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Article: Extreme green makeover
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- Courier News (Elgin, IL)
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- July 21, 2009
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SUGAR GROVE - Jeff Steenwyk surveyed the buzz of activity in his front yard Friday afternoon as about two dozen workers installed the stone pillars of a water pond system.
Steenwyk said he and his wife liked a rainwater retention system their neighbors had installed and took an opportunity, like many others in the Sugar Grove neighborhood, to combine a landscaping feature with potential cost savings.
"The (village) water is only going to get more expensive. Plus, why use it when you don't need to?" Steenwyk said.
About 25 homes in Sugar Grove's Bliss Woods neighborhood received aesthetic and environmentally friendly improvements Friday as part of an annual event with the St. Charles-based ...