Here’s what’s going on at the Elmhurst Park District
By Chris Fox
For The Elmhurst Independent
The Elmhurst Park District Board held a regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 27. The meeting began at the district’s administrative office at 375 W. First Street. Commissioner Doug Ennis was absent from the meeting.
Resident grateful for lighting at Vietnam Memorial
A public comment at the meeting came from a veteran who thanked the board for recently installing lighting at the memorial for Elmhurst’s Vietnam War veterans in Wilder Park.
Board tours local parks, holds ribbon-cutting
Minutes after beginning the meeting, board members took a park tour that featured stops at Salt Creek Park and Conrad Fischer Park. The visit to Conrad Fischer Park included a ribbon cutting to celebrate that parks recently redeveloped playground. The tour also included stops at Crestview Park, York Commons and the Salt Creek Greenway Trail. Elmhurst Park District Executive Director Jim Rogers noted after the meeting that the tour sites offered a review of both recently completed projects, as well as potential future projects. (Story and photos elsewhere in this issue.)
Park Palooza deemed successful
After returning from the tour, board members thanked district staff for organizing both the tour and the Park Palooza event, which took place at Berens Park on Aug. 25. About 3,000 people attended this year’s event. The announcements at the end of the meeting noted that the district’s annual Touch a Truck event takes place from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Sept. 8, at Berens Park.
The board will hold its next regular meeting on Sept. 10.
