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Watch now: Planning, resilience and engagement propel Lockport to Strongest Towns win

Mark Loehrke Times correspondent Cited for resilience, innovation and community service, Lockport wins the 2021 Strongest Towns competition. Mayor Steven Streit discusses the honor. Tony V. Martin, The Times It started with a book club. Having reviewed with the city council and his staff the Strong Towns philosophy — which is based on an international movement dedicated to making communities across the U.S. and Canada financially strong and resilient by focusing on practical incremental projects, adaptability and community involvement — Lockport Mayor Steven Streit decided to get a group of residents together to read Strong Towns: A Bottom-up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Strong Towns President Chuck Marohn.

Virtual story time gives young readers an outlet for their imaginations in a pandemic

Mark Loehrke Times correspondent Like many in-person happenings and events, the Mom & Tot story time at Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School in Orland Hills was put on sudden (and, as it turned out, indefinite) hold when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March. Rather than pull the plug on such a popular program, pre-K teacher Beth Rachanski has decided to try what so many other businesses and organizations have been doing throughout the crisis — taking their offerings online. “We were very excited to start this virtual program,” says Rachanski, who has been at the school since 2009. “We love this program because it’s a great way to introduce new families to our CJB community and also because story times are a way to begin introducing newly registered families to the faculty.”

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