A Neighbor, Not a Politician.

Experience

• Springfield, May 30, 2025. Met Sen. Michael Hastings (19th District) about House Bill 250, the “quick take” bill for the 143rd Street widening, carrying the concerns of residents who had been contacting her since 2023 (her post that day). On May 29–30 she organized an email campaign that put thousands of messages in front of state senators, asking them to “hold HB0250” until Will County and the Village of Homer Glen could “work out a compromise regarding the 143rd street expansion.”
• Will County. On September 2, 2025, Heidi gave public comment to the Will County Public Works & Transportation Committee on the 143rd Street widening, as the County’s own minutes record. She asked whether the project’s funding could be re-allocated to other projects, urged the Board to reconsider the 143rd Street compromise and investigate submitting a formal amendment for the funding, and cited the funding listed in the Will County Governmental League’s published FY2025–2029 program. On Parker, Hadley and Chicago-Bloomington Trail roads, she organized residents, attended Will County’s transportation committee meetings and then its executive committee meetings, and built working relationships with Will County Board members while the Village sought a transfer. The County Board approved it unanimously on December 21, 2023, and Homer Glen took the roads over on April 24, 2024 (Village of Homer Glen).
• Village Board. Nineteen public comments since August 2023, each linked to the Village’s own meeting video. More than 700 neighbors came to her September 9, 2026 kickoff, and she is running with Mike McGee and John Booras for Trustee. In September 2024 she helped connect seniors with local vendors, health screenings and community resources at the Township’s Senior Lifestyle Expo.
• Neighbors first. At the Illinois Commerce Commission’s follow-up forum in Bolingbrook on Illinois American Water’s rate increase (September 2026), Heidi gave up her own three-minute comment so a resident with a more personal hardship could be heard. She had already spoken at the July 14 forum, and wrote of the rate case: “I’m on a well and septic. This isn’t my bill. It’s our Homer Glen residents and neighbors!” (her post)
• Community builder. Heidi presented a Pop-Up Art Shop for participants and parents (February 2025). With other residents who support Parker Hadley Preservation, she built a 143rd Street scarecrow for the Village’s autumn Scarecrow Walk, which won People’s Choice Favorite. The award came with a prize. Heidi added blankets, soup and other items she had collected to make a bigger gift basket, and gave it to a local senior at the Homer Township senior Christmas with Elvis. In April 2026, Parker Hadley Preservation hosted an Earth Day clean-up in Culver Park.
• Informing property owners. In October 2024, through Parker Hadley Preservation, Heidi arranged for an eminent domain attorney to speak with 143rd Street residents about property owners’ rights, and shared the video. It has been viewed about 10,000 times.
• Collaboration, in her words. The 143rd Street widening “should be collaboratively addressed by the County and Village, ensuring that the decisions made are in the best interests of our community and taxpayers.” (May 30, 2025)
• Looking ahead, in her words. “Together we can preserve the environment with consideration for how the Village will mature in the future.” (May 30, 2025)
• New ways to take part. Her campaign built a public-comment builder for the Illinois American Water rate case (ICC Case 26-0127), community polls on roads, safety and development, and a page linking every one of her Board comments to the Village’s own meeting video.