Lake Forest, Illinois, United States


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The city is located along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded with Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in 1857, a stop for travellers making their way south to Chicago. The Lake Forest City Hall, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, was completed in 1898. It originally housed the fire department, the Lake Forest Library, and city offices.

Commercial development in Lake Forest is focused in three areas, two of which have public railway stations. The central business district includes a Metra commuter railroad station on the Union Pacific/North Line. It extends beyond Market Square, providing a mixture of retail, banking, and professional services, as well as restaurants. Market Square is composed of a wide variety of shops and restaurants, including Talbots, Williams Sonoma, J.Crew, and Einstein Bros. Bagels. The business district to the west includes a Metra commuter railroad station on the Milwaukee District/North Line. It extends beyond Settlers' Square to provide a mixture of retail, banking and professional services, as well as restaurants. A third area of business development, consisting mostly of corporate and office space, has been developed along the city's north-western border with the Tri-State Tollway.

The headquarters of Fortune 500 companies Tenneco, Brunswick, and Hospira are located in Lake Forest; Akorn, Covered Logistics, Horizon Therapeutics, IDEX, Packaging Corporation of America, Pactiv, Prestone, and Trustmark also have their headquarters in Lake Forest, while W. W. Grainger and BFG Technologies are located in unincorporated Lake County, near Lake Forest. The Chicago Bears training facility and headquarters, Halas Hall, opened in 1997 in west Lake Forest, and the Chicago Fire now train at the Bears' previous facility located on the campus of Lake Forest.

Lake Forest is the base for Linking Efforts Against Drugs (LEAD), a national organisation aimed at discouraging youth from getting involved in drugs. It empowers parents and community members to encourage the drug-free choice.

The top employers in the city include: Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Pfizer, Abbott, Trustmark Insurance Company, Lake Forest College, Pactiv, Lake Forest Community High School District, Lake Forest Elementary School District, Packaging Corporation of America, City of Lake Forest.

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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States 
<b>Lake Forest, Illinois, United States</b>
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Lake Forest has a population of over 19,540 people. Lake Forest also forms part of the wider Chicago metropolitan area which has a population of over 9,729,825 people. Lake Forest is situated 47 km north of Chicago.

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Antipodal to Lake Forest is: 92.157,-42.23

Locations Near: Lake Forest -87.8426,42.2299

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Antipodal to: Lake Forest 92.157,-42.23

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