Evan Shields

Five Lake Park High School students receive “Best Overall LEED Design” award from Stormwater Management director Sarah Hunn, left; DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee chair Jim Zay, SCARCE founder and executive director Kay McKeen, and SCARCE educator Andrea Redfearn, right. Courtesy of DuPage County Board The DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee presented awards to winning student groups chosen from this year’s 18th annual Sustainable Design Challenge.

Submitted by Evan Shields Updated 8/21/2020 3:11 PM The U.S. Census is in its final six weeks, and the DuPage Complete Count Committee is urging residents to complete their Census forms. DuPage County's self-response rate is currently at 78.8 percent, which ranks third in the nation among counties with a population greater than 500,000. But officials hope to increase the response rate. "We cannot underestimate the value of increasing our U.S. Census response rates.

Submitted by Evan Shields Updated 7/23/2020 4:27 PM DuPage County residents can share their views regarding programs and initiatives important to them by completing the county's annual budget survey, which is available online. DuPage County residents may take the brief survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/FY2021Budget or from the county's homepage at www.dupageco.org and clicking on the budget survey link at the top of the page .