Daily Herald opinion: The efforts that environment advocates put into projects like the Hill N Dale property sale near Barrington deserve our notice and our thanks.
The Duchossois Group that the late Dick Duchossois, former owner of Arlington International Racecourse, founded agreed to sell the southern part of Hill ‘N Dale Farm on the condition that it be permanently protected and restored as open space.
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The Duchossois family whose late patriarch, Richard Duchossois, purchased Arlington Park in 1983 has announced the sale of its 246.5-acre Hill ‘N Dale Farm South property to Barrington-based Citizens for Conservation, ensuring the land’s protection as open space in perpetuity.
In a watershed moment for suburban land preservation efforts, a Barrington-based conservation group announced Monday it is buying the Richard L. Duchossois family s 246.5-acre Hill N Dale Farm South, long considered one of the most important and desirable tracts of open space in northern Illinois.