QUARTERLY. Glen Ellyn Holiday Walk, November 27

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1 Village of Gle Elly QUARTERLY WINTER 2015 G Gle Elly Holiday Walk, November 27 ood wishes ad holiday cheer aboud at the aual Gle Elly Holiday Walk, sposored by the Gle Elly Chamber of Commerce ad takig place o Friday, November 27, from 5 to 9 p.m. This year s widow paitig theme is Deck the Halls, which will be reflected i widow decor throughout the dowtow. Shops ad restaurats will be ope late with treats for holiday shoppers. Start the fu at the Gle Elly Public Library with etertaimet, arts ad crafts, refreshmets ad the Frieds of the Library used book sale. Stop for the aual chili supper at Grace Luthera Church, before headig dowtow to ejoy widows decorated for the Holiday Walk, as well as special seasoal offers. You wo t wat to miss the big momet whe Sata lights the tree at Mai ad Crescet at 6 p.m. Afterwards, Sata will be at Fire Statio #1, 524 Pesylvaia Aveue, util 8:30 p.m. to greet childre. Lookig for some holiday gift ideas? Make it easy by previewig the great gifts from Gle Elly merchats o pages 4 ad 5 of this ewsletter. For more iformatio about the Gle Elly Holiday Walk, please visit Schedule of Activities Friday, November 27 g 1:30-4:30 p.m. The Gle Elly Public Library s Holiday Walk, 400 Duae Street. Etertaimet icludes music from the Vivaldi Strigs, Oe Voice Choir ad the Glebard South H.S. Madrigal Sigers. Craft activities too. g 5-8 p.m. Grace Luthera Church, at the itersectio of Forest ad Pesylvaia Aveues, will hold its ever-popular Chili Supper. g 6 p.m. Sata Claus will arrive to light the tree at Mai ad Crescet. Gather early for the best view. g 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sata ad his helpers will await the childre who stop by the Gle Elly Fire Statio, Mai Street ad Pesylvaia Aveue. g Dowtow shops ope late with refreshmets, etertaimet ad special holiday offers. Dowtow Diig Offers Somethig for Everyoe D owtow Gle Elly offers somethig for every palate. From quick bites ad family diig to fie diig, dowtow diers will fid a variety of types of foods: Italia, Mexica, Thai, ad of course, great America fare. If you have t died dowtow recetly, our restaurats welcome you to explore. Addig to the already wide array of restaurats, Cab s Wie Bar has udergoe a facelift ad restoratio ad will ope shortly as Deaco ad Mercy. Marche, sister busiess to Marcel s, offers a quick taste of wie, cheese ad chacuterrie o the corer of Mai Street ad Pesylvaia Aveue. Owers of Jackso Aveue Pub i Naperville brig their cocept to the former Asia Pearl locatio o Mai Street ad have opeed Mai Street Pub. cotiued page 5 Photo by Theresa Cramer

2 Village of Gle Elly QUARTERLY Crescet Boulevard Roadway Improvemets This summer, the Village of Gle Elly completed roadway work o Crescet Boulevard betwee Park Boulevard ad Hickory Road. The project was desiged to provide traffic, safety ad aesthetic improvemets alog this stretch of roadway that borders o Glebard West High School ad also serves as a gateway to Gle Elly. Prior to costructio work, Crescet Boulevard ear dowtow Gle Elly was crumblig, lacked adequate sidewalks ad draiage, ad allowed ucotrolled movemet of cars ad pedestrias. To develop the ew roadway cofiguratio, the Village worked closely with School District 87. The outcome was a project that features a compact urba roudabout that simplifies travel patters ad allows legal U-turs, ad a ladscaped barrier media that provides better directio to pedestrias ad ties the street architecturally to its surroudigs. Other chages iclude improved roadway aligmet, ew parkig ad drop-off areas, shared travel laes ad retaiig walls that preserve right-of-way while ehacig aesthetics. The Crescet Boulevard project is a excellet example of iovative egieerig ad agecy collaboratio, yieldig a far more useable ad attractive trasportatio asset for the high school users, as well as the commuity at-large. Witer Fire Safety Remiders Fire Hydrats Christmas Tree Safety Thak you to all the residets who adopted a hydrat ear your home ad cleared the sow from aroud fire hydrats all the way to the street. This helps to esure it is accessible to the Fire Compay i times of emergecy. Tell your eighbors to Adopt a Hydrat, too! Smoke Alarms Did you remember to replace the batteries i your smoke alarms ad carbo mooxide detectors whe you tured your clocks back? If ot, this is your remider. Smoke alarms are recommeded o every floor of your home, iside each bedroom, outside each sleepig area ad do t forget your basemet. Keep your family safe by takig special precautios whe puttig up live Christmas trees this holiday seaso: Choose a tree with fresh, gree eedles that do ot fall off whe touched. Before placig the tree i the stad, cut 1-2 from the base of the truk. Be sure the tree is at least three feet from ay heat source, such as fireplaces, radiators, cadles, heat vets or lights. Make sure the tree is ot blockig a exit. Add water to the tree stad daily. Use lights that have the label of a idepedet testig laboratory. Some lights are oly for idoor or outdoor use, but ot both. Replace ay strig of lights with wor or broke cords or loose bulb coectios. Coect o more tha three strads of mii strig 2 sets ad a maximum of 50 bulbs for screw-i bulbs. Read maufacturer s istructios for umber of LED strads to coect. Never use lit cadles o the tree. Always tur off Christmas tree lights before leavig home or goig to bed. Get rid of the tree whe it begis droppig eedles. Dried-out trees are a fire dager ad should ot be left i the home or garage, or placed outside agaist the home. I Gle Elly, Christmas trees ca be disposed of durig the first three weeks of Jauary o your regular refuse pickup day. Trees must ot be loger tha five feet i legth. Trees larger tha five feet i legth eed to be cut dow. Brig outdoor electrical lights iside after the holidays to prevet hazards ad make them last loger.

3 WINTER Jue Water Mai Break O Jue 16, the Village experieced a sigificat water mai break at the DuPage River mai crossig causig a drop i water pressure for a small portio of Gle Elly, which prompted the Village to issue a boil order for affected residets. Sice the break, progress was made o how to best repair the large diameter pipe, located o the east side of Roosevelt Road. I September, the Village s cotractor made the appropriate repairs to the affected sectios of the water mai. Subsequet pressure testig was performed o the water mai uder the river to cofirm that it was still i good workig order. Because the water mai uder the river was off for a exteded period of time, the ecessary disifectig process took place together with the proper testig to esure the water mai was free of cotamiatio. The service was the reistated o October 9 with o further issues reported. Village staff is curretly evaluatig the coditio of the water mai o the west side of the river to address ay eeded repairs that would help avoid similar breaks i the future. For further iformatio regardig these repairs, please cotact Bob Greeberg, Utilities Superitedet at Cross Coectio Cotrol Notice The Illiois Evirometal Protectio Agecy (IEPA) requires every water supplier to develop ad implemet a comprehesive cross coectio cotrol program to elimiate existig cross coectios ad protect agaist all future cross coectios o potable drikig water systems. Regulatios are eforced to keep drikig water safe. Residetial backflow preveters may be foud o law irrigatio systems, wet fire protectio systems, hot water heatig (boiler) systems, swimmig pool fills, water features ad the like. Backflow preveters may also be required if there is aother water source o the site, such as a well, pod, river, etc. If your backflow preveter is located outdoors, remember to remove ad store it someplace warm for the witer. Isulatio ad/or heat tape may be isufficiet. Next sprig you will eed to provide the backflow preveter to your law irrigatio cotractor or plumber for reistallatio. Plumbig Code requires that your backflow preveter be tested immediately upo re-istallatio. Aual tests must be performed by a certified tester ad be submitted to the Village s cotractor, Aqua Backflow, for compliace.the Gle Elly Cross Coectio Cotrol Program is desiged to safeguard public health. Residets are asked to please cooperate with ay requests from Village staff or the cotractor, Aqua Backflow, cocerig this importat issue. For more iformatio, please visit New Electroic Message Board The message board o the south side of the railroad tracks at Crescet Boulevard ad Mai Street has bee coverted to a digital sig. The ew electroic message board will help to facilitate more timely commuicatios, especially i times of emergecy. The Village Board approved the replacemet of the existig dowtow message marquee i April. Dowtow Streetscape Pla At a recet workshop, the Village Board reviewed ad discussed a prelimiary Dowtow Streetscape Pla, which lays out a multi-year capital fudig effort to improve streets ad sidewalks throughout the cetral busiess district. The pla also cotemplates improvemets to lightig, trees ad ladscapig, ad ehacig overall pedestria safety. The complete pla ca be foud o the Village of Gle Elly website at 3 Followig a sowfall, mai roads are cleared first, followed by eighborhood streets ad other less-traveled roadways. Sow is typically removed from the ceter to the curb i a series of four passes. Residets are remided to please wait util crews have completed their work before clearig your driveway approach because it is ot possible to complete plowig without pushig some sow oto driveway approaches. The diagram above shows how sowplowig works i Gle Elly.

4 Village of Gle Elly QUARTERLY Friday, November 27 Holiday Walk, dowtow Gle Elly. See page 1 for more iformatio. Holiday Walk Ope House at the Gle Elly Public Library, 1:30-4:30 p.m., durig the Holiday Walk. Ejoy music from the Vivaldi Strigs, oe Voice Choir ad the Glebard South High School Madrigal Sigers. Evet also icludes craft activities. The library will also be holdig a used book sale sposored by the Frieds of the Library from 12 oo to 4:30 p.m. Please visit for more iformatio. 15th Aual Chili Supper at Grace Luthera Church, 493 Forest Aveue, 5-8 p.m., durig the Holiday Walk. All proceeds go to the Evagelical Luthera Church i America Iteratioal World Huger Relief Program, as well as the Gle Elly Food Patry, housed at the church. Items o the meu iclude chili, Natha s all beef hot dogs, cor bread, garde salads, taco salads, chips, dessert ad beverages. Tickets are ot required ad all items are available for purchase à la carte. For more iformatio, please call the Grace Luthera Church office at , 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., Moday through Friday. Moday, November 30 Last scheduled day to have yard waste picked up, with stickers affixed, util April Wedesday, December 2 Climate Chage i the Arctic: A Polar Explorer s Perspective Takig place at 7 p.m. i the Gle Elly Civic Ceter, this presetatio takes you to the frotlies of climate chage, the Arctic. Gle Elly ative Joh Husto s stories from the North Pole ad the Caadia Arctic demostrate how climate chage is affectig the polar regios. This discussio is about meltig ice ad the Arctic, but it is also about workig together to make forward-thikig choices. Pla for a eveig of stuig photographs ad motivatioal stories. As a added bous, Joh s book will be available as the perfect holiday gift, which he will sig. Sposored by the River Prairie Group. Tuesday, December 8 The Gle Elly Woma s Club presets their aual Holiday Festival, 11:30 a.m., at the Gle Oak Coutry Club, 21W 451 Hill Aveue, Gle Elly. The evet program features Rochelle Peigto, award-wiig ewspaper columist ad bestsellig author, as well as a silet auctio. Tickets are $50 ad all proceeds beefit area social services ad scholarships for Glebard West ad Glebard South High School studets. Call for reservatios. Wedesday, December 9 The Gle Elly Wheato Commuity Associates of the Art Istitute of Chicago ivite members ad guests to the aual Holiday Lucheo at the Carlisle Baquets, 435 East Butterfield Road, Lombard, 11:30 a.m. The program features Aie Morse, Seior Lecturer of Museum Educatio at the Art Istitute, who will discuss Delicious Sesatios: Food, Fragrace ad Art. The cost of the lucheo is $36 for members ad $46 for o-members. Sed reservatio requests to Pat Read, 1534 Gaiesboro Drive, Wheato, IL or call before November 23. Christmas Basket Doors Needed 4 O Wedesday, December 2, Gle Elly ative Joh Husto will take you to the frotlies of climate chage as he discusses his experieces i the North Pole ad the Caadia Arctic. First three Modays of Jauary Christmas trees/holiday grees collectio. No sticker required. Saturday, Jauary 23 Leslie Goddard: Portrait of Mary Pickford. America s Sweetheart ad oe of early Hollywood s most powerful wome, Mary Pickford, had a amazig career as a silet film star ad movie mogul. Pickford is brought to life by award-wiig actress ad scholar Leslie Goddard at the Gle Elly History Ceter, 800 N. Mai Street, 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased i advace at the History Ceter or the day of the performace pedig availability. Cost is $12 for adults, $10 for GEHS members ad $5 for studets 18 ad uder. The Gle Elly Juior Woma s Club is providig holiday cheer through their Christmas Baskets Program, which beefits local commuity members i eed. Doors adopt a family ad buy gifts for each perso i the family. Participatig families rage from small to large.the drop-off date for wrapped gifts is Thursday, December 10, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Parkview Commuity Church, 764 St. Charles Road, Gle Elly. Baskets are delivered to families o Saturday, December 12. If you would like to adopt a family or help with deliveries, please gejuiorsxmasbaskets@gmail.com or call Ly at

5 WINTER 2015 ARC Awards Aouced E ach year, the Gle Elly Architectural Review Commissio (ARC) evaluates ad awards projects that reflect excellece i commuity appearace. The Travelig Trophy Award recogizes buildig desig ad the Vivia Ball Ladscape Award recogizes outdoor beautificatio. The wiers are selected based o how the improvemets promote compatible ad attractive ehacemets to the commuity ad coform to the Village s appearace guidelies. The Travelig Trophy Award is give aually to a ew developmet or reovatio to a commercial buildig completed i the previous year. The wier is selected based o how the improvemets ad buildig serve to promote a cohesive desig. The Village cogratulates Courtyards of Gle Elly-Orleas Homes, Keilworth Aveue, o receivig this award. Willowbrook Wildlife Ceter received the Vivia Ball Ladscape Award The Vivia Ball Ladscape Award was established i 2000 i memory of Vivia Ball who was active i Village beautificatio. This TMC2, 450 Duae Street, also received a Hoorable Metio Desig Award. Cogratulatios to all of the wiers! Holiday Light Strads Collectio New Busiesses Amerigoods 799 Roosevelt Road, 3/209B ameri-goods.com Export Busiess Deaco & Mercy 430 N. Mai Street deacoadmercy.com Restaurat Detal Care of Gle Elly 505 Crescet Boulevard detalcareofgleelly.com Detal Care Edward Joes 509 N. Mai Street Ivestmet Advisory Eza Sicilia Osteria 504 Crescet Boulevard Sicilia Diig Foth Productio Solutios 800 Roosevelt Road, E/ foth.com Egieerig Cosultig Services Heart-Felt Create 485 N. Mai Street facebook.com/heart-feltcreate Art Studio Shaw Sarget Desigs 485 N. Mai Street shawsargetdesigs. com Gift Products Jeifer Fell Couselig 800 Roosevelt Road, E/ Metal Health Couselig Source Now 799 Roosevelt Road, 3/209A Temp Agecy Mai Street Pub 466 N. Mai Street Restaurat Marché 496 N. Mai Street Specialty Food Store Re:ew 483 N. Mai Street reewproject.org No-Profit Orgaizatio Sarpios Pizza Gle Elly 922 Roosevelt Road, A gosarpios.com Pizza Restaurat year, the award was give to Willowbrook Wildlife Ceter, Forest Preserve District of DuPage Couty, 525 S. Park Boulevard. To keep used holiday light strads out of our ladfills, the Village has istituted a light strad recyclig program. Residets ca brig holiday lights to the Civic Ceter from Moday, November 23, through Friday, February 12. All holiday light strads, as well as extesio cords, will be accepted. A drop-off locatio will be available o the first floor of the Civic Ceter, 535 Duae Street, ear the Cashier s Office. Remider: Olie Civic Ceter Room Reservatios Available Strig Academy of Chicago 386 Pesylvaia Aveue, # strigac.com Private Strig Lessos Residets are remided that they ca ow coveietly reserve rooms i the Civic Ceter via the web. Fid the lik for Room Reservatios o the Village website homepage at org. For more iformatio, please cotact the Village at (630) or olie at T-Mobile 289 Roosevelt Road t-mobile.com Cell Phoe Sales Dowtow Diig cotiued from page 1 Wardell Orthodotics 45 S. Park Boulevard, # wardellorthodotics.com Orthodotic Services Victorio s has closed, but Eza Sicilia Osteria has opeed at 504 Crescet Boulevard. Stam Chocolatier is brigig their Dutch chocolates to dowtow. Watch for this ew additio at 530 Pesylvaia Aveue i Mariella s Restaurat, located o Duae Street, is opeig uder ew owership. Come out ad ejoy fie diig optios i Gle Elly. 5

6 Village of Gle Elly QUARTERLY Holiday Gift Ideas From Gle Elly busiesses Bottle & Bottega Gle Elly 498 Crescet Boulevard bottleadbottega.com/gle-elly The perfect holiday gift for that special someoe! Give the gift that will make memories to last a lifetime a Bottle & Bottega gift certificate! Paired with a bottle of wie, Bottle & Bottega apro ad/or fabulous frame, it s the perfect gift for your BFF, Mom, Sister, Aut, teacher, or special loved oe. Available for purchase at our chic colorful studio, or visit our website to purchase, dowload ad prit olie. Career Visio 526 N. Mai Street careervisio.org Is your studet ready to make college decisios? Career Visio s persoalized service matches their stregths with their career optios. This year, give your studet the gift of cofidece with the competitive edge of aptitude testig from Career Visio. College Of DuPage McAich Arts Ceter 425 Fawell Boulevard AttheMac.org Give the gift of etertaimet! A memorable experiece makes a great gift, ad we have dozes to choose from for all ages. For comedy, music, dace ad drama gift certificates make the perfect stockig stuffer ad come i all deomiatios. Discouts for groups of 10 or more. Holiday parties welcome. Kelsey Resale Boutique 483 N. Mai Street kelseyresale.dudaoe. com A oe-of-a-kid gift ca be foud at our store. Persoal shoppig with stylists ready to help you fid your ew holiday outfit or gift for your someoe special. Gift certificates always available. Gle Elly Public Library 400 Duae Street gepl.org Stop by the Gle Elly Public Library from November 27 through December 23 to purchase some getly used books durig the aual Used Book Gift Sale. Make your seaso s gift-givig eve easier by pickig out a few book budles, pre-wrapped i holiday paper, to give to loved oes! Prices vary. The sale is sposored by the Frieds of the Library ad all sales beefit the Library. Cost: $3 ad up. Lewek Photograph & Frame Studio 507 Pesylvaia Aveue gleellyphotos.com Have your treasured old family photos expertly copied, restored ad framed i our dowtow Gle Elly studio. Black ad white or color. Large or small. Call for details. Marcel s Culiary Experiece 490 N. Mai Street marcelsculiaryexperiece.com Let us help you fid the perfect gift for your frieds, family ad colleagues. Gift cards, cookig classes, cookig tools ad gorgeous tabletop to artisa foodstuffs. For uique gift ideas this holiday seaso, look to local artisas! For a ma: Had-drilled ad cut atique steel railroad spike bottle opeer with leather layard from Muirwood Reclamatios: $ Tugboat small batch orgaic coffee: $ The owers of both Muirwood Reclamatios ad Tugboat Coffee are from Gle Elly ad are Glebard West grads! For a woma: Oak Park s Kiku hadmade scree-prited glass catch-alls, trivets, coasters ad cheese plates: $ Wheato s Fuller & Howe burlap table ruers from recycled coffee bags: $45 - $75. Olive Viie s 449 N. Mai Street oliveadviies.com Our gifts impress ad ispire me ad wome alike! We have imported olive oils, balsamic, Spice House goodies ad much more. We will help you customize gifts for the foodie, the picky, the spicy, the healthy, the griller, the kids, the dieter, the o-cooker ad pretty much everyoe! VERY popular for corporate gifts. We ship aywhere. Papier Girl 413 N. Mai Street papiergirl.com Paper Freak box mothly subscriptio. This $30 gift is perfect for the paper lover i your life. Box will arrive o your doorstep each moth filled with uique statioery ad other paper treasures. 6

7 WINTER PJ Greetigs 427 Duae Street pjgreetigs.com Custom statioery ad gifts with persoality! PJ Greetigs offers stamps, ote cards, otepads, ote paper, cuttig boards ad much more. Somethig for everyoe o your list teachers, gradparets, babysitters, frieds ad everyoe i betwee. Gift ideas for teachers: Custom Stamp to mark all those papers or a Persoalized Notepad to jot a quick ote. Gift ideas for gradparets: Custom Stick Fu Note Cards. Describe your family ad we will had-draw characters i their likeess. Persoalized Cuttig Board also available. Gift idea for tees: Persoalized Phoe Case to match their persoality ad protect it from damage at the same time Gift idea that fits everyoe: Persoalized Statioery is always the perfect fit ad shows that you put i the extra effort to make their gift special. Hudreds of desigs to choose from. Coupo for readers of this Gle Elly Newsletter: $10 off all orders over $75.00 (code: GENL, caot be combied with ay other offer, eds 12/18/15). Gift Ideas from Gle Elly Village Liks/ Reserve 22 l Golf Shop Merchadise Sale Suday, December 6, durig the Village Liks Holiday Ope House, 12-5 p.m. l Gift cards i ay deomiatio for golf or diig. (Olie orderig available, too: villageliksgolf.com.) l Lesso packages for Private or Group Golf Istructio l 2016 Sprig Special Golf Memberships Shaw Sarget Desigs 485 N. Mai Street shawsargetdesigs.com Brighte someoe s life this holiday seaso with a uique ad ispirig artist-desiged gift! Browse our colorful ew shop ad woderful selectio of fresh, origial hadmade products by local artist Shaw Sarget. Perfect for gift-givig, from orgaic pillow covers, bags, gift wrap ad paper products, to kitche goods, mugs ad magets all with a cotemporary style ad quirky vibe. We also offer gift cards, creative classes ad custom desigs. For a woma: Beautifully desiged, hadmade tea towels are a perfect hostess gift. Pair them with our ew hot pads ad microwave bowl cozies to give a coordiated artist-made set to frieds ad family. Make a statemet with oe piece or mix patters to create a persoalized look. Price: $7-24. For a ma: Uique ad stylish, Sappy Bags are customdesiged device covers ad carry bags for just about aythig. Perfectly sized for phoes ad tablets. Also great for holdig cords ad wallet items whe at the gym or travelig. Use side rig to hag o a bag/ backpack or attach keys. Price: $ Stacy s Corer Store 800 N. Mai Street Check out the large selectio of Gle Elly memorabilia. Gle Elly Afgha has scees of Gle Elly: $54. Gle Elly Test T-shirt: $14.95 The Bookstore 475 N. Mai Street Florece: the Paitigs ad Frescoes, , by Ross Kig ad Aja Grebe, is the ext best thig to a trip to Italy for the holidays. With early 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city s great museums ad churches, this gorgeous coffee table book makes a woderful gift: $75. 7

8 PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. Postage PAID Permit 149 Gle Elly, IL Civic Ceter 535 Duae Street Gle Elly, Illiois Village of Gle Elly WINTER 2015QUARTERLY Iside: Gle Elly Holiday Walk Witer Fire Safety Remiders Holiday Gifts from Gle Elly Busiesses Ehaced Carrier Route Walk Sequece Saturatio POSTAL CUSTOMER LOCAL GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS Village of Gle Elly YourGOV Makes Reportig Ifrastructure Issues Easy Have you dowloaded the YourGOV app? This easy-to-use tool makes it coveiet for residets to report issues. Report ay ifrastructure issues, such as streetlights ot workig or damaged parkway trees. Residets are ecouraged to register ad sig i to YourGOV, so that ca be used to commuicate to the residet both a receipt of their request ad completio otificatio. The app ca still be used aoymously, but it elimiates the ability to commuicate the status of the request. QUARTERLY RAPID REMINDERS Importat Witer Remiders Followig are some remiders from Gle Elly s Plaig & Developmet Departmet: Correct roof ad sump drais to avoid dischargig water that ca freeze o the sidewalk, driveway or street. Avoid the use of portable heaters. Portable heaters have bee foud to be oe of the major causes of home fires. Have your furace or boiler ispected ad i proper operatio for witer use. Cosider makig home eergy improvemets ad ivestigate available rebates. Comply with decorative holiday lightig regulatios. Cotact Gle Elly s Plaig ad Developmet Departmet at if adequate heatig is ot provided i your reted uit.