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THURSDAY DecemberU, 1997 - VOLUME 37, NUMBER 36 - HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS
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Starling Model Home Receives Excellence Awards
The Starling model home in Cambridge Homes' Southwind community in Huntley received a record number of seven excellence awards in the fall Medley of Homes sponsored by the Home Builders Association of McHenry County.
The Starling won more awards than any other home in the competition, and was the only plan entered by Cambridge Homes. The Starling was named the best overall home for single- family homes priced from $200,000 to $225,000 and received awards of excellence for best exterior architecture; kitchen; master bedroom; landscaping; marketing; as well as best interior, which was designed by Rita Brown, Cambridge's award wining interior designer.
Planned currently for 224 single-family homes, Southwind includes 10 all new two-story home designs in two home series. Four fully furnished model homes are now open for the public to view.
The five Meadow Series homes range from 1,456 to 2,100 square feet of living space, currently priced from $149,990 to $174,990.
The five homes offered in the Prairie Series range from 1,770 to 2,781 square feet of living space, currently priced from $164,990 to $201,990.
The award-winning Starling is shown as a fully furnished model home in the Prairie Series. This 2,781-square-foot home features four bedrooms plus loft or optional fifth bedroom; 2  1/2
baths; two-story foyer with elegant open staircase; nine-foot ceilings on the first floor; island kitchen with pantry and breakfast area with sliding door to back yard; family room with available fireplace and entertainment niche; laundry room; spacious combination living and dining room; master bedroom with volume ceiling option, walk-in closet, and adjoining master bath with separate shower and tub; l)asement; and two-car garage.
Southwind includes a signature entryway complete with soaring oak trees; two nature areas featuring a number of mature trees; and a future 10-acre plus recreation park. Southwind is located on Reed Road, approximately two miles east of Route 47 in Huntley.
Huntley In Community Swap Program
Remembrance Tree Ceremony & Santa at Deicke Park
The lighting and dedication of the Remembrance Tree at Deicke Park will take place at 12:30 pm on Saturday, December 13. Santa will arrive by Huntley Fire truck at 1 pm.
Remembrance Tree Ornaments may be purchased from the Huntley Park District and the Huntley Chamber of Commerce. You may also bring an omament
it on the Remembrance tree. Due to space limitations, each person is limited to 5 ornaments.
The ceremony is open to the public.    Refreshments will be
After you've lived in a place for a while, you may take for granted the things that may attract someone to your town or you may be overlooking problems which an outsider would consider particularly troublesome.
Community Swap, sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Illinois, is a program where delegations of community leaders visit another community of similar size and offer an "outsider's perspective" on a community. The program allows the communities to see themselves as tourists, prospective businesses, relocating families, and nonlocal shoppers might see them. These are the groups of people which small towns like Huntley typically attempt to attract in their economic development efforts, and their first impressions of a community will have the greatest impact on their decisions to relocate to or patronize the services of the town.
The purpose of Community Swap is to give a community an objective assessment of its assets
as well as its weaknesses and to give participants a chance to gather ideas from other towns dealing with similar community development issues.
Last August, a group of 6 from Minooka, IL, along with an assigned team leader, spent an aftemoon in Huntley making observations and recoding their experiences. They evaluated such things as customer service, "curb appeal" of the town, ease of finding their way around, finding information, and the availability of services. They also made some general observations about the visit. They have compiled a final report and will present their findings in a public meeting on Monday evening, December 15 at the Huntley Village Annex beginning at 7 pm.
This meeting is open to any interested individual or business. The program is jointly sponsored by Cooperative Extension Service of the U of I, The Huntley Farmside Newspaper, Huntley Chamber of Commerce, and The Village of Huntley. For additional infonnation call (847) 669-5621.
Ruth & Hoeft Receive 4-H Awards
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Eric Ruth, an 8 year member of the Huntley Han/estors received the Henry Marlowe "I Dare You Award" at the McHenry County 4-H Recognition Banquet. Tim Hoeft, a 9 year member of the Huntley Han/estors received the Sally Harrison Memorial Award.
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