Egg Hunts! Save the Dates!

Save the dates! Sunday, March 29 is the Doggie Egg Hunt at Loomis St. Gardens from 1pm to 2:30pm. Saturday, April 4 is the Skinner Eggstravaganza children’s egg hunt at Skinner Park from 10am to Noon. 6th Annual Doggie Egg Hunt Sunday, March 29 – 1pm to 2:30pm Loomis St. Community Gardens 1399 W. Monroe…

New Sponsor – WHOLE FOODS WEST LOOP

We wish to thank Whole Foods – West Loop for being our new sponsor. Whole Foods – West Loop has chosen the Skinner Park Advisory Council as its first nonprofit partner for their One Dime At A Time program. From their grand opening on March 25, 2015 to the end of June 2015, Whole Foods…

Trees

Many residents contacted us regarding the Park District cutting down trees in the Loomis St. Community Garden and Skinner Park.  As many people wrote, all the trees were healthy.  Unfortunately, most of the trees were cut down in error.  The Park District thought that they were infested with the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) but the…

Reminder: Community Meeting for Demonstration Garden

Hello everyone, Reminder the community meeting to discuss and view the proposed plans for a demonstration garden in tonight at 6:30pm tonight at Skinner West Elementary School ( Adams and Throop ). The Park District is proposing to convert part of the playground area into a demonstration garden. The advisory council have not seen the…

Skinner Holiday Lights Vandalized

Hi everyone, The holiday lights at Skinner Park were vandalized over this past weekend.  It happened between Saturday (12/13) night to Sunday morning (12/14).  If you saw anything, please notify us or the police. We’ll try to replace the lights as soon as possible.  Thank you. The Skinner Park Advisory Council