The Village of Oak Park | 123 Madison St.  Oak Park, IL 60302 | village@oak-park.us

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March/April 2023

Suburban Cook County voters can cast an early ballot for the April 4, 2023 Consolidated Municipal Election from March 20 through April 3 at Village Hall, 123 Madison St. Village Hall hours for early voting will be as follows: Monday – Saturday, March 20 – March 25: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 26...
Applications for block parties are now being accepted. Each block is limited to two events per year. The events can be a block party, a block sale or a combination of both. The total number of events across the community is limited to 30 per weekend. Some weekends fill quickly, so residents are...
The Oak Park Township and Oak Park Fire Department are working together to better prepare residents for instances when medical emergencies strike. The Township is now distributing new ICE (In Case of Emergency) Packets to Oak Park residents upon request. The ICE Packet contains a medical...
With only 4.5 square miles and 54,500 residents, some may say Oak Park is a small town. But the municipal services that make our community such a great place to live, work and do business are anything but small. Oak Park has more than 100 miles of Village-owned streets, 500 alleys, nearly 18,000...
Oak Park Police investigated 238 more crimes in 2022 than in 2021, pushing the overall crime rate up about 11 percent, according to data compiled by the Police Department for the FBI’s National Incident Based Reporting System used by law enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting and...
Village vehicle licenses for the 2023/2024 season are scheduled to go on sale May 1. Every Oak Park resident who owns or leases a motor vehicle is required to purchase a local license before July 15 to get the lowest rate, which increases by $20 after the deadline. Failure to purchase a license...
Oak Parkers are invited to safely dispose of sensitive documents at a free paper shredding event scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Sat., April 22 at the Public Works Center, 201 South Blvd. Each household is limited to two bags or small boxes of paper items with personal information such as canceled...
The 2023 construction season gets underway in March with a major improvement project along Division Street, the latest in a series of much-needed upgrades to main thoroughfares in the community. Work is expected to begin in March on the first phase of the project, which involves replacing and...
Earth Month activities…The Village is partnering with organizations from Oak Park and the surrounding area to promote a series of community events with a focus on sustainability during April in celebration of Earth Month. Learning about opportunities to save on energy costs and exploring ways to be...
The Oak Park Public Health Department is asking members of the community to roll up their sleeves this spring and help save lives by participating in a blood drive. In partnership with the American Red Cross and Oak Park Temple, the Health Department is hosting a community blood drive on April 25...
Weekly collection of yard waste for residential dwellings of five or fewer units begins in April and continues through the last full week of November. Bundled brush no larger than two feet in diameter and four feet in length and yard waste such as grass clippings, leaves, shrubs and vines will be...
Village Forestry officials say mulching a tree is one of the best ways you can care for a tree, but they warn it is important to do it correctly. Far too often parkway and landscape trees are mulched improperly where mulch is piled up against the trunk of the tree. This practice of volcano mulching...
Income-eligible, single-family households can apply for no-interest home rehabilitation loans of up to $25,000 to correct health and safety issues and building code violations such as broken pipes, a leaking basement, a deteriorating roof, dangerous electrical systems or accessibility obstacles....