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Community Profile
Location
Mundelein is located in Central Lake County,
Illinois, 35 miles Northwest of downtown Chicago, five miles west of Interstate
94 and 20 miles north of O'Hare airport. Mundelein is served by four major State
Highways: Route 60, Route 45, Route 176 , and Route 83. The proposed extension
of the Route 53 Tollway will pass through the western portion of Mundelein with
two interchanges to serve the Village.
Transportation
METRA Commuter rail service is available from
downtown Mundelein to downtown Chicago and O'Hare airport. PACE operates daily
bus service through the Village on the 572 route. PACE Dial-A-Ride service is
provided to senior citizens and handicapped. Local Businesses are served with
rail service by the Wisconsin Central and the E.J.&E. railroads.
Recreation
Mundelein is known for fine golf courses. The
Village has seven public courses located within or adjacent to its boundaries.
Steeple Chase Golf Course, operated by the Mundelein Park District; Village
Green Golf Course, private ownership; Pine Meadow Golf Course, private
ownership; Countryside Golf Course East and West (36 holes) operated by the Lake
County Forest Preserve; and Indian Creek Golf Course, private ownership. The 36
hole Ivanhoe Country Club, a private course, is also adjacent to the Village.
Additional recreation includes boating,
fishing, ice-skating, and swimming on Diamond Lake; indoor and outdoor swimming
pools; over 20 neighborhood parks, a new community center operated by the
Mundelein Park District opened in January 1998.
Business
Mundelein is home to over 800 businesses,
mostly small to medium sized companies. The fourth largest community in Lake
County, Mundelein is second in the number of manufacturing firms. In total,
Mundelein businesses provide over 11,300 full-time jobs. The community boasts
five, attractive, well-located business parks. |
