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Vol. 41, No. 22
June 3, 2026
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Planned Ogden Ave. dispensary moves to village board
Volunteers clean up Brookfield for Project NICE ‘Neighbors involved in a clean environment’ went to work By STELLA BROWN
Brookfield’s zoning commissioners unanimously advanced the proposal
Staff Reporter
Every year, volunteers in Brookfield gather one spring Saturday early in the morning to come together and beautify the town, cleaning up trash, sowing new plants and keeping things, as the name suggests, nice. “Project NICE is a cleanup day for the whole community. It started over 30 years ago by commissioners looking to have more residents involved in a cleaner community,” Village Trustee Katie Kaluzny told the Landmark. “‘Neighbors Involved in a Clean Environment’ is what NICE stands for. It’s evolved over the years. Different sites need more maintenance than others.” Kaluzny, who is the village board’s liaison to Brookfield’s beautification com-
By STELLA BROWN TODD BANNOR
A father with his young daughter pick up trash along the Metra platform during Brookfield’s Project Nice spring cleanup on May 16. mission, which hosts the annual effort, said the exact activities depend on the time of year Project NICE is held and the conditions day-of. She said this year’s event, held Saturday, May 16, was the second time Brookfield had partnered with members of the
Staff Reporter
Salt Creek Watershed Network. Eight or nine volunteers cleaned up the portions of Salt Creek that run through town, she said. “They met at Village Hall, and we used
The plan to open a cannabis dispensary on Ogden Avenue in Brookfield has passed through the village’s planning and zoning commission with flying colors. The commission’s six members on Thursday, May 28, unanimously voted to advance the dispensary’s application for a special use permit to the village board at its next committee of the
See PROJECT NICE on page 10
See DISPENSARY on page 9