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Katie Long-Piper has waited years to see grass growing around her house. Albeit, for mid-January, progress is slow. But for a while, she didn’t think she’d ever see life in her lawn again. What a difference tenacity and good neighbors can make. It took months, but work to replace and revive the dozens of lawns left devastated by debris from an EF3 tornado that struck north Naperville in June .
Thanks to the persistence of tireless neighbors and $1.5 million in grants work has begun to replace dozens of Naperville yards severely damaged by the 2021 tornado that struck parts of the city.