In Kendall County, Ill., the race is on. As developers scramble to buy farmland, builders scurry to create homes, and people flock to purchase lots, officials entrusted with providing public works must struggle to keep pace with the growing need for services. What began in the late 1980s as a trickle of development spilling over from growth in nearby Kane and Will Counties has turned into a torrent of residential and commercial expansion. Based on numbers from the U.S. Census, Kendall County experienced 38% population growth from 1990 to 2000. In a comparison of counties across the nation, Kendall County emerged as the second fastest-growing county by percentage change of population for the year 2003 to 2004 with a growth rate of 8.3%.
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