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Like the people who live in them, towns grow and evolve. Downers Grove and Woodridge are doing so at a fast clip. Solidly established with events such as the annual Heritage Festival, Downers Grove is giving its downtown a face lift and reviving a strip of Ogden Avenue while its Lyman Woods Forest Preserve readies for new trails and perhaps a new center. In younger Woodridge, developers eye the rich supply of vacant land. The Internationale Centre and Seven Bridges complexes are still expanding, making the town prepare for a surge in housing and employment and keep its classrooms filled with quality teachers. This special section examines the issues confronting the towns as they face the future.
