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Loves
Park—City
of
The City of Loves
Park is located along the Rock River about 80 miles Northwest of
Chicago , 15 miles South of the Wisconsin border and adjacent to the
City of Rockford, Illinois. The City was named after Malcolm Love, a
Rockford industrialist and civic leader, who in 1901 purchased a 236
acre tract of land along the Rock River located 3 miles North of
Rockford. Love's property served as a gathering place for social
events for several of Mr. Love's industrialist friends and
eventually became known as Love's Park. In the early 1900's, with
the expansion of the railroad through the area known as Love's Park,
came residential and commercial development. This development has
continued until present day through strong political leadership and
economic planning.
Electric is
supplied by ComEd.
The water department is owned and operated by the City.
There are 25 churches.
Two community newspapers
serve the area.
The City also has
several recreational opportunities, such as boating and fishing on
the Rock River, ice skating at the newly constructed Carlson Arctic
Ice Arena, soccer at the Indoor Soccer Complex, organized sports at
the Harlem Community Center and Nascar Winston Cup Racing at the
Rockford Speedway. In addition, Loves Park is home to one of the
largest state parks in Illinois, Rock Cut State Park. Rock Cut State
Park consists of two lakes, Pierce Lake and Olson Lake, which
provide camping, boating, fishing, hiking and swimming for visitors
to the area
Education
includes 8 grade schools, 2 middle schools, and one senior high
school--Harlem Consolidated Schools--7,000 students.
The
City boasts a public library called North Suburban Public Library,
including summer reading club, computer classes, children's services
and online newsletter (Goto: northsuburbanlibrary.org/home.aspx)
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