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Welcomes You to Lanark, Illinois!

 

Beautiful, Historic Downtown Lanark, IL

Establish in 1861 

Population: 1584
Our Mission:
To promote retention, expansion, and marketing of Lanark area businesses.
On this Web site...
Just a few of the things you'll find on the Chamber Web site
Lanark Strategic Planning - second session
Tuesday, February 9
6:00 pm at the Heritage Center

Share your vision for Lanark.
Residents and stakeholder of Lanark are invited to help shape the future of the City.
Click here for more information.
Lanark Library features Snapshot Day
Libraries all around the state of Illinois will feature Snapshot-One Day in the Life of Illinois Libraries on February 10. The community is invited to the Library at 110 West Carroll Street to share their stories of how libraries have played an important role in their lives for entertainment, enlightenment or personal enrichment.
Robin Fisch, Family Nutrition/Family Consumer Science Educator from University of Illinois Extension will hold half hour sessions demonstrating ways to preserve your family story in the form of an heirloom cookbook or personal memoir. Fisch will give programs at 3:30, 4:00 and 4:30. Coffee and Hot cider will be served. Each person will be ask to add their favorite book or author to a wall chart that will be posted in the library. A display will also feature recently acquired audio books, large print titles and DVD's. For more information call 815-493-2166 Tues, Wed, Fri Noon-5 Thurs Noon-7:30 and Sat 10-3.
Follow What's Happening on Facebook
Lanark has a Facebook page.
Click here to become a fan.
Job Opportunity
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting temporary, part-time census takers for the 2010 Census. These short-term jobs offer good pay, flexible hours, paid training, and reimbursement for authorized work-related expenses, such as mileage incurred while conducting census work. Best of all, census takers work right in their own communities.
Click here to find out more about being a census taker.
Click here for local testing dates.
LIFE IN LANARK:

Clubs & Organizations

  • Lions Club

  • Lanark Community Club

  • Lanark Women’s Club

  • Six Churches

  • Friends of the Lanark Public Library

  • Entrepreneur & Inventors Club

  • Lanark Chamber of Commerce

Recreation

  • City Park

  • Summer League Baseball/Softball

  • Mississippi
    Palisades State Park     — 15 minutes

  • Golf Courses —Two within 10 minutes
    —    Ten within 30 minutes

  • Playhouse Theater—10 minutes

  • County Cycling Trails

  • Old Settlers Days

  • Hometown Days

  • Parades

  • Lake Carroll—Five Miles

Health, Safety and
Well-being

o    Medical Clinic in Town

o    Two Hospitals within 30 miles

o    Very Low Crime Rate

o    Crime Stoppers

o    Neighborhood Watch

o    Fitness Center

o    No Traffic Congestion

o    Quiet

o    City Safe Route to School Plan

 Education

o    Eastland School District 308 Test Scores 16% Above State Average

o    Low Student-to-Teacher Ratio

o    Excellent Extracurricular and Sports Programs

o    Caring and Supportive Teachers and Administration

o    Two Community Colleges within 30 minutes

 

Economy

o    Low Cost of Living

o    7.66% Property Taxes

o    Many Job Opportunities within a 30 minute commute

o    TIF (Tax Increment Financing)
District

Much More...

o    Beautiful Historic Architecture of Downtown Businesses and
Residences

o    Magnificent Tree Lined Streets

o    Cable and DSL Broadband Internet
Access

o    Outstanding Public Library

o    Golden Meals Senior Citizen Lunch
Delivery

o    Award winning Water and Sewer Systems

o    Friendly Citizens and Businesses

o    Bed & Breakfast—One in City, five within 20 minutes

 

Support your community businesses.
Be sure to "Shop Local First"!

 

 
 
Demographics sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census
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