programs to educate district students and other visitors about the local ecology, alongside the natural fauna and flora of the Lake County area,cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/rivershire.php|title=Parks and Paths - Rivershire Park and Nature Center|accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation |publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] and Memorial Park is a rest stop for pedestrians and cyclists traversing eastern Lincolnshire, while Florsheim Nature Preserve, which sports an unusually high Floristic Quality Index rating, is shelter to endangered and threatened species of flora rarely found elsewhere in the county.cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/florsheim.php|title=Parks and Paths - Florsheim Nature Preserve|accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Paths|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] Whytegate Park, a second athletic complex overshadowed by nearby North Park, sports several sports courts and a fitness course, [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/whytegate.php|title=Parks and Paths - Whytegate Park|accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] and Balzer Park is home to a short hiking trail and sports facilities. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/balzer.php|title=Parks and Paths - Balzer Park|accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] Lincolnshire's other two parks, known respectively as Bicentennial Park and Olde Mill Park, are little more than playgrounds for local children. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/bicentennial.php|title=Parks and Paths - Bicentennial Park |accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/oldemill.php|title=Parks and Paths - Olde Mill Park|accessdate=2008-08-30 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

The Lincolnshire Marriott Resort takes up a large area of land to the west of the Des Plaines River, and has an eighteen-hole golf course that hugs Illinois Route 22 to the south; the golf course is not only available to guests, but also runs a lesson program for local residents. [cite web |url=http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/golf-courses/chiln-lincolnshire-marriott-resort/|title=Lincolnshire Marriott-Chicago Golf Course|accessdate=2008-09-06 |work=Lincolnshire Marriott Resort|publisher=Marriott International, Inc. |date=1996-2008] The resort is also home to the Marriott Theatre, reputable for world's largest subscription base and for receiving 370 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations throughout its history. [cite web |url=http://www.marriotttheatre.com/history.asp|title=History|accessdate=2008-09-06 |work=Marriott Theatre at Lincolnshire|publisher=Marriott International, Inc.|date=2000-2008]

A number of reputable sportsmen have lived within the borders of the village of Lincolnshire. Andrea Jaeger, a professional tennis player known for her successful, albeit brief, career in tennis that saw progress in Wimbledon and the French Open, graduated from Adlai E. Stevenson High School; [cite web |url=http://www.ihsa.org/activity/tng/records/ybych1.htm|title=Girls Tennis Individual Champions|accessdate=2008-08-20 |work=Illinois High School Association|publisher=Illinois High School Association|date=1996-2008] Matt O'Dwyer, a former NFL football player who played for numerous teams ranging from the New York Jets to the Green Bay Packers, was born in the village of Lincolnshire itself. [cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/stats?playerId=778|title=Matt O'Dwyer Stats|accessdate=2008-09-07 |work=Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN)|publisher=Walt Disney Corporation / Hearst Corporation|date=2008] Robert Berland, an Olympian who won medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, lives in the village. [ [http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=223079 "Bidding for a fight? Believe it"] , Daily Herald, published July 24, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008]

Government

The government of Lincolnshire is constituted as a Council-manager form government with elements of Home rule, which it adopted via ordinance in 1976. The village is headed by a mayor who presides over a board of six trustees at every meeting, although the daily functions of the village are carried out by a professional salaried village manager. Once elected, the mayor serves a four-year term; the elected trustees serve four year terms that are staggered. The mayor is appoints a village manager, although the manager cannot take office until the Board of Trustees have approved of the mayor's choice.Cite book
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title = Lincolnshire Information Report
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Government meetings are generally conducted on the second and fourth Monday of the month. In the case of a tie, the mayor has the casting vote. Mayors of Lincolnshire can veto propositions set forth by the Board of Trustees, although this move may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the trustees.

The village's current office-holders are:

afety

Lincolnshire is served by its own police department, which is based in the village hall. ["Note:" This is so because both apparently have the same address.] This police force is staffed by twenty-seven full-time members, with twenty-five of them being sworn police officers and the other two community service personnel. The Lincolnshire Police Department runs an emergency center that accepts 911 calls in the area. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/police/index.php|title=Police Department Home Page|accessdate=2008-09-07 |work=Department of the Police|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

The Lincolnshire Police Department collaborates with Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103's junior high school, Daniel Wright, to form a chapter of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. This program has graduated sixth graders from the school every year since 1991. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/police/news_dare.php|title=DARE News|accessdate=2008-09-07 |work=Department of the Police|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

Because of increasing incidents of speeding within Lincolnshire village limits, the police department now enforces speeding laws more strictly, increasing the cost of a speeding ticket to $75 and setting up speed traps involving both patrol and unmarked vehicles to catch more offenders who break the twenty mile per hour speed limit. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/police/news_speeding.php|title=Speeding in Lincolnshire|accessdate=2008-09-07 |work=Department of the Police|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] The Lincolnshire Police Department also charges those who break the speed limit within village parks with reckless driving. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/police/news_speedingParks.php|title=Double Trouble when Speeding in Parks|accessdate=2008-09-07 |work=Department of the Police|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

The village is served by the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District, which employs forty sworn firefighters, four civilian firefighters, and six contract workers; thirty-four district employees are certified paramedics. The Fire Protection District is formed by two stations: one located in central Lincolnshire, slightly to the west of the village hall, the other in Riverwoods. The Fire Protection District runs free services and programs, including fire safety surveys of houses in the area. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/fire/index.php|title=Fire Department|accessdate=2008-09-13 |work=Department of Fire Protection|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

Lincolnshire lies in a floodplain region, a consequence of the presence of the Des Plaines River and the proximity a fork of the Chicago River on the far east border and of the small Indian Creek, which runs to the north of Lincolnshire. The village participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, a FEMA project, to alleviate a portion of the costs of flood damage that may overtax affected village residents. The village also implements the Community Rating System, a disaster readiness plan. [cite news |first=Jennifer|last=Hughes|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Lincolnshire Flood Warning Pamphlet|url= |work=Engineering Division|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=June 2004|accessdate=2008-09-13 ]

Education

Lincolnshire has two school districts: Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 and Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125, although a few students living in the village also attend school in Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102, which is based in neighboring Buffalo Grove. [cite web |url=http://www.co.lake.il.us/about/communities/lincolnshire.asp|title=About Lincolnshire|accessdate=2008-09-06 |work=About Lake County|publisher=County of Lake, Illinois|date=2008 ] District 103, which feeds into District 125, is home to three schools: Laura B. Sprague Elementary School, Half Day Intermediate School, and Daniel Wright Junior High School; District 125 comprises only Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Both are public school districts, funded by the government.

Daniel Wright Junior High School and Adlai E. Stevenson High School have both earned recognition; Daniel Wright is held in high regard by numerous school guidance websites, [cite web |url=http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/il/2675|title=Daniel Wright Junior High School|accessdate=2008-08-18 |work=Greatschools.net|publisher=Great Schools, Inc.|date=1998-2008] [cite web |url=http://www.schooldigger.com/go/IL/schools/2309002545/school.aspx|title=Daniel Wright Junior High School|accessdate=2008-08-18 |work=Schooldigger.com|publisher=Schooldigger.com|date=2008] and has won two consecutive championships in elementary Scholastic Bowl statewide competitions. [cite web |url=http://www.iesa.org/news/2007-2008/SCB.asp|title=Scholastic Bowl Championships Information, 2007-2008 Season|accessdate=2008-08-18 |work=IESA Website|publisher=Illinois Elementary School Association|date=2007] Adlai E. Stevenson was ranked as the 77th best high school in the United States by "U.S. News and World Report", and the best high school in the state of Illinois.cite web |url=http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2007/11/29/gold-medal-schools.html|title=Top 100 Gold Medal High Schools|accessdate=2008-08-18 |work=US News|publisher=US News and World Report, L.P.|date=2008]

The first school to be built in what is now Lincolnshire was Half Day Intermediate School, which initially served all grades for the small town; it was originally a one-room schoolhouse before a major expansion project was undertaken to accommodate the district's increasing population. Numerous changes were made to Half Day School between 1958 and 1965, but it remained too small to take in all prospective students; in 1983, Half Day School was closed because of the growth of Laura B. Sprague Elementary School and Daniel Wright Junior High School. It was, however, reopened nine years later as Daniel Wright and Laura Sprague began to fill to capacity.cite web |url=http://www.halfday.district103.k12.il.us/about+school.htm|title=About Our School|accessdate=2008-08-23 |work=Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 Webring|publisher=Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103|date=2001-2008]

Lincolnshire is also serviced by several other educational institutions. DeVry University's Keller School of Management operates a branch in Lincolnshire, [cite web |url=http://www.devry.edu/keller/locations/centers/loc_lincolnshire.jsp|title=Keller School of Management - Lincolnshire, IL (Chicago Metro)|accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=Keller School of Management |publisher=DeVry University|date=2007] alongside the Southlakes Campus of the College of Lake County, which is located just to the north in the village of Vernon Hills. [cite web |url=http://www.clcillinois.edu/aboutclc/southlake.asp|title=College of Lake County - Southlake Campus|accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=CLC Campuses and Extension Sites|publisher=College of Lake County|date=2008] Alumni of Stevenson High School who wish to apply for the University of Illinois may do so at an extension site located in Grayslake, a village in northern Lake County. [cite web |url=http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/lake/findus.html |title=University of Illinois Extension - Lake County Unit - How to Find Us|accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=University of Illinois Extension Sites |publisher=Universite of Illinois|date=2008] The Lincolnshire Community Nursery School, which was founded in 1973, serves many preschoolers who live in the eastern reaches of the village of Lincolnshire. [cite web |url=http://www.lcns.org/Map.htm|title=LCNS Map|accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=Lincolnshire Community Nursery School |publisher=Lincolnshire Community Nursery School|date=2004] [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/community/links/clinks-nursery.php|title=Lincolnshire Community Links - LCNS|accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=Lincolnshire Community Links|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/community/links/index.php|title=Schools and Universities|accessdate=2008-08-26 |work=Lincolnshire Community Links|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

Lincolnshire is also home to the Vernon Area Public Library District, which serves a large area of Vernon Township and the entire villages of Lincolnshire, Buffalo Grove, and Long Grove. [cite web |url=http://www.vapld.info/about/general_info/district_map.asp|title=District Map|accessdate=2008-09-08 |work=Vernon Area Public Library|publisher=Vernon Area Public Library District|date=2008] The library district also hosts a number of special events, ranging from book talks to contests. [cite web |url=http://www.vapld.info/about/News_and_Events/lib_news/News_Special.html|title=News and Events|accessdate=2008-09-08 |work=Vernon Area Public Library|publisher=Vernon Area Public Library District|date=2008]

Infrastructure

Transportation

Lincolnshire lies on three arterial roads: Illinois Route 22, which is known as Half Day Road in this area; Milwaukee Road, which appears as Illinois Route 45; and Aptakisic Road, which meets Milwaukee in the southern region of Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire shares its eastern border with the village of Bannockburn at Interstate 94 when it is considered a portion the Tri-State Tollway. Route 22 crosses the Des Plaines River before bridging Bannockburn and Lincolnshire by arching over Interstate Highway 94.

Lincolnshire has two primary bike paths that cover a large expanse of the village, with one running in a north-south direction alongside Riverwoods Road in the eastern half of the village, and the other running in a east-west direction from the eastern half of the village across the Des Plaines River to the village hall on the west side of the village. Smaller bike paths connect individual neighborhood areas within and around Lincolnshire. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/parks/parkspaths/index.php|title=Parks and Paths|accessdate=2008-09-07 |work=Department of Parks and Recreation|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

O'Hare International Airport is eighteen miles to the southwest of the village of Lincolnshire. Travel between Lincolnshire and the airport is facilitated by the Tri-State Tollway, [cite web |url=http://www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/chiln-lincolnshire-marriott-resort/|title=Maps and Transportation|accessdate=2008-09-08 |work=Lincolnshire Marriott Resort|publisher=Marriott International, Inc.|date=2008] although travel by railway is also possible because of the proximity to the village of the Prairie View metra station, which is in the eponymous unincorporated community just off of Lincolnshire's western borders. [cite web |url=http://metrarail.com/Sched/ncs/prairie_view.shtml|title=Prairie View Station Information |accessdate=2008-09-13 |work=Metra North Central Service|publisher=Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority|date=1995-2008]

Utilities

The village of Lincolnshire negotiated and signed an agreement with the village of Highland Park in 1982 to create a more efficient means of obtaining water by purchasing filtered water from Lake Michigan. The village also monitors the public pumps and water meters of private residents. Lincolnshire is serviced by a sanitary sewer that connects to the Lake County Sewage Treatment Plant, which lies on the Des Plaines River outside the village limits; the disposal of wastewater is left to the government of Lake County rather than the village of Lincolnshire itself. Lincolnshire also runs a network of storm drains that run directly into the Des Plaines River; to protect the river's cleaniness, the village government has outlawed dumping of most chemicals into the network of storm drains.cite web|url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/pw/divisions/water.php|title=Water and Sewer Division|accessdate=2008-09-13 |work=Department of Public Works|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008] A plan to repair city streets was also implemented in 1982, and continues; the village also offers public services to clear the streets during the fall and winter from fallen leaves and snow respectively, although on its arterial roads (Illinois Routes 22, 45, and Aptakisic Road) residents are provided with bags to clear their curbs during autumn months as it is not possible for the village to safely clear the roads of leaf debris. The village of Lincolnshire regularly sweeps the streets. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/pw/divisions/streets.php|title=Streets and Drainage Division|accessdate=2008-09-13 |work=Department of Public Works|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

The village of Lincolnshire is serviced by the Northern division of the Waste Management, Inc. Midwest Group for solid waste disposal. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/pdf/newsletters/08March.pdf|title=March 2008 Newsletter|accessdate=2008-09-20 |work=The Lincolnshire NewsLetter|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=March 2008]

The engineering division of Lincolnshire's Public Works Department maintains roads and streets under the jurisdiction of Lincolnshire, inspects existing facilities, improves existing residential subdivisions and considers the construction of newer ones, and manages plans in case of river floods. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/services/pw/divisions/engineering.php|title=Engineering Division |accessdate=2008-09-13 |work=Department of Public Works|publisher=Village of Lincolnshire|date=2008]

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