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Brookfield OKs consensus to host Chicago GRIT criterium on alternate route south of the tracks July 23
Summary
Village staff and Cycle Brookfield proposed an alternate Chicago GRIT / Cycle Brookfield criterium route that runs south of the BNSF tracks because work on the 3700 block of Grand precludes the traditional course. Trustees gave staff a consensus to proceed; the race is scheduled for July 23, 2025.
Village staff and Cycle Brookfield presented an alternate course for the Chicago GRIT / Cycle Brookfield criterium after planned work on the 3700 block of Grand Boulevard eliminated the traditional route, trustees heard at the Feb. 10 Committee of the Whole.
Chris Valdez, president of Cycle Brookfield, described a single alternate route that runs south of the railroad tracks with the start-finish "basically right in front of Irish Times." The proposed course runs west on Burlington, a sharp left onto Southview, east to Grove, north on Grove, then a left back onto Burlington to pass Creekside Park before repeating laps.…
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