Mount Carroll Community Development Corporation Contact Information

State Representatives and officials from the City of Mount Carroll, Mount Carroll Community Development Corporation, Mount Carroll Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Dept. of Transportation, and Brandt Construction Co. were on hand for the ceremony.

The previous 74-year-old bridge over Carroll Creek canyon was closed in May for demolition and construction of the new $1.8 million bridge.

Mount Carroll Jr./Sr. High School adds greenhouse

MCHS greenhouse

A new state-of-the-art greenhouse has been added to the Mount Carroll Jr./Sr. High School. The greenhouse will be used mainly as a production facility for the Mount Carroll FFA to raise lettuce, tomatoes, spring bulbs, vegetables, flowers, and poinsettias. The FFA also hopes to reimplement planting flowers with elementary students.

The facility is also being used for science, biology, and biological science applied in agriculture classes for research and experiments, and FFA students are using it to improve the quality of their floriculture and horticulture supervised agricultural experiences record books.

The FFA partnered with the Mount Carroll High School, the State of Illinois, the Dauphin family, and several private contributers to raise money for the construction of the greenhouse.

View of Carroll Creek from new IL 78 bridge

Shop Mount Carroll for the holidays and enter Frosty's Christmas Give-Away

Frosty is giving away over $5,500 in prizes in Mount Carroll

Shop in Mount Carroll for the holidays, and with every $10 in purchases at participating merchants, receive an entry coupon for Frosty's Christmas Give-Away. Over $5,500 in prizes, including $300, $200, and $100 in Chamber Bucks, will be given away. The drawings will be held on Saturday, December 21, at 6 p.m. in the Community House.

Each participating merchant is giving away a prize, and you may win as many prizes as your name is drawn for. You need not be present to win. For more information and official rules visit businesses with Frosty in the window. No purchase necessary to participate.

The Frosty Christmas Give-Away is sponsored by the Mount Carroll Chamber of Commerce, THE National Bank, MetroBank, and participating businesses. For more information, call 815-244-CALL (2255)

Campbell Center is an international learning facility

The Campbell Center campus is home to the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, the South African Academy of Ceramics Conservation, Mt. Carroll Center for Applied Photographic Arts, and the Campbell Memorial Research Library for Cultural Resources Management.

Campbell Center offers educational programs in a variety of formats and provides office space, laboratory facilities, classrooms, dormitory accommodations, and food service.

The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies will soon be mailing its 2003 preliminary course announcement newsletter. For more information, visit www.campbellcenter.org or call 815.244.1173.

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