Local coverage
Project conversations across Will County and the Joliet area.
Coverage depends on independent provider availability. Housing stock and site conditions vary across Joliet's older rail-and-canal neighborhoods and newer subdivisions — each page below covers what's relevant locally.
Shorewood
Shorewood began as a Des Plaines River fishing and resort settlement called Troy, anchored by an 1845 water-powered flour mill, and didn't incorporate until 1957, leaving window systems spread across a wide span of build years.
Local planning notes →Crest Hill
Explored by Louis Joliet and Pere Marquette in 1673, Crest Hill incorporated as its own village in 1960 largely to keep tax revenue from a developing shopping center, and its postwar housing uses standardized openings.
Local planning notes →Rockdale
Settled by Slovenian and Lithuanian immigrants in the 19th century and incorporated in 1903, Rockdale's century-old housing carries original sash where frames are rarely square enough for insert units.
Local planning notes →Plainfield
Will County's oldest community, settled as Walkers' Grove by 1828 and platted in 1834, and the site of the 1990 F5 tornado, so its housing divides sharply between pre-storm survivors and rebuilt construction.
Local planning notes →Lockport
Platted in 1837 as the headquarters town for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, named for the lock where the terrain dropped some 40 feet, and its canal-era homes hold true divided-light sash.
Local planning notes →New Lenox
First settled in the late 1820s near Gouger crossing, New Lenox grew along the 1852 Rock Island Railroad line and incorporated as a village in 1946, so most of its openings follow postwar sizing standards.
Local planning notes →Channahon
Sitting at the confluence of the Des Plaines, Kankakee and DuPage rivers, Channahon was chosen for two Illinois and Michigan Canal locks after construction began in 1836, and its housing spans that whole history.
Local planning notes →Minooka
Platted in 1852 by railroad surveyor Ransom Gardner at the highest point on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific line, Minooka incorporated as a village in 1869, leaving a rail-era core with original wood sash.
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