City of Blue Island Think Outside the Loop
The City of Blue Island is excited to announce that it has partnered with the Chicago White Sox to have an outing for all residents, businesses and their family members and friends! These are specially priced White Sox tickets. The outing will take place on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 1:10 at U.S. Cellular Field. In addition to specially priced …
Read More »Work begins on Cochran, Birdsall and Lewis
Starting this Thursday, April 14th work will begin on Cochran,Birdsall and Lewis from Greenwood to Western Avenue. Construction crews are expected to work from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on weekdays. The project is expected to be completed by May 20th. If the crews have to work on weekends, due to the weather, residents will be notified as soon as possible. …
Read More »Green Drinks
Wednesday, January 20th Stop by the Rock Island Public House at 6:00 p.m. to see Stephen MCcracken, Director of Watershed Protection for the Conservation Foundation and Tony Quintanilla, Assistant Director of Maintenance and Operations at MWRD will examine the impact of road salt and chlorides on our waterways, key species and government budgets. Josh Ellis, Director of the Metropolitan Planning …
Read More »Kentucky Derby Day at the Meadows
Celebrate the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby at The Meadows Golf Club! For the ladies, make your own Kentucky Derby Hat to be worn during the race. $40 gets you everything to design and make your own hat, food and a Mint Julep. Call to reserve your spot now, space is limited to 20 people. If you just want to be part of the festivities, …
Read More »Community Garden Service Day
Join the Community Garden group this Saturday, May 2 from 10am to noon for a Community Potato Planting and help clean up the food bank garden plots. Food grown in the food bank plots is donated to St. Benedict’s and distributed to Blue Island area families in need. Meet at the California Gardens Community Garden, 141st and Francisco at the …
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