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MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS M undelein, a north/northwestern suburb of Chicago, is an incorporat- ed village in Lake County, Illinois. Since its earliest days, one of its characteristics was its propensity to reinvent and renew itself from time to time. It was first settled by the Potawatomi people and later by European settlers and tradesmen from England, who named the place “Mechanics Grove,” where they their built schools, churches, and business- es. The community changed its name to “Hol- comb” some years later, and added a railway station and a post office. In 1909, it incorporat- ed under yet another new name, “Rockefeller,” in honor of the wealthy industrialist and oilman. That name was soon replaced by “Area,” coined by a local educational entrepreneur named Ar- thur Sheldon, who bought 600 acres near town and built a school on it. The school taught sales techniques, including the philosophy of “AREA,” AT A GLANCE MUNDELEIN WHAT: A village of 32,000 WHERE: In Lake County, ap- proximately 41 miles north- west of Chicago WEBSITE: www.mundelein.org MUNDELEIN, ILLINOIS REINVENTING AND RENEWING ITSELF