Resume McHenry County Updates for this week!

Written on August 16, 2022.

Resume McHenry County Update!

Through our collaboration with McHenry County, we will continue to share important information on services, programs to help our citizens, and events in our county through Resume McHenry County Updates.

Please take a moment to scroll down to see new advancements this week as we move forward in McHenry County. If MCEDC can be of any help, please call. Forward this email to your friends and family to help get the word out!

MCEDC unveils new branding at annual meeting

The McHenry County Economic Development Corp. officially unveiled its new branding at its Aug. 9 annual meeting!

Naturally McHenry County, in collaboration with McHenry County government and the MCEDC, adopted an exciting joint brand identity earlier this year to further align their goals to promote McHenry County as a top location to live, visit, and work.

The MCEDC is one of the co-creators of the Resume McHenry County newsletter to help our business community and workers weather the COVID-19 pandemic. Congratulations on adopting the new brand, and thank you for everything you do!

Comment period extended for 2050 Comprehensive Plan

The deadline to make our ideas and concerns heard regarding the McHenry County 2050 Comprehensive Plan has been extended another month to Sept. 30.

The website through which to submit comment can be found by visiting hla.fyi/McHenryCounty. Visitors can take a survey, and use an interactive map tool to create their own map to highlight issues in McHenry County that they feel would impact the Comprehensive Plan. Click on the brief video above to see for yourself why this is so important.

The Comprehensive Plan serves as a blueprint for McHenry County’s future by setting policies to direct growth and development for the next 30 years. The plan addresses nine key areas of land use, housing, economic development, agricultural resources, transportation and mobility, community facilities and infrastructure, natural resources and active recreation, green infrastructure and water resources, and historic resources.

SBA opens disaster loan program for Highland Park shooting

McHenry County businesses and nonprofit agencies that were affected by the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park are eligible for Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the US Small Business Administration.

Qualifying entities have until April 25, 2023 to apply. You can learn more and apply by clicking here, and you can click here to watch a brief video explaining the loan.

The declaration covers Lake, McHenry and Cook counties in Illinois, and Kenosha County in Wisconsin.

Ride for Recovery returns to bring attention to substance abuse

The Ride for Recovery is once again returning to McHenry County to raise awareness of the local and national crisis of substance abuse.

The event is hosted annually by the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition to bring attention to International Overdose Awareness Day. It starts with a countywide motorcycle ride through Illinois and Wisconsin, followed by a celebration of life rally and event on Woodstock Square to remember those who have died from substance abuse and overdose.

Click here to learn more and to register for the ride.

What’s in a (county road) name?

Have you ever wondered why certain roads in McHenry County are named the way they are? If you have questions, the McHenry County Historical Museum is hosting the guy with the answers.

Ernest Varga, a project and design engineer with the McHenry County Division of Transportation, is presenting “A Road By Any Other Name” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the McHenry County Historical Museum, 6422 Main St., in Union. Varga will draw from his decades-long career as an engineer and researcher to reveal where our roads got their names.

Admission is $5 for members of the McHenry County Historical Society, and $8 for non-members, payable at the door. Click here, or call 815-923-2267, for more information.

Summer Sunset Festival returns to Lake in the Hills

While our children are returning to school in the coming days and weeks, it isn’t officially the end of summer in McHenry County until the Summer Sunset Festival comes.

The annual Lake in the Hills festival offers the community a wonderful weekend of activities, food and entertainment to send off summer with a bang – in the form of a spectacular fireworks display – during the Labor Day weekend.

The festival takes place from Friday, Sept. 2, through Sunday, Sept. 4. Visit the festival website at summersunsetfest.com for a complete schedule of events, and follow the festival on Facebook for the latest updates!

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Resume McHenry County is a collaborative initiative being implemented by McHenry County and the McHenry County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) in partnership with the McHenry County community, including cities and villages, businesses and residents. The goal is to ensure a successful reopening of our economy so that we can return to our lifestyles safely and responsibly.