Sign of the times: Arlington Hts. to close teen center
Arlington Heights Teen Center supporters brought a top-ten list of money-raising ideas, but were unable to convince the village board Tuesday night to reverse its decision to close the center on April 30.
Eliminating the center's $378,000 yearly cost is a key element in village efforts to close a budget deficit originally projected at more than $8 million. Trustees had agreed, however, in December to delay the center's closing until the end of the village's fiscal year to give staff and supporters time to look for replacement funding.
Kathy Scortino, co-chairwoman of the Arlington Heights Youth Commission and a member of the ad hoc committee formed to investigate alternate funding, presented fundraising ideas including charging an entry fee and inserting donation requests into the local water bills. But she acknowledged that would still likely leave a gap of nearly six figures.
Cost-cutting efforts have slashed the expected deficit for 2011 to about $329,000, and...



