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Several residential areas are immediately to the south, east and west of the property. In addition to the lowered property values for these immediate neighbors, all property in the general vicinity will experience a decline in value from the unsightly concrete development and heavy semi-truck traffic integral to a distribution center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614742967812-CL1B2MS5K7AJT6XZHNLI/100087153_10220908583816522_2047791959501701120_n.jpg Property Values - With more floods comes more flood damage. Several neighborhoods in the surrounding communities have experienced flooding problems in the past decade (e.g, the Heather Hill neighborhood in Flossmoor in September, 2019; see the article in the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle). With the loss of greenspace and the increase in concrete ground coverage attendant on the proposed development, these problems will only increase. According to Hazel Crest's Director of Public Works, Jeff Hahn, 100-year storms are actually now happening every five years. This increase in extreme precipitation events is adding to flooding in an area with aging infrastructure, degraded waterways, loss of virtually all natural wetlands and high levels of water pollution. Preserving this greenspace is important to mitigate flooding for all Homewood residents - not just those near the site itself. https://www.ss4greenspace.org/health-and-safety daily 0.75 2021-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614745456354-GDAW7VKVPFJI823MLENF/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-02%2Bat%2B10.21.28%2BPM.jpg Health and Safety - Our children learn in 15 nearby schools. This facility would be located less than a mile from Prairie-Hills Junior High School, Nob Hill Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, Pottawatomie School, and Stepping Stones, Where it All Begins, Agape Child Care Learning Center, and Learn as you Grow Daycares. And it will be located less than two miles from Mae Jemison School, Robert Frost Middle School, Chateaux School, Saint Anne School, Jesse White Learning Academy Elementary School, and Warren Palm School. The proposed facility and its operations pose a threat to the air quality and safety for the young people attending these schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614745993586-RN9MAQMAKZ3D6GTY166F/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+10.29.02+PM.png Health and Safety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614746202012-7FHODCUAWD3EKP8CRZIS/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+10.26.42+PM.png Health and Safety - We need trees, to help us breathe. Particulate matter pollution in the area is projected to increase with the exhaust from the 300 additional trucks using the facility daily. As discussed by Patel and Miller (2009, p. 8 of on-line version), "current levels of pollutants remain associated with asthma development and acute asthma morbidity." O'Hare (2017) reported on research directly linking inhalation of diesel fumes to adverse respiratory symptoms such as those experienced by asthma patients. Some of these symptoms are sufficiently acute to require hospitalization. https://www.ss4greenspace.org/press daily 0.75 2023-07-03 https://www.ss4greenspace.org/environmental-racism daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614747364711-9UMLAKDOO6GSTJRIZFVD/Eu9CKedUcAAvlGm.jpeg Environmental Racism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614747792698-GI801UE9QEJ674SNKTQB/pexels-photo-6202735.jpeg Environmental Racism - We can’t breath. A report by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Asthma Disparities in America, found that the burden of asthma in the United States falls disproportionately on Black, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native people. Especially relevant to the racial demographics in the South suburbs, they found: African-American children have the highest prevalence of asthma; African-Americans in the U.S. die from asthma at a higher rate than people of other races or ethnicities; African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma, especially African-American women, than any other group; African-Americans are three times more likely to stay in the hospital from asthma; And, about 13.4 percent of African-American children have asthma, compared to about 7.4 percent of white children with asthma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614790496234-WUYOIX098U5S07586J4M/image-asset.jpeg Environmental Racism - This development is environmental racism. With the scientific proof of linkages between PM 2.5 exposure and respiratory illness, it is unconscionable for the Village of Homewood to allow this project. Developing another trucking center that brings more diesel emissions to a predominantly African American community is a racist act. https://www.ss4greenspace.org/environment daily 0.75 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614791265299-JF8WH3SHJ3GVFDZZVXR5/image-asset.jpeg Environment - More trucks, more pollution. While long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over U.S. highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air-polluting particulate matter (PM 2.5) and about 55% of nitrogen oxides -- the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere. Freight trucks primarily use diesel engines, which emit fine-particulate exhaust, which poses a cancer risk 7.5 times larger than all other air toxins. Diesel exhaust is classified as a Group 1 (highest level) carcinogenic, according to the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614791498515-L0EUD7HCKGR4OQNUWR0A/image-asset.jpeg Environment Some large trucks can produce as much pollution as 150 cars. Most diesel trucks only get 5-6 mpg, guzzling hundreds of gallons a week, and spewing the noxious chemicals into the air we breathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614791655380-VW0453NRW8U8T2IWNUQV/25.jpg Environment - Less trees, less oxygen. The 128 acres of greenspace includes over a thousand mature trees. One mature tree produces about 260 pounds of oxygen a year; two mature trees provide enough oxygen for a family of four for a year. In addition to providing us with oxygen, mature trees also remove carbon from the air. If the development proceeds, there will be more than a thousand fewer trees removing carbon from the air after the development, while simultaneously adding more carbon to the air through increased diesel exhaust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60315aab2a21fc6e0bac6b30/1614791907511-Q6HKTZL7OMRLQHWNZSC4/image-asset.jpeg Environment Mature trees are home to hundreds of organisms. 326 species in North America are dependent on Oak trees alone. 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