NEWS
Recycle your paper products
at Park Ridge Park District.
Park
Ridge Park District Rates Above Average for Quality
of
Life Services Park Ridge Parks Foundation
Helps Enhance Programs and Facilities
New Safe Park Zones
Oakton Pool Update
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The
Park Ridge Park District is proud to announce the
addition of an Abitibi Paper Retriever® recycling
container located at Oakton Sports Complex, 2800
Oakton.
So bring your newspapers,
magazines, shopping catalogs, mail, office and
school papers to Oakton and Recycle!
Look for
the bright green & yellow recycling bin at
Oakton Sports Complex. Proceeds from the recycling
will help support Wildwood Nature Center and
other Park District facilities.
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The Park Ridge Parks Foundation
was formed as a fundraising arm of the Park District. Its
mission is to supplement and enhance programs, facilities
and the conservation of the Park Ridge Park District. If
you are interested in volunteering as a board or committee
member, send a resume and letter of interest to: Jim O’Brien
c/o Park Ridge Parks Foundation, 2701 West Sibley, Park
Ridge, IL 60068.
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New Safe Park
Zones
In September, the Park
District was pleased that the City of Park Ridge adopted
a Park Zone Streets and Speed Limits ordinance reflecting
the wishes of the Park Board of Commissioners. Board members
worked diligently on this project in order to continue
providing safe places for park users. Parks to be included
were coordinated by the Public Works Committee, Public
Works Department and the Park Ridge Recreation and Park
District.
This intergovernmental
cooperation allows the Park District to set safety standards
for areas in and around park property. The ordinance specifies
that on any day when children are present and within fifty
(50) feet of motorized traffic, no person shall drive a
motor vehicle at a speed in excess of twenty (20) miles
per hour or any lower posted speed limit while traveling
on a park zone street. Any person failing to come to a
complete stop at a stop sign or red light while traveling
on a park zone street or intersection before turning right
onto a park zone street will be fined. Failing to comply
with the new ordinance will result in fines up to $500.
Parks designated to be
in twenty (20) miles per hour zones, or any lower posted
speed limits, are: Northwest Park, Woodland Park, Jaycee
Park and Centennial Park.
Designated park zone streets
include:
Seminary – Touhy
to Des Plaines
Western – Touhy
to Crescent
Washington – Granville
to Glenlake
Granville – east
from Washington to dead end
Dee Road – Manor
to Glenview
Glenview – Dee Road
to Northwest Highway
Manor – from Dee
Road to 175’ west
Western – Poplar
to Greendale
Poplar – Parkside
to Western
Parkside – Poplar
to Glenview
We ask our residents to
abide by the new ruling–helping us make our parks
and streets safe for all.
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Board Update
At the November 15 Board
meeting, the Board rescinded the motion to close Oakton
Pool as of December 1, 2007.
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