With local vaccination rates high and hospitalizations down, Oak Park is cautiously bringing a sense of normalcy back to the community with the return of three major celebrations of diversity and inclusion.
A Day in Our Village – June 5Oak Park’s annual A Day in Our Village festival is set to...
This spring the Village resumed immobilizing vehicles that have five or more unpaid parking citations by placing a boot on the wheel to prevent driving. The Village had paused the process of immobilizing vehicles at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Registered vehicle owners will...
The Oak Park Police Department’s community policing initiative, Bike the Beat, is returning this season to a zone near you. Residential beat officers will be biking through an area, or zone, and stopping to engage with residents during each Bike the Beat. The RBOs ride along the streets to meet...
The Oak Park Health Department’s mobile response van will be out in the community offering COVID-19 vaccines and testing throughout the spring and summer. If you have an upcoming community event such as a block party, picnic or any other public gathering and would like the mobile response van to...
The Village is actively enforcing restrictions against items like swings, lights, ropes and seasonal decorations placed in parkway trees. These objects can create a public hazard for passersby, as well as threaten the health of the trees. When items are observed hanging from a tree on public...
From salons to yoga studios, healthcare to retail and restaurants, Oak Park businesses have much to offer. When planning to order online or shop in person, residents are urged to support the local economy by looking first to Oak Park businesses. A directory of local businesses is posted at www....
Warmer weather typically means construction, and this year is no different.
The highest profile project impacting Oak Park is the resurfacing of Harlem Avenue. The Illinois Department of Transportation is managing the project, which extends along the Village’s entire western border on the busy...
Village vehicle licenses for the 2022/2023 season go on sale in May.
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 also could result...
Suburban Cook County voters can cast an early ballot for the upcoming Gubernatorial Primary Election from June 13 – 27 at Village Hall, 123 Madison St.
Hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Saturday, June 13 – 27 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sundays, June 19 and 26.
Village Hall also will offer grace-...
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 quality of the local drinking water. In...
The Oak Park Health Department is seeking community input as it creates the five-year strategic IPLAN that will be the foundation for public health services and programs available to people who live, work, play and go to school in Oak Park. The Health Department provides services like animal...
As a courtesy to residents and their guests, the overnight parking restrictions will not be enforced on most Oak Park residential streets during several holidays in the months ahead. Restrictions will remain in effect in areas reserved for overnight permit holders, such as Village-owned lots, on-...
Oak Park residents served under the Village refuse hauling contract have more options available than most communities to help reduce the typical contaminants found in recycling carts, including at-home pick up of electronics and common hazardous household waste such as cleaning solutions and...
Oak Park property owners can now pay their water bills 24/7, 365 days a year at a new kiosk located in the Police Department lobby in the lower level of Village Hall, 123 Madison St. The kiosk will accept checks, credit/debit cards and cash, and issue payment receipts. The kiosk cannot provide...
What’s Blooming on Harrison…The Oak Park Arts District has set May 21 for the annual What’s Blooming on Harrison event. The business association is planning to once again offer a family-oriented event with an art fair, children’s carnival, music stage, food, makers booths and more. Find more...
Tornadoes, lightning, flash foods, damaging winds and destructive hail strike Illinois each spring, summer and fall, sometimes with incredible violence. Being aware of severe weather safety rules and knowing what to do might save your life, which is why the National Weather Service urges you to...
Opportunities abound to help set the Village of Oak Park’s future sustainability, resiliency and emissions reduction goals. The process to craft a community-wide Comprehensive Sustainability and Climate Action Resiliency Plan is in full swing, with the Village’s climate plan team hosting...
Property tax exemption renewals…Oak Parkers who bought their homes prior to 2020 and received property tax exemptions last year should receive automatic exemptions renewals this year, including exemptions for senior citizens and disabled veterans. Any homeowner who purchased a home in 2020 will...
The Oak Park Farmers’ Market returns for its 47th season on Saturday, May 21. 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.
In addition to a variety of...
The Village has returned to pre-pandemic rules and regulations governing block parties and sales.
All restrictions have been lifted and residents once again can have two block parties and/or sales per season.
The online block party registration portal is open at www.oak-park.us/blockparties and the...
With COVID-19 cases on the rise across the region, Oak Park and the rest of Cook County are currently at the medium level of transmission.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 Community Levels Framework defines medium transmission as higher than 200 cases per 100,000 residents...
Residents ages 15 to 18 are invited to learn skills and techniques that can help them find and keep a job at the Community Relations Department's annual Youth Skills Workshop from July 25-29 at the Oak Park Public Library.
Participants in the free workshops learn skills such as resume writing,...
The Oak Park Farmers' Market is rolling out a new logo. Now in its 47th year, the Market has been represented for more than 15 years by a block-print style logo featuring a pear and other produce designed by Charlotte Lyons. After reviewing design proposals from several artists in 2021, the Farmers...
