Talk:Cherry Valley, Illinois
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Located at the junction of Interstate 90 and Interstate 39, the Village is situated on the South East side of the Rockford, Illinois metropolitan area. Portions of Cherry Valley share a zip code with the City of Rockford.
The Village of Cherry Valley is a small community which contains some of the region's largest, most identifiable attractions. The Village is home to "CherryVale Mall" which is the regional shopping mall for North West Illinois. It contains over 1,000,000 square feet of space and is anchored by four department stores (Bergner's, Sears, JC Penney and Marshal Fields (soon to be Macy's).
Other notable Cherry Valley sites include "Magic Waters" water amusement park. This attraction is Illinois' largest water amusement park. Owned and operated by the Rockford Park District, this facility is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day, drawing over a quarter of a million visitors annually.
Cherry Valley is also home to the World's Oldest Harley Davidson dealership; Kegel Motorcycle Company which boasts a large show room of motorcycles and accessories, as well as a diner. Kegel's is home to numerous motorcycle events through out the year.
Cherry Valley’s official website is [1]
[edit] Vehicle sticker issue
Vehicle sticker checks by Rockford police adn how it affects Cherry valley residents is (or was) a real issue. Its relevancy for the Wikipedia article can be debated here. It is a timely issue since Rockford only very recently decided to rescind the vehicle sticker altogether startign in 2008.Rockford1963 22:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Schools
Information about the Cherry Valley elemnatary school should remain, as the school is the only one inside the old corp downtown area, and is identified with an independent Cherry Valley.Rockford1963 22:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Village settle date / incorporation date
The listed dates, as taken from CherryValley history.org do seem to contradict other sources. Which dates are correct?Rockford1963 17:34, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
