Friday, November 23, 2012
Get ready for concerts, cookies, strolling, cocoa, caroling and more cookies. Park Ridge kicks off the season with Winterfest activities.
The place to be in Park Ridge today is in front of the Park Ridge Library at 6 p.m. when Santa arrives. It kicks off a festive evening that includes concerts in front of and inside the library, merchants welcoming visitors with cookies, cocoa and sales, trolley rides to the Devon Avenue business district, holiday decorations and more. Earlier: What's happening at Park Ridge's Winterfest? Here's information from the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce: When: November 23, Friday, 6:00pm - 9:00pm, What: Winterfest Celebration in South Park and Uptown - Activities: The Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce & South Park Merchants Association & City of Park Ridge Invite You to a Traditional Park Ridge Holiday Winterfest Celebration - Fun for All Ages! At…
Friday, October 12, 2012
Mayor Dave Schmidt tells the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce things may be starting to turn around, but the city still faces challenges. He wants to move forward on economic development.
Mayor Dave Schmidt started his talk at the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce luncheon by joking that his speeches usually comprise warnings of doom and gloom. This time, though, the speech, which touched on topics from trees to budgets to airplane noise to economic development, admitted just a sliver of sunshine. Maintaining that the city's budget is at the base of everything, Schmidt said some budget numbers recently came in and put the city's general fund at a $1.4 million surplus. "A lot of factors went into it--me saying no a few times, a confident finance director, a city council that has started to see the light, just in recognizing and dealing with the problems we have," the mayor commented. Sales tax revenues up One other bit of …
Friday, September 7, 2012
The Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce event debuted in Uptown, with vendors of pizza and other snack foods.
Local pizza vendors on Friday arrived in Uptown Park Ridge for the city's first Pizza Fest. Patrons enjoyed some dry, cool weather for sampling slices until a rain burst sent some scattering around 6:30 p.m. Pizza Fest is a two-day affair, sponsored by the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce, that was created around the idea of pizza, music and fun. Pizza vendors lined Summit Avenue, near the Metra station. Also present were jewelry sellers and dessert vendors. There were some carnival games, and live ponies took children for rides in the Metra station's north parking lot. Chris Petit of Park Ridge came out to try one of the vendors – Beggars Pizza. "I've seen advertisements for it, so I wanted to try it," Petit said. "It's pretty darn …
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Ziggy
2:05 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
It would be a lot easier to shop local if the employees of these businesses would not take up the prime parking spaces in front of the businesses. How about staying open as expected, some of the businesses close early or don't open at all on some days. They need some coaching on running a business. Over the years, five gas stations have closed on the north side of town. Oakton is a heavily … more ›