The Village of Burr Ridge has a limited amount of retail business zoned space available in the community. The Village's largest retail center is County Line Square of Burr Ridge, located at the southeast corner of County Line Road and I-55. Over 20 tenants include Bobak's Sausage Company, D. Edmunds Interiors, The Beautiful Sound and Kirstens' Danish Bakery. For additional information, please contact leasing agent George Capper, of CB Richard Ellis, at (630) 573-7077.

The Village of Burr Ridge is home to two fine recreational facilities, Five Seasons Country Club and Life Time Fitness. Five Seasons, located at the southeast corner of Plainfield Road and Madison Street, offers an exclusive private country club atmosphere, including fine dining, tennis, indoor and outdoor swimming and fitness facilities.

Life Time Fitness, a 109,000 sq. ft. family-oriented health club located in the Burr Ridge Corporate Park at the southeast corner of County Line Road and I-55, is part of the fastest growing health and fitness chain in the country and features both indoor and outdoor swimming, handball and racquetball, climbing wall, basketball courts, exercise classes and a full line of fitness equipment.

For more information on these facilities, please contact:

The Village of Burr Ridge is home to 12 restaurants, offering a wide variety cuisines.

The Village of Burr Ridge is home to over 400 businesses. The following is a list of major businesses located in Burr Ridge:

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Top Ten Sales Tax Generators*

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Village Banks

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Tax Code Rates for Principal Cities and Villages

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Village of Burr Ridge - 10 Years of New Construction

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Village Services

VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION

• Form of Government: Mayor and Board of Trustees
• Full-Time Village Administrator
• Employees:    56 full-time (including Police)
                     3-4 seasonal Public Works employees as needed

WATER

• Source: The Village receives an ample supply of Lake Michigan water via the Village of Bedford Park Water System.
• Capacity: The Village's Water Department system includes a pumping station; a 3,000,000 gallon underground reservoir; 2,000,000 and 300,000 gallon elevated storage tanks, and a standby system of wells. Lake Michigan water is rechlorinated at the Burr Ridge pumping station.
• Consumption:    2001 Average consumption    = 1,863,000 gallons/day
                             2001 Peak consumption         = 4,510,438 gallons/day
• Present Commercial Water Rate: $3.55 per 1,000 gallons for commercial customers.

WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT

The Village of Burr Ridge is serviced by 3 wastewater treatment facilities. Those properties within Cook County are served by wastewater treatment facilities under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD).

Costs for maintenance/operations of the MWRD treatment plant and the major collection sewers are paid through property taxes. Costs to maintain all local sewers are paid through user charges paid to the Village of Burr Ridge.

Properties generally located north of I-55 are served by the Hinsdale Sanitary District. The sanitary sewer collection system is also under the jurisdiction of the Hinsdale Sanitary District.

Those properties located south of I-55 are served by a wastewater treatment facility under the jurisdiction of DuPage County. The sanitary sewer collection system is also under the jurisdiction of DuPage County.

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL/RECYCLING

Solid waste disposal, including the collection of recyclables, is handled by private arrangement of each business with one of the scavenger services licensed to operate commercially in Burr Ridge.

Recyclable materials include newsprint, aluminum cans, green glass, brown glass, white glass, plastics (such as milk, water and juice bottles, bleach and detergent bottles, margarine tubs, peanut butter jars and six-pack rings), tin cans, magazines, corrugated cardboard, brown paper bags, aluminum foil and baking pans, empty aerosol cans.

Licensed Commercial Scavengers:

POLICE PROTECTION

Police protection is provided by the Village of Burr Ridge. There are 15 full-time Patrol Officers, 2 Investigators, 4 Corporals, 4 Sergeants, 1 Chief of Police and 4 civilian clerks, for a total of 30 employed by the Village. All officers are trained in accordance with the requirements of the Illinois Local governmental Law Enforcement Officers Training Board. Police dispatching and E-9-1-1 services for the Village of Burr Ridge are provided through the Southwest Central Dispatch Agency. 

The Burr Ridge Police Department is a member of CJIS (Criminal Justice Information System) in DuPage County. This system links the Police Department with 25 other police departments throughout DuPage County and provides a county-wide data base as well as records management and crime reporting statistics.

FIRE PROTECTION AND AMBULANCE SERVICES

Fire protection and ambulance services are provided by the Tri-State and Pleasantview Fire Protection Districts. Tri-State serves that portion of Burr Ridge west of County Line Road and south of Plainfield Road, while Pleasantview serves the rest of the Village. Both fire districts are taxing bodies separate from the Village and serve more than Burr Ridge.

LIBRARY SERVICES

Library services are available to some property owners in Burr Ridge that are located within the Indian Prairie Library District and all Burr Ridge residents may obtain a library card from either the Hinsdale or Indiana Prairie Library. There is a set fee for a card that may be used at any of the libraries in the Suburban Library System (call 325-6640 for details), as well as for a Hinsdale Library card. An Indian Prairie Library card for non-district residents is based on the assessed valuation of their property. A current tax bill must be presented for the fee to be determined. For further information, call the Hinsdale Library at 986-1976 or Indian Prairie at 887-8760.

PARKS

Village residents are served by one of two park districts, each of which has its own elected Board of Trustees:

PUBLIC WORKS

In addition to operating the water system and the sanitary sewers in the Cook County portion of the Village, the Public Works Department is responsible for approximately 70 miles of streets and 75 cul-de-sacs, including maintenance, snow removal, street signs, street lights, street trees (planting and removal) and storm sewers. Also, the Public Works Department maintains approximately 30 acres of open space owned by the Village, the lakes included in Village-owned open space and Village-owned buildings. The Public Works Department also conducts a brush-chipping program on the 2^nd Saturday of June, July, August and September, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the Public Works facility, 451 Commerce Street. The Public Works Department oversees the Village's annual Tree Program, taking responsibility for planting trees in open areas where no trees previously existed or as replacements for trees which had been removed due to disease, old age, large broken branches, vandalism, salt, drought or insect damage or unknown reasons.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Burlington Northern passenger railroad stations are located just a few minutes away in neighboring Clarendon Hills, Hinsdale and Western Springs. PACE bus facilities, located in the County Line Square Shopping Center, allow commuters the option to travel to downtown Hinsdale to catch the Burlington Northern commuter train to downtown Chicago or to travel to downtown Chicago directly via the Stevenson 

Expressway (I-55). Santa Fe railroad facilities are located in nearby Willow Springs, offering both passenger and freight services, with the freight service portion of the railroad being associated with one of the largest UPS distribution facilities in the Midwest.

O'Hare Airport, one of the nation's busiest airports, is located only 21 miles directly north along I-294. Midway Airport is conveniently located only 12 miles away to the northeast.

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Cook County Planning and Development Department 69 W. Washington Street, Suite 2940 Chicago, IL 60602-3007 (312) 603-1000 or visit their web site at Chicago-Cook Business Center

Small Business Development Center Business and Professional Institute College of DuPage 425 22nd Street Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 (630) 942-2771 or visit their web site at Small Business Development Center

DuPage County Office of Economic Development 421 N. County Farm Road Wheaton, IL 60187 (630) 681-2240 or visit their web site at DuPage County - Economic Development

Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs 100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 3-400 Chicago, IL 60601 (217) 782-3891 or (312) 814-2308 or visit their web site at DCCA

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