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, [...]
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Gearing up for GroveFest
July 15th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Community Events, Entertainment, Fire and police, Village Council
Taste of Westmont
July 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Entertainment
The Westmont Special Events Corporation, a not-for-profit group started by the Village in 2004 specifically to organize and hold community events, held their keystone Taste of Westmont last weekend. The layout ran mainly on Cass from the tracks on the south up to the main stage at Chicago. Food was almost all local. Food booths [...]
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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.
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Restaurant Week returns
April 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Dining, Downtown Management Corp., Economic Development, Entertainment
The Downers Grove Hospitality Alliance is serving up another restaurant week, Great Meals and Extraordinary Deals, today through April 25 and for dessert, there’s a tempting contest. The more participating restaurants you visit, the better your chance to win a $200 cash prize , a $100 downtown Downers Grove gift certificate or Downers Grove gift [...]
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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Cool stuff
December 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Downtown Management Corp., Economic Development, Entertainment, Park District
The Christmas shopping hasn’t gone so well, maybe because I’ve spent the entire season way behind the power curve. Projects, decorating and shopping have all been started. None have yet been finished, and with only six days until Christmas, I’m feeling the heat. So I thought I’d open a thread where readers could share great [...]
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A wonderful weekend on tap
November 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Community Events, Downtown Management Corp., Entertainment, Local Business, Neighbohoods
Once the Thanksgiving feast is over and the leftovers are stashed, it’s time to usher in the Christmas season. This year, several seasonal events are on tap as downtown Downers Grove presents “It’s a Wonderful Weekend,” Nov. 27 through 29. There’s a new schedule this year, kicking off with the Community Tree Lighting Ceremony on [...]
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