Millennium Reserve will fill the gap

This past Friday morning, I stood on the 11th floor of the USA Bank building, that icon of the Bishop Ford at 111th St.—with at least a 30-mile view of the patchy, sometimes flowering, someti

Sneak a peek: The Cal-Sag Trail Legacy Campaign

Friends of the Cal-Sag Trail are posting teasers every two days from the full-length Legacy Campaign video that wil

Stop sprawl, free Smart Growth help for local governments!

Free help is available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency encouraging governments to implement smart growth practices.

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This weekend: Blue Island Non-Motorized Plan workshop and more

 First, let's take stock of what's going on with Blue Island:

Violet, then and now

Some—a handful of you—will recognize his picture (top, right) of my daughter Violet.

I-beam trusses and six steel strings—that's the SOUL of the Cal-Sag Trail! http://bridgesandblues.org

Friends of the Calumet-Sag Trail invite you to celebrate a heritage forged in the furnaces that built Chicago and laid down in the riffs that built Rock & Roll.

What: Bridges & Blues, a benefit to build the 32-mile Calumet-Sag Trail
Where: Gaelic Park, 6119 W 147th St, Oak Forest, Ill. [get map]
When: November 5, 2011, 6 PM - 11:30 PM [add to calendar]
Only 300 tickets are available! [get tickets]

Workshops for Calumet-Sag Trail's wayfinding and amenities have begun!

As the first of eight workshops open to the public,

Oak Lawn and Blue Island top brawlers in municipal Commuter Challenge

Step off, Chicagoland. Oak Lawn owns this corner. And that corner over there? That's Blue Island's.

Where: Homewood Village Hall, 2020 Chestnut Rd, Homewood, IL 60430
Date: July 16, 2011
Time: 10:30am–1:00pm

Heads won’t be the only things rolling at the Bastille Day Ride, brought to you by your friends at Homewood-Flossmoor Bike Fun Strike Force!

Spend a lovely couple of hours this Saturday in the company of friends and friendly strangers as we tour some of the area's beautiful neighborhoods and stop periodically for cake breaks. Seriously—biking and eating cake. Magnifique!

Although historically, Marie Antoinette probably did not utter the phrase, "Let them eat cake," we are fortunate to have some generous and talented cake makers in our communities, including Karen Scobbie Cake Design of Homewood and Sweet Annie's Everyday Sweets in Flossmoor. We will be using this leisurely tour as an excuse to taste their wares.