the Lutheran church Jill Erickson, bank robber Art Frantz, umpire in Major League Baseball Jim Les, National Basketball Association player and college basketball head coach Pete Sykaras, Olympic baseball player Agnes Zawadzki, figure skater and two-time World Junior medalist Recent events 2011-Named Best Place in U.S. to Raise Kids by Bloomberg's BusinessWeek 2011- Gold U.S. Maxi Award (Teen Center) 2011 -Named "America's Best, Affordable Place to Raise Kids" by Businessweek.com. Businessweek studied the lifestyle parameters of 5,418 communities across the country, focusing on good schools, low taxes, safe neighborhoods and affordability of housing. 2010- Bright Ideas Initiative Award (Teen Center) 2003- Clean Air Counts Award Winner Public Works Project of the Year by APWA Suburban Branch- Chicago Chapter Sister cities Niles has four sister cities as of 2008: Pisa, Italy (since 1991) Nafplion, Greece (since 1994) Leixlip, Ireland (since 2000) Limanowa, Poland (since 2005) See also List of towns and villages in Illinois References External links Village of Niles official website Populated places established in 1827 Chicago metropolitan area Villages in Illinois Villages in Cook County, Illinois 1827 establishments in Illinois