Interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal about Waukegan, Ill., about an hour's drive north from Chicago. Apparently, the city is trying to turn itself around by redeveloping its waterfront--sound familiar?
But instead of facing a challenge of rehabbing historic buildings, Waukegan officials are trying to elbow out two not-so-attractive businesses off the waterfront space. One is a cement maker. The other makes sheet rock wallboard. It's name? National Gypsum Co. (Both can be seen in the photo above. The cement maker has the silos. National Gypsum the big piles of....dunno. Gypsum?)
The only thing I know about Gypsum is what I read in the paper about our own Crow's Lane landfill. (And what I just scanned in Wikipedia.) Does make me wonder about the smell around that waterfront, and the water itself is apparently polluted..
Anyway, here's a link to the article. Sorry, registration is required. Sounds like the city is taking on some heavy-handed tactics, but I can't blame them for wanting what we have here.
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