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Former Orland Park assistant village manager Karie Friling and the Vote Yes Orland Park group brought in Jason Grant, the director of advocacy for the International City/County Management Association in Washington.
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County s newly elected seven-member Board of Commissioners all incumbents took their oaths of office and determined how long each of their terms will be.
DuPage Forest Preserve poised to hire executive director Karie Friling
Updated 3/11/2021 4:34 PM
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is poised to hire Karie Friling as its new executive director.
Friling has more than 27 years of experience in public service and management. As the village manager for Homer Glen since 2019, Friling initiated Homer Glen s first open lands preservation program, expanded recreational and special event programming, and facilitated creative public and private partnerships.
Friling previously served as assistant village manager and director of development services for Orland Park for more than a decade. I truly believe that community development and planning are intrinsically tied to land preservation and conservation, Friling said in a statement. Quality neighborhoods and great communities are desirable because of balanced development that promotes recreation, open spaces, parks, trails and pedestrian connections.
Friling said it has been a little discouraging to see the negativity of the village lately, but said she has been handling that type of public pressure for 27 years in local government and realizes it is easy to become cynical.