Summary: Benjamin Cox, Executive Director of <a href="http://www.fotfp.org/" target="_blank">Friends of the Forest Preserves </a>tells the story of how <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/meijer-and-menards-do-not-build-on-evergreen-golf-course" target="_blank">45 acres of mature trees were wiped off the map</a> in Evergreen Park in order to create a shopping mall for Meijer. Menards and other stores, and who should be held accountable for what is an environmental travesty.
