City of Belleville

On the banks of Belleville Lake, along High Street, in Downtown Belleville, lays Horizon Park. In 1976, development of this park was initiated by a $2000 gift from the Women’s Study Club to convert what was once a vacant strip of land covered in weeds and brush, into a lakefront park.  At that …

This is the Belleville neighborhood nearest and dearest to my own heart. This is where I was raised from birth. It’s where I played with neighborhood kids building clubhouses in backyards and riding bikes around the block.  It is also where I chose to further extend my family’s roots by purchasing …