An Oak Park celebration five decades in the making is coming Sun., June 2.
The 50th A Day in Our Village festival is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Scoville Park at Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue.
The premier community event serves as an annual celebration of Oak Park’s diversity and community...
All children and families who will be starting kindergarten at any school in Oak Park this fall are invited to the Blast Off to Kindergarten community event from 10 a.m. to noon on Sun., May 19 at Rehm Park, 1000 S. Scoville Ave. Hosted by the Collaboration for Early Childhood, the space-themed...
Oak Parkers interested in making their homes and properties more climate friendly are invited to access resources and technical support provided by fellow community members.
Oak Park’s neighborhood climate coaching initiative is a partnership between the Village and the volunteer group Oak Park...
The Vision Zero project is midway through the planning process, and the project team is hard at work drafting recommendations for how to improve traffic safety in Oak Park. Findings from crash data, policy review, community engagement and discussions with key stakeholders are all supporting the...
The entire community is invited to join in Oak Park’s celebration of Juneteenth and Pride Month. The Village is working with community organizers to develop festivities featuring food, entertainment and more for both family-friendly events. Details about the Juneteenth celebration will be posted...
As a courtesy to residents and their guests, overnight parking restrictions will not be enforced on most Oak Park residential streets during several holidays in the year ahead. Restrictions will remain in effect in areas reserved for overnight permit holders. All other parking regulations also...
The many dimensions of Oak Park will be on display when the annual July 4th parade steps off at 10 a.m. on July 4 from Longfellow Park at Ridgeland Avenue and Adams Street. Parade participants march north on Ridgeland Avenue to Augusta Street and disperse at Whittier School. The route offers many...
The Village is sponsoring a free Summer Martial Arts Camp for kids ages 6 through 14 who live or attend school in Oak Park. The camp will be held July 10-12 in the Julian Middle School gymnasium. The sessions will be conducted by experienced instructors with years of experience teaching martial...
The Village offers a food scrap composting collection program for residential households of up to five units. Participants receive a gray 96-gallon cart for weekly collection of organics, a three-gallon food scrap kitchen pail and a sample of compostable bags for food scraps. Both yard waste and...
Join Oak Park and River Forest High School for an exciting day featuring the legendary alumni band The Jade 50’s, a variety of food trucks, face painting, bounce houses and numerous other family-friendly activities from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sun., May 19. The fun will take place on the west side of the...
Lot 10 upgrades underway…Changes are coming to Lot 10, the frequently-used parking lot situated along North Boulevard between Marion Street and Forest Avenue in the Downtown Oak Park business district. Construction began this spring with sidewalk replacement along the business frontage north of the...
Periodic cicadas will return to Oak Park this spring.
The notoriously noisy insects have been living underground for the past 17 years, and their emergence is a highly coordinated, natural phenomena in our region during which large numbers of cicadas appear around the same time in May and early...
Every Oak Park resident who owns or leases a motor vehicle is required to purchase a local vehicle license before July 15. The rate increases by $20 after the deadline. Vehicle licenses must be renewed annually. Renewal applications are mailed in May to residents who previously registered vehicles...
A telephone call from Animal Control is all it takes to reunite lost or strayed pets with their owners — provided those pets have been licensed and are wearing tags. All dogs and outdoor cats in Oak Park are required to be licensed annually. Owners must show proof of a current rabies inoculation...
Earlier this year the Village Board approved Oak Park’s first Urban Forest Management Plan. The plan is intended to serve as a living document that will guide the Village Forestry Division’s actions for the next 20 years. Goals include increasing the community’s tree canopy cover, maximizing the...
Water quality report available online…Oak Park residents interested in knowing about the quality of the water they drink can find the latest annual report at www.oak-park.us/waterqualityreport. Each year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires communities to provide details on the...
Opioid overdose prevention…The Oak Park Public Health Department is celebrating one year of its Opioid Overdose Prevention project, an initiative that aims to make the life-saving medication Naloxone (commonly known as Narcan) freely available to the community. One way to access free Narcan in Oak...
The Oak Park Farmers’ Market returns for its 49th season on May 18. The Market is held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday from opening day through October in the Pilgrim Congregational Church parking lot, 460 Lake St., one block west of Ridgeland Avenue. More than two dozen independent farmers...
A one-stop shop for all things related to parking in Oak Park is available via ParkOakPark, a custom mobile application that centralizes Oak Park parking services. The app, powered by Passport Parking, includes mobile pay-by-license-plate parking, permit and vehicle license sales, parking citation...
The Oak Park Public Health Department was established by Village ordinance in 1905 and was first led by Dr. Frank Needham. The Department became a state-certified local health department in 1949.
In 1922, the first President-appointed board of health was established and it included Dr. Charles E....
