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Shrubtown: Holiday togetherness!

by Marc Stopeck November 26, 2024November 25, 2024

Take our Oak Park rezoning surveyOctober 19, 2026
Shape Oak Park proposed zoning changes have been at the forefront of community conversations for months, with large amounts of public input at various government meetings.
Dozens give public comment at plan commission hearing on Shape Oak Park recommendations October 19, 2026
Oak Park’s Plan Commission reconvened at OPRF on Oct. 15 for the second hearing for the proposed Shape Oak Park zoning changes.
No Kings: Vote Early brings people together locally and nationwide October 18, 2026
The No Kings movement hosted another day of nationwide protests on Saturday, Oct. 17, focusing on early voting and election education.
Local Jewish preschool educators unable to make Italian trip October 18, 2026
Guralnick and Naomi Garvitt, Glasser Preschool director at Oak Park Temple, were among 60 educators nationwide that had been slated to travel to the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy to learn more about the Reggio Emilia Approach and bring those learnings home to their respective preschools.
OPRF wants new arts wing but timing of tax increase vote unclearOctober 15, 2026
The school board will decide whether to ask voters at the April 6 local election to authorize borrowing $84.6 million to go forward with the third stage, called Act 3, of the Imagine plan to redo OPRF.