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Country Club Hills is divided between two congressional districts. Nearly all of the city is in Illinois' 2nd congressional district, but some small areas along the cirty's western edge – primarily between 179th and 183rd Streets west of Lavergne Avenue – are in the 1st district. Developments As of mid 2006, the City of Country Club Hills is home to Chicagoland's largest Wal-Mart Supercenter at over 203,000 square feet (18,900 m²). The development serves as an anchor to the first phase of the "Gatling Square Mile," Cook County's largest parcel of undeveloped land at about 400 acres (1.6 km²). During the first quarter of 2006, the City of Country Club Hills took out a $16 million municipal bond. With the muni bond, the City began construction on a $5 million amphitheatre on the City Campus on 183rd Street, a $2 million fire station to be constructed on 175th Street, an upgraded Community Park on 175th Street and various infrastructure improvement projects. Another ambitious project put forth by Mayor Dwight Welch and the City Council has been taking over the Country Club Hills Park District on December 15, 2005. In the Southland Country Club Hills is neighbored by Hazel Crest to the east, Flossmoor and Matteson to the south, Oak Forest to the northwest, Markham to the north, and the Cook County Forest Preserves and Tinley Park to the west. Since 1967, Country Club Hills has been home to Bremen Community High School District 228's Hillcrest High School located at 175th & Pulaski (Crawford). Also, in 2003 and 2004, Country Club Hills was the base of a potential casino development on the Square Mile on 167th Street & Pulaski. After the Illinois Gaming Board's long awaited decision process, the Village of Rosemont to the north near O'Hare International Airport. As of 2006, due to many legal concerns from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Rosemont officially dropped the 10th gaming license in favor of a more family-oriented development named Rosemont Walk. Country Club Hills is still considered to be a strong favorite for the gaming license because of its location in the Chicago Southland, an area in great need of an economic catalyst such as a casino (though this very point can be argued in opposition to a casino).
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