as Argo. This facility is one of the largest of its kind in the world. ACH Food Companies operates a manufacturing and processing plant here for Mazola corn oil, Karo corn syrup and Argo Baking Powder and Corn Starch. The Institute for Food Safety and Health (formerly the National Center for Food Safety and Technology) is in Bedford Park, adjacent to the Ingredion facility. It is affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Frito-Lay has a zone office in Summit. Summit has also been the home of the Desplaines Valley News newspaper since 1913. Transportation Summit's multimodal transportation network encompasses the following: The Stevenson Expressway (Interstate 55) runs through the northwest side of the village. The Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294) is to the southwest. Chicago Midway International Airport is approximately three miles to the east. Argo Crossing Rail Junction - Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad/CSX and Canadian National Railway/Union Pacific Railroad – is located along the southwest boundary of the village. Summit (Amtrak station) and Metra Heritage Corridor Chicago Transit Authority and Pace buses Illinois and Michigan Canal Notable people John Garklāvs, archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America, keeper of the Tchvin Icon of the Mother of Our God. Fred Hampton, Black Panther Party Ted Kluszewski, first baseman, member of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Clayton Lambert, pitcher for the Reds Sheldon Mallory, outfielder for the Oakland Athletics Emmett Till, lived in Argo with his mother until he was nine, when they moved to Detroit. "Long John" Wentworth, former mayor of Chicago, retired to a farm on land part of which later became part of Summit References External links Village of Summit official website Encyclopedia of Chicago: Summit Villages in Illinois Villages in Cook County, Illinois Chicago metropolitan area Populated places established in 1890 1890 establishments in Illinois