The joint was jumping this weekend from Friday afternoon (Thurdsay if you had kids at the ride night) right through late Sunday. On Friday night the car show and a well-attended Rotary Fest brought out the masses. Saturday morning the Farmers Market packed them in. Casual strollers took advantage of the last days of the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Community Events'
3rd annual Recycling Extravaganza
July 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Community Events, Environmental Concerns
The Park District and the village will co-host the third annual Recycling Extravaganza on Saturday, September 11, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Belmont Road Train Station in Parking Lot H. This is the same location as the previous two years, and is scheduled prior to the village’s annual Amnesty Day. The list of accepted items [...]
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Gearing up for GroveFest
July 15th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Community Events, Entertainment, Fire and police, Village Council
The Rotary Club raises the curtain on GroveFest this evening, culminating three months of frantic effort in an attempt to provide Downers Grove with a summer festival. The 45-member club has been scrambling to put the smaller, more local festival together, with some members working as many as 30 hours a week on the endeavor, [...]
4th parade pics
July 5th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Community Events, Entertainment, Uncategorized
If you have any pics from the fourth pass them on to EJ. The trusty cell phone camera is getting wobbly. I’m positive the icy cold beers had nothing to do with it. Click on any image for a larger version.
Tags: Community Events
100 years of DG scouting
April 13th, 2010 · Comments Off · Community Events, Entertainment
Council learned tonight about the 100th Anniversary Scouting event May 8th at Hummer Park from 10am to 4pm. Events will include a rope bridge, water bottle rockets, Dutch oven cooking and several other demonstrations of scout craft for kids of all ages. Kids under 10 can get a station check card which. If they stop at each [...]
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Ice Fest ’10
February 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Community Events, Downtown Management Corp.
Lots of people with cameras out again this year. If someone has a notable pic they’d like to share send it on over and I’ll paste it in. These aren’t pictures of every sculpture. You can vote for your favorite sculpture on the Downtown Management Corp’s website here. Pics are after the break…
Tags: Community Events·downtown·Ice Fest
Weekend forecast: Ice
February 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Community Events, DG Visitors Burea, Downtown Management Corp.
The weather promises to be ideal for the Downers Grove Ice Fest, which is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 13 and 14, throughout the downtown area. This marks the first time the event will take place without the sponsorship of the village Community Events Department. The annual Ice Sculpture [...]
Tags: Downers Grove Ice Fest