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Article: Diversity draws Downers Grove denizens
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 28, 1988
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Downers Grove has become a favorite suburb with transferees.
They're attracted by variety of housing, fine community services and
good schools.
For the same reasons, much of the village's population, born in
the west suburb, prefers to remain there.
Many residents are employed in the Loop, 22 miles away, or in
the Oak Brook area.
Village services include family counseling and transportation
subsidies for senior citizens. Downers Grove has won awards for
conservation and ecological progress and for recrational facilities.
Although much of the residential and industrial development is