In This Week's Edition:

39^th Annual Festival of the Arts August 3 & 4
Cook Park Ribbon Cutting Ceremony August 6
Downtown Metra Station Officially Open
Recycle-O-Rama Saturday, August 10
Nationwide Test of Emergency Alert System August 7
Register for Adult Sport Leagues
Fall Recreation Program Guide to Hit Mailboxes Next Week

39th Annual Festival of the Arts Weekend

The David Adler Music and Arts Center and GLMV Chamber will be hosting the 39^th Annual Festival of the Arts in Cook Park this weekend.

The Festival of the Arts is perfect for the whole family. Everyone can paint a new community mural.  Enjoy a wide variety of food vendors and two days of live music.  Grab your friends, enjoy the art, music, and beer garden and support your local community art center.

Located in historic downtown Libertyville, the two-day Festival of the Arts hosts up to 75 booths of fine and decorative art by local, regional, and nationally acclaimed artists and artisans.  The festival also features a family activity stage and two days of live music. For more information click here. 

Cook Park Ribbon Cutting Ceremony August 6

Mark your calendars for August 6 at 5:30 p.m. for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Cook Park playground. This event is free and open to the public. 

Downtown Metra Station Officially Open

Metra joined with Libertyville and Lake County officials on July 26, 2019 to dedicate the newly renovated station facility at Metra’s Libertyville Station on the Milwaukee District North Line. The $1.3 million project includes a complete renovation of the 1,464-square-foot depot structure and the addition of ADA-accessible restroom facilities. In addition to upgrades to the station’s interior, the renovations included a complete redo of the building’s roofline to create a vaulted ceiling and the upgrade of the exterior features with decorative stone work and other architectural elements.

The project was funded with federal capital dollars obtained by Metra for station improvements and with Libertyville commuter parking lot funds only. RM Swanson Architects of Lake Forest designed the project and Libertyville based Efraim Carlson and Sons was the contractor. 

Recycle-O-Rama Saturday, August 10

In partnership with the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County The Shields Township building located at 906 W. Muir Avenue in Lake Bluff is hosting a recycling event on August 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For further details on accepted items click here. 

Nationwide Test of Emergency Alert System August 7

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. The nationwide test will be sent to radio and television stations beginning at 1:20 p.m. CDT. The test is being conducted through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. For further information click here. 

Register for Adult Sport Leagues

A variety of sports leagues for Adults, Men and Women, are offered through our Recreation-Sports Complex.  Men’s 12” Softball, Co-Ed 14” Softball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Flag Football, Men’s Indoor Soccer and Women’s Indoor Soccer.  For more information click here. 

Fall Recreation Program Guide to Hit Mailboxes Next Week

The 2019 Fall Registration Guide, listing all of the programs, offerings, classes and events of the Libertyville Recreation-Sports Complex Department, will be mailed to all Libertyville households and businesses the week of August 5.  For Libertyville residents, once you receive this Registration Guide in the mail, you may register ‘right away’ for any of these offerings.  Non-Resident Registration starts August 14.  For more information click here. 

Upcoming Village Meetings (all meetings at Village Hall unless noted)

August 6, 2019-Parks and Recreation Committee, 6:00 p.m. 
August 6, 2019-Committee of the Whole, 6:01 p.m.