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Settlers Ridge (picture courtesy of Hitchcock Design Group)

Settlers Ridge, Sugar Grove, Illinois
Settlers Ridge is a 535 acre mixed residential development that incorporates many low impact design elements and best management practices in a unique residential plan by Randall Arendt. A tailored PUD was developed for the site to include the use of reduced street widths, modified setbacks and lot sizes, and alternative stormwater management to achieve over 40% open space. A comprehensive Natural Resource Inventory plan for the site was developed for the enhancement of 17 acres of wetlands, planning the use of native vegetation, management of floodplain, and stormwater management.

Campus Stormwater Management Analysis, Downer Grove, Illinois
Conducted drainage analysis of the 31 acre Good Samaritan Hospital Campus and coordinated results to develop opportunities for implementation of conservation techniques for stormwater management.

Grande Park South, Plainfield, Illinois
Grande Park South is a proposed 1,114 acre residential development that incorporates conservation design elements throughout the site plan initially developed by Randall Arendt. Features include the restoration of 2,600 LF of the East Aux Sable Creek and the establishment of native vegetation throughout the 127 acres of protected floodplain. The intricately linked stormwater management facilities include the use of large infiltration basins, rain gardens, bio-swales, and filtration strips to improve water quality.

Van Acker Farm

Van Acker Farm, Huntley, Illinois
The Van Acker Farm development is a work in process. The property, approximately 357 acres in size, is proposed to accommodate about 168 acres of commercial and industrial development, with 11 acres set aside for a new tollway interchange, and the creation of an enhanced preserve of open space of approximately 178 acres. The preservation area includes high quality wetlands and upland savannahs, restored wetlands, and habitat improvements. This unprecedented tract is intended to be deeded to a conservation group for permanent preservation. Engineering services to date include a detailed study of the regions hydrology and a base flood analysis, detailed master planning, and lead coordination with numerous private, local, State and Federal agencies to outline the project approach and permit process. If completed as anticipated, the Van Acker Farm development will serve as a model approach for successful integration of development with preservation and enhancement of critical natural elements.

Barrington Farms

Barrington Farms, McHenry County, Illinois
Barrington Farms is a proposed 368 acre residential project incorporating state-of-the-art conservation design principles. Cowhey Gudmundson Leder, Ltd. conducted wetland delineations, and inventoried trees and pasture for preservation in the site plan, coordinated an enhancement and management plan for over 190 acres of natural areas which incorporated woodland and savanna open space. Rounding out the conservation design theme, CGL also identified an integrated network of buffers, swales, bio-swales, and naturalized detention to cleanse and recharge runoff, and coordinated with various agencies having jurisdiction or potential jurisdiction governing project improvements.

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