Bears stadium, redo of Arington Park, is town’s priority

Working with the Chicago Bears Football Club in creating a “one-of-a-kind redevelopment plan for the former Arlington Racetrack” is the No. 1 strategic priority of the Arlington Heights Village Board.

Trustees identified nine strategic priorities for the village over the next two years during a goal-setting session late last month. That was used by village staff to help create the 2024-2025 strategic priority list that was presented for approval at the Sept. 5 Village Board meeting.

Trustees voted 8-0 to support the plan.

“The biannual goal-setting session is where the board identifies various themes, trends, challenges that could impact the village of Arlington Heights in [2024 and 2025],” Village Manager Randy Recklaus said during his report at the meeting. “The board synthesizes all information it receives from the citizen survey, staff reports, their own perspective and interactions with business people, visitors and residents of Arlington Heights and we try to develop…