Local coverage
Project conversations across Will County and the Joliet area.
Real coverage near Joliet depends on independent provider availability, not this list; each community page below adds its own housing and site context.
Shorewood
Shorewood began as a fishing and resort community called 'Troy' on the Des Plaines River, anchored by an 1845 water-powered flour mill, and incorporated in 1957 partly to regulate riverside trailers...
Local planning notes →Crest Hill
First explored by Louis Joliet and Père Marquette in 1673, Crest Hill grew from a post-WWII building boom and incorporated in 1960 specifically to avoid annexation by Joliet...
Local planning notes →Rockdale
Settled by Slovenian and Lithuanian immigrants and incorporated in 1903, Rockdale saw the U.S. Navy build ships along the Des Plaines River there during the 1930s...
Local planning notes →Plainfield
The oldest community in Will County, Plainfield traces to the 1828 Walkers' Grove settlement and was the site of the region's defining storm-damage event -- the August 28, 1990 F5 tornado...
Local planning notes →Lockport
Platted in 1837 as the Illinois and Michigan Canal's headquarters town, Lockport takes its name from the canal locks needed to manage a roughly 40-foot elevation drop...
Local planning notes →New Lenox
First settled in the late 1820s near 'Gouger crossing' as VanHorne Point, New Lenox was renamed for its township after the 1852 arrival of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad...
Local planning notes →Channahon
Channahon's name means 'meeting of the waters' in Potawatomi, marking the point where the Des Plaines, Kankakee, and DuPage rivers converge to form the Illinois River...
Local planning notes →Minooka
Platted in 1852 by railroad surveyor Ransom Gardner at the highest point on the Chicago-to-Ottawa line, Minooka's name comes from a Potawatomi word for 'good land' or 'high place'...
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