Editorial Staff

SALES STAFF

DESIGN STAFF

GCM’S TEAM

Brendan Heffernan

Staff Reporter (he/him)
brendan@oakpark.com

Ken Trainor

Viewpoints Editor (he/him)
ktrainor@wjinc.com
Ken Trainor has been with Growing Community Media for 30 years, wearing almost every hat available, including Forest Park Review editor, Austin Weekly News editor, Wednesday Journal managing editor and, currently, copy editor, Viewpoints editor, and obituaries editor. He has written upward of 2,000 columns and still hasn’t run out of things to say.

Stacy Coleman

Digital Manager (she/her)
stacy@oakpark.com
Stacy graduated from Millikin University and moved to Oak Park shortly after. She has been with Growing Community Media since 2021, where she manages newsletters, websites, and social media. When she isn’t at work, she can be found curled up with a good book or sitcom, typically with a cat by her side.

Lacey Sikora

Homes Editor (she/her)
Lacey graduated from Duke University with a degree in English and Art History and then went to law school at the University of Michigan. After working as an attorney in Chicago for a few years, she took some time off with her two children. Her family was rehabbing their second Oak Park home when the Journal put out a call for real estate reporters. Lacey has happily covered architecture and the historic homes and buildings in the Oak Park area ever since.