Mount Prospect residents rally for park Demonstrators want downtown space to be kept without condominiums.(News)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: April 18, 2004| Author: Daday, Eileen O. | Copyright information

Byline: Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald Correspondent

A group of Mount Prospect residents rallied along Route 83 Saturday in hopes of persuading village officials to build a park downtown.

The demonstrators carried signs that read "Save Central Park" and "Think Outside the Condos." They received support from passing motorists, some of whom honked their horns and gave them the thumbs-up sign.

The group wants a park on village-owned land on Emerson Stree...

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