Homer Glen, Illinois

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Homer Glen is a village, located just 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Chicago, 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 April 17, 2001.

Geography

The boundaries of the village of Homer Glen are one half-mile block south of 131st Street to the north (along the Cook County border); 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.

Demographics

Homer Glen has a 2004 estimate population of 24,083. It is a residential and commercial suburb of Chicago in rapidly growing Will County. 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 provided by Northwest Homer Fire Protection District (north of 147th st), Homer Township Fire Protection District, and Mokena Fire Protection District to the southeast of the village.

Government

The current mayor of Homer Glen is Jim Daley. There are six trustees: George Yukich, Russell Knaack, Mike Costa, Mary Niemiec, Margaret Sabo and Laurel Ward. The town clerk is Gale Skrobuton.

Education

There are two grade school districts and one high-school district serving the village. Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C serves most of the community, and Will County School District 92 serves the rest. Lockport Township High School, District 205, is the public high school serving the village. Lockport High School district consistently ranks in the top 5% of the nation in standardized testing and most recently made Newsweek Magazine's list of America's Best High Schools 2010.

Recreation

Homer Glen has many parks and athletic clubs (including Homer Stallions football and lacrosse, Homer Heat baseball, Lockport Homer Swim Club(LHSC), and Homer Hawks soccer) providing recreation to the town.

Religion

Homer Glen is the site for the construction of the Sri Ramakrishna Universal Temple, a project of the Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago.

Homer Glen is also the location of Annunciation of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church. This church has been awarded for its "green" initiatives, specifically its 10 acres of landscaping that focuses on native plant life and water retention / management. Annunciation is notably one of the few new parishes of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh.

Homer Glen is home to St. Bernard's Parish, a Roman Catholic church; it was founded in 1989. It is also home to 15 other churches of the Christian faith.

Media

Homer Glen is part of the Chicago metropolitan area media market for television, radio, and newspaper coverage. The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times are widely available. The news of Homer Glen itself is primarily covered by The Homer Horizon newspaper which has a circulation of approximately 13,400 homes and businesses in Homer Glen and neighboring Lockport. The Homer Horizon is focused solely on the coverage of Homer Township and is a publication of 22nd Century Media, which is based in Orland Park.

See also

• Goodings Grove, Illinois
• List of towns and villages in Illinois

External links

• Homer Glen official website
• Homer Glen EMA
• Homer Township Public Library website
• Lockport Township High School website
• Will County website