Gina DelRose invested in Belvidere-Boone County
She brought a downtown farmer's market to life, and that's just the start of Gina DelRose's list of accomplishments.
When she's not keeping a close eye on development as associate planner for the Belvidere-Boone County Planning Department - making sure that, long term, change will only improve the quality of the community - she's heavily invested in the region.
"It's my home," DelRose said, explaining that a community is only as good as the human investment put into it.
DelRose helps lead the Farmland Protection Project and volunteers with hospice. She also helping out at various events and fosters dogs for Boone County Animal Services.
She graduated from Joliet Catholic Academy, the institution that also schooled Daniel Ruettiger, the inspiration for the film "Rudy" and from Southern Illinois University.
She was interning in the Tinley Park planning department when she thought about sticking with planning as a career. She enjoyed the analytical aspects of the work, along with conversing and dealing with developers.
"Every day it was different. Every day it was a different project."
She turned to conceptualizing a downtown farmer's market because another was in the Dodge Lanes parking lot, heading out of town.
It's centrally located, in the Hub Plaza, and is in its third year.
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