The Lake Bluff Park District Board of Directors recently voted to approve a license agreement with a professional golf management company, GolfVisions Management, Inc., to manage operations and maintenance of the Lake Bluff Golf Club, 355 W. Washington Ave.

Mundelein

Police Dept., MASC nab Governor’s Hometown Award

The village announced that the Mundelein Police Department, in partnership with the Mundelein After School Coalition (MASC), was named a Project Winner in the 2018 Governor’s Hometown Awards program. The program, presented by the Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, annually gives formal recognition to communities that contribute to quality of life via projects that have strong volunteer support, meet a need and make a definitive impact. Mundelein was recognized for MASC’s second annual Veterans Appreciation Dinner, an event developed by the Mundelein Police Department and jointly hosted by the police department, Carl Sandburg Middle School and MASC, a volunteer organization comprised of three Mundelein school districts, the police department, the Mundelein Park District and other volunteers, including Mundelein High School students. Students worked together to create a community event that brings together veterans, Carl Sandburg students and faculty, Mundelein police officers and others to serve meals to veterans, interact with them and provide entertainment. This year, more than 235 veterans attended the event. Mundelein was among 23 Illinois localities to be recognized in the 2018 Governor’s Hometown Awards program. For more information, call 847-968-4600 or visit www.mundelein.org.

Fox Lake

Fox Lake Festival of Lights includes parade, market

The village announced that the Fox Lake Festival of Lights will be held Nov. 24. The event begins with the Kris Kringle Winter Market (2-6 p.m.) and the Grand Opening of the ice skating rink (2 p.m.; weather dependent) at Community Garden Green, 17 E. School Court. The Festival of Lights Parade kicks off at 5 p.m., starting at Grant High School, 285 Grand Ave., and continuing along Grand Avenue. Immediately following the parade, the annual Holiday Tree Lighting will be held at Millennium Park, 6 Rollins Road. For more information, call 224-225-1404 or visit www.foxlake.org.

Lake Bluff

Park Dist. tabs GolfVisions to run Lake Bluff Golf Club

The Lake Bluff Park District Board of Directors recently voted to approve a license agreement with a professional golf management company, GolfVisions Management, Inc., to manage operations and maintenance of the Lake Bluff Golf Club, 355 W. Washington Ave. The license agreement with GolfVisions enables the park district to keep a valued amenity, and also saves taxpayers a projected $2.1 million over the next five years. With the savings, the park district will be able to self-fund major repairs and improvements to facilities throughout Lake Bluff. In addition, the license agreement reduces the park district’s financial risk, as GolfVisions will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Lake Bluff Golf Club and maintenance of the property. This means taxpayers are no longer subject to fluctuations of the facility’s financial results. All financial risk is assumed by GolfVisions Management. For more information, call 847-234-0774 or visit www.lakebluff.org.     

Highland Park

Highland Park Poetry nets Mayor’s Award for the Arts

The city announced that Mayor Nancy Rotering and City of Highland Park Cultural Arts Commission Chair Cathy Ricciardelli recently presented Highland Park Poetry with the Mayor’s Award for the Arts, an annual award that recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions to the arts in the community. Highland Park Poetry, a totally volunteer-based organization founded in 2007 by Highland Park resident Jennifer Dotson, provides educational events and activities designed to benefit amateur and professional poets in Highland Park. Highland Park Poetry events regularly draw participating poets from throughout the United States, as well as other countries, and many of the events are held at local businesses. Programs are open to all and most are free. Nominations for the Mayor’s Award for the Arts are reviewed by the Cultural Arts Commission, which recommends a recipient to the mayor for approval. Arts can include visual arts (drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture), performance (dance, theater or music), literature (poetry, fiction or script writing), web production and graphic design, and architecture. For more information, call 847-926-1000 or visit www.cityhpil.com/cac.

Buffalo Grove

Police Dept. begins Toys for Tots collection

The village announced that the Buffalo Grove Police Department has begun its annual collection for the Toys for Tots program, in partnership with the United States Marine Corps Reserves. Donation boxes are located in the lobby of the Buffalo Grove Police Department, 46 Raupp Blvd. Area residents can donate new and unwrapped toys until Dec. 16. Marines will then pick up the donated toys and distribute them to children in need. The Marine Corps Reserves stated that the primary objective of the program is to unite members of local communities in a common cause, and to play an active role in the positive development of the nation’s children. For more information, call the Buffalo Grove Police Department at 847-459-2560 or visit www.toysfortots.org.

Wheeling

Village offers Holiday Lights Recycling Program 

The village announced that its Holiday Lights Recycling Program is underway. Residents can recycle holiday lights — including C7, C9, rope and LED lights, as well as extension cords of all colors and lengths — at the Department of Public Works, 77 W. Hintz Road, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The program ends Feb. 1, 2019. Garland, live greens, wreaths and other non-recyclable items are not accepted in this recycling program. In addition, non-artificial holiday trees will be collected at residential curbside by Waste Management during the first two weeks of January. Trees that have decorations or are in stands or plastic bags will not be collected. For more information, call 847-459-2600 or visit www.wheelingil.gov.      

–Lake County News Briefs–