Business View Civil Municipal - Sept 2023

140 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 9 we always look for opportunities to improve and expand those,” says Amy Emery, Director of Community and Economic Development. “They include the 4th of July festivities and Summer Daze which is the first weekend in August. We also have events that happen at other times in the year: Arbor Day Celebration in April, Bike Rodeo in May, the Multicultural PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n ENTRUST Solutions Group entrustsol.com Festival in June; in the fall we have Art on the Prairie; and Holly Days in December.” One of Warrenville’s best features is its ability to incorporate the natural landscape into the fabric of the town. Located on the banks of the West Branch of the DuPage River, the city is essentially surrounded by a necklace of five Forest Preserves and the Fermi National Laboratory. Together, these public spaces encompass 10,000 acres of open space and contain approximately 30 miles of off-road bike paths. This vast network of public open spaces provides many recreational opportunities, including fishing, canoeing, tubing, biking, hiking, cross-country skiing, and camping. The future looks bright Going forward, Brummel says that he’d like to see the city “continue to do things that we’re doing well and even do them better. “I’m excited at the prospect of our redevelopment of our Old Town and making sure that happens,” he adds. “We have a couple of areas where we can see new neighborhoods develop; it’s important that those are ones that fit into the community and the neighbors approve of and welcome. We want to keep that culture of small-town availability. We try to promote that. In terms of businesses, we have some vacancies in Cantera that we’d like to see reimagined and used in a way that offers long-term benefits to the community.” In terms of his own future, Brummel is blunt. “I’d like to stay mayor forever,” he opines. “My roots are pretty deep here. I’m intimately involved in the future of this community and I find it a delightful thing to be involved in.”