Will County Gazette

OPINION: Butler: Compass Business Park: When Community Development Abandons the Community

By Chris Butler, candidate for Illinois 1st Congressional District | Jun 24, 2022

In the past few weeks, residents of Will County, Illinois have witnessed important developments in a 5-year-long saga of the development of Compass Business Park, a plan that may upend the lives of families in several of its working-class communities. The $1.5 billion development is one of the latest efforts to capitalize on America’s largest inland port located in the heart of our region.