The Woodridge Park District’s Clean Up the Parks Day this spring was a record-breaking event! 332 volunteers cleaned up 90 bags of trash, 25 bags of recycling, 26 bags of leaves and 80 pounds of metal at 17 park sites on Saturday, April 13. Thank you to all of the families, Scout groups, neighbors, businesses…
Registration Desks Closed on April 10
The registration desks at the ARC and Fred C. Hohnke Community Center will be closed from 10 AM- 1 PM on Wednesday, April 10 for staff training. Register online 24/7 at www.woodridgeparks.org.…
BOARD TO REVIEW JUBILEE POINT PARK UPDATED PHASE 2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PLANS, DESIGN IMPROVEMENT OPTION CONSIDERATIONS, SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES.
Hitchcock Design Group (HDG) and Park District Staff will present updated Jubilee Point Park Phase 2 design development plans, design option considerations, associated cost estimates, budget considerations and tentative schedule. The Board of Commissioners will review, provide feedback and direction in order to bring the design development phase to 100% completion, so that the next…
TREES FOREVER GRANT APPROVED FOR JUBILEE POINT PARK TREE PLANTINGS
In the District’s ongoing efforts to seek alternative funds to offset Jubilee Point Park costs for environmental best management practice initiatives and proposed Phase 2 park development plans, the District is pleased to announce “Trees Forever” awarded a $3,000 tree planting grant per the Illinois Recover, Replant & Restore program. To date, a total of…
JUBILEE POINT PARK – NATURAL AREAS IMPROVEMENT WORK DETAILING WINTER/SPRING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
The initial phase of the restoration work being done by a contractor, Davey Tree Expert Co., involves removing the non-native brush at the site. This will open up the site significantly to allow District staff to evaluate the remaining trees. The contractor’s scope of work does not include removing dead, hazardous or fallen trees.Once the…
JUBILEE POINT PARK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATES PRESENTED TO PARK BOARD
Updates to the Jubilee Point Park design development (“DD”) plans and preliminary timeline will be presented to the Board of Commissioners at the February 20, 2024 Regular Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Refinements to the DD plans include but are not limited to consideration of adding looped pathways per the Schematic Design Master Plan, refinements…
FRED C. HOHNKE COMMUNITY CENTER FRONT DESK UPDATED HOURS
Effective Monday, March 4th, the Fred C. Hohnke Community Center Front Desk will be open Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM to handle all your registration needs.…
INVASIVE REMOVAL WORK HAS BEGUN & ANOTHER PEER REVIEW SUPPORT LETTER FROM MORTON ARBORETUM’S ARBORIST
Invasive removal work conducted by Davey Tree Expert Company has begun at Jubilee Point Park this week. Another peer review letter of support for Jubilee Point Park’s Natural Area Improvement Plan was received from Morton Arboretum’s ISA Board Certified Master Arborist.…
JUBILEE POINT PARK (TOWN CENTRE) - WOODY INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL PROJECT
Subsequent to Board approval of a contract with Davey Expert Tree Company at the January 16, 2024 Board meeting, the contractor under the supervision of ISA® Certified Arborists will begin on February 5th removing woody stemmed invasive brush throughout the natural areas on the Jubilee Point Park property. The non-native woody invasive plants scheduled to…
PEER REVIEW SUPPORTS DISTRICT’S PROPOSED JUBILEE POINT PARK NATURAL AREA IMPROVEMENT PLAN & PROPOSED BOARD ACTIONS
In advance of the Board of Commissioners consideration to accept the proposed Jubilee Point Park Natural Area Improvement Plan (“Plan”), the District received letters of support of the Plan subsequent to peer review by The Conservation Foundation and Great Lakes Urban Forestry Management. The Conservation Foundation President /CEO Brook McDonald stated, “While the initial non-native…