How you can celebrate Earth Day 2021 across the suburbs
Some Earth Day events incorporate restoration and planting activities. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Show a little love for Mother Nature.
She s always been there to sustain us, and she s been a source of comfort and peace especially during the pandemic, when outdoor pursuits such as gardening, hiking and biking helped keep us sane.
Earth Day is Thursday, April 22, and there are plenty of local events celebrations, concerts, educational programs, cleanups, workdays, recycling to mark the occasion.
Friday, April 16
COD Music Fridays @ Noon: Noon Friday, April 16, online at www.atthemac.org. Alumni Spotlight featuring singer, songwriter, educator Louise Kelly performing her own music as she celebrates Earth Day and shares her story. Free.
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The single most pressing issue facing Ward 1 is , and this is what I intend to do about it. Ward 1 in Elmhurst includes neighborhoods such as College View, Pick Subdivision, the Tree Streets (between the Metra tracks and North Avenue), and the western half of City Centre. Residents of the First ward have voiced their concerns about several pressing issues, including stormwater management, construction site standards and code enforcement, and safety on neighborhood streets (in fact, my own child was hit last July by a motorist who ran through a stop sign).
With regard to these issues, I will work to ensure that the College View stormwater management project is completed, to develop construction site standards and code enforcement that minimizes the impact of development on neighboring residences and businesses, and to expand the city s approach to controlling high speeds on neighborhood streets.
Elmhurst Public Library receives five-star status from Library Journal Elmhurst Public Library is one of only seven in the state to get a five-star rating from the Library Journal s annual review. Courtesy of Elmhurst Public Library
Updated 12/29/2020 12:13 PM
For the fourth year in a row, Elmhurst Public Library received a five-star rating in a national ranking of Library Journal s annual review of public libraries. It earned five out of five stars, one of only seven libraries to earn that distinction in Illinois.
A total of 5,608 U.S. public libraries were rated nationwide and only 262 qualified as star libraries.
In Illinois, 16 libraries received star ratings, but only seven earned the distinction of receiving a five-star rating: Naperville, Schaumburg, Northbrook, Wilmette, Oak Park, Ela, and Elmhurst.