Homer Glen, Illinois

Chicagoland municipality
muni-name = Homer Glen
muni = Village
date = 2001
state = Illinois
county = Will
township = Homer
gov = Council-manager
head_label = Mayor
gov_head = Jim Daley
pop = 24,083
density-km = 849.2
density-mi = 2174
status = up
percent = 58.34
prevyear = 1990
area-km = 57.3
area-mi = 22.4
white = 93.53
black = 0.73
hispanic = 3.67
asian = 3.47
islander = 0.04
native = 0.07
other = 1.04
acode = 708
zips = 60441, 60491
pci = 30,467
geocode = 56640
mhi = 67,574
mnhv = 196,700
mhv = 226,034(2000)
website = www.homerglen.org

Homer Glen is a suburban Chicago village located in Homer Township, Will County, Illinois. As of a 2004 special census, the village had a total population of 24,083. The village was incorporated on 7 April 2001.

Homer Glen and the surrounding Homer Township have a combined population of 35,000.Homer Glen was incorporated in the Spring of 2001. The village boundaries are 131st street to the north, 183rd Street to the south, Will-Cook Road to the east, and Gougar road to the west. The village shares its boundaries with the village of Lemont (in Lemont Township, Cook County) to the north, the village of Orland Park (in Orland Township, Cook County) to the east, the village of New Lenox (in New Lenox Township, Will County) to the south, and the city of Lockport (in Lockport Township, Will County) to the west.

This is a residential and commercial suburb of Chicago in the rapidly growing Will County. It is a middle- to upper-class village. The village is served by three post offices: Lemont, Lockport, and Orland Park. Police Services are supplied by the Will County Sheriff's Police Department. Fire Services are provide by Northwest Homer Fire Protection District and the Homer Township Fire Protection District. The village's slogan is "Community & Nature...in Harmony".

Such famous people have lived here including R. Kelly, who currently lives in nearby Olympia Fields.

The current mayor of Homer Glen is Jim Daley. There are six trustees; Marcia De Vivo, Russell Knaack, Christopher Locacius, Mary Niemiec, Margaret Sabo, and Laurel Ward.

There are three school districts and one high school district serving the village. Homer Community School District 33-C is the elementary district serving most of the community. Lockport and Will county school districts serve the rest. Lockport Township High School District 205 is the public high school serving the village.

Recreation

Homer Glen has seven [http://www.homertownship.com/Parks.htm parks] within its boundaries including: Morris Park, Culver Memorial Park, Edmond J. Sendra Park, Yangas Park, Lamers Park, Goreham Park, and Town Center Park. There are also two [http://www.homerglen.org/Links%20to%20Services/forestpreserves.htm Forest Preserves] within the boundaries of Homer Glen, Messenger Woods Nature Preserve and Homer Trails.

Recreational opportunities in Homer Glen include: [http://www.homersports.com/ Homer Athletic Club] , Homer Blues Baseball - 18 & over, [http://eteamz.active.com/homerhawks/index.cfm? Homer Hawks Girls Softball] , [http://www.homersoccer.org/index.html Homer Soccer] , [http://www.homerstallions.com/ Homer Stallions Youth Football and Cheerleading Association] , and [http://www.nazarenerecreation.com/Content/ContentCT.asp?P=287 Nazarene Recreation.]

Religion

Homer Glen is the site for the construction of the Sri Ramakrishna Universal Temple of North America, a project of the Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago. [http://www.vedantasociety-chicago.org/SRKUniversalTemple/LandPurchase.htm]

External links

* [http://www.homerglen.org Homer Glen official website]
* [http://www.lths.org Lockport Township High School website]
* [http://www.willcounty.com Will County website]
* [http://www.homerlibrary.org Homer Township Public Library website]