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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Community Events'
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
Downers Rotary Fest
April 14th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Heritage Fest
Rotary picks up the pieces; fits them together in a smaller package. As soon as council whacked funding for Heritage Fest last December there was a resulting hue and cry of DG angst that generated 6,195 FaceBook supporters. As soon as it was clear Heritage Fest was not going to receive funding, the DG Rotary Club, presided by Barb [...]
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
An open letter to council
November 25th, 2009 · 27 Comments · Community Events, Fundraisers, Heritage Fest
Please save Heritage Fest. Council members, I am writing to express my disappointment at the decision to suspend Heritage Fest for 2010. Realistically, I beleive Commissioner Neustadt’s expressed concern is valid: suspended for one year makes it very hard to bring back the next year.
Tags: Community Events·downtown·Heritage Fest·summer festivals
Heritage Fest on hold
November 24th, 2009 · 19 Comments · Heritage Fest, Village Council
The kids couldn’t believe their ears: There will be no village-sponsored Heritage Fest in 2010. The annual festival will be suspended, allowing staff to reconsider and reconfigure the event for the financially challenged future. During head-nods at tonight’s council workshop meeting, only Commissioner Geoff Neustadt, who chairs the Community Events Commission, spoke plaintively in support [...]
Conservation@home
May 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Community Events
Creating a Landscape that Contributes & Conserves Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m. Downers Grove Public Library 1050 Curtis Street This is an open public meeting this Saturday morning to inform with a presentation, followed by a discussion on the many ways we can participate in environmental stewardship – from our own backyards! Sponsored by: The [...]