Many residents contacted us regarding the Park District cutting down trees in the Loomis St. Community Garden and Skinner Park.  As many people wrote, all the trees were healthy.  Unfortunately, most of the trees were cut down in error.  The Park District thought that they were infested with the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) but the…

Hello everyone, Reminder the community meeting to discuss and view the proposed plans for a demonstration garden in tonight at 6:30pm tonight at Skinner West Elementary School ( Adams and Throop ). The Park District is proposing to convert part of the playground area into a demonstration garden. The advisory council have not seen the…