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About
AReCO
Who We Are:
AReCO believes
in a balance between economy and ecology.
AReCO is a grass roots organization and is separate from all other
organizations. We began in June 1994, with just 26 members. Today AReCO
represents over 1200 residents from 42 communities and the City of Park Ridge
that are concerned about O’Hare. There are many national organizations
that are also members.
AReCO’s membership is diverse, and it includes people from all walks of life
including the business and real-estate community, as well as employees of the
airlines, including pilots from United and American. We represent some Chicago
Air Traffic Controllers in safety/capacity matters. We are legislative aides,
business owners and members of the real estate community, teachers, doctors and
others concerned about not only O’Hare noise but its environmental and health
problems.
Our concerns:
We citizens are concerned with the increase in incidents of noise, health,
safety, environmental problems and; decreasing property values that more flights
at O’Hare Airport will bring.
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here if you would like to join AReCO.
AReCO's
Goals:
- To achieve a
balance between public health and O'Hare economics.
- To reduce the
number of flights to safer and healthier levels.
- To have
O'Hare adhere to a global nighttime curfew.
- To work with
the medical, educational, and environmental communities to bring change.
- To work
globally to foster change in the industry.
- To seek
permanent, meaningful relief.
- To block any
construction that will raise the number of flights at O'Hare.
- To protect
the health, safety and welfare of those affected.
New Projects:
AReCO has launched three major projects:
- To obtain compensation for
property owners for loss of property value and loss of use of property.
- To lower the baseline
threshold level of noise to accurately include the number of people who
are seriously exposed to environmental hazards of O'Hare pollution
(approx. 25+ mile radius).
- To obtain medical health
benefits for problems caused by the airport and have legislation enacted
that benefits the community rather than the industry.
Some of AReCO’s
Accomplishments:
- Only non-NRDC office, of
four, selected in nationwide as spokesperson of the release of their
recent Airport Pollution Health Report.
- Received Illinois Senate
Recognition (1996, 1999) for our work in protecting the health and safety
of millions of people around O’Hare.
- Won major legal action,
nationally, against O'Hare.
- Founding member of the
US-Citizens Aviation Watch Association, Inc.
- Received 1995 Arlington
Heights Environmental Merit Certificate.
- 1996-98 Illinois host for
International Noise Awareness Day.
- Proved no real delays at
O’Hare; proved state was for another runway.
- Educating the public on the
affects of O’Hare Airport overcrowding on our community.
- Lobbying legislators for
change and permanent, meaningful relief.
- Lobbying for compensation
for property owners.
- Leading the crusade
nationally to lower the noise contours to 55LDN, so people within a 30
mile radius of a busy airport, under flight paths, will be recognized to
be in a high-impact zone -- for benefits/relief.
- Working with the
medical/educational community to bring change, regarding airport air and
noise pollution.
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The 2005-2006 Alliance of
Residents Concerning O’Hare Board of Directors:
Jack
Saporito, Executive director - Arlington Heights
Denise
Hepple, Secretary - Rolling Meadows
Alan Martin, Treasurer - Glen Ellen
Staci-lee
Sherman, Legislative Director - New York
George Flaherty, Funding Director
- Mount Prospect
William
Harder, Co-founder - Palatine
John Kieca - Arlington Heights
Charles Miller - Mount Prospect
AReCO is staffed by volunteers.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer in your community, please email us
at: info@areco.org
or call: (630) 415-3370.
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