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Would you like your yard and your neighborhood to look absolutely fabulous?
We've got a free seminar just for you. It features deas for Warrenville based on examples from other cities. Topics include:
- yard landscaping
- street appeal
- neighborhood tidiness and unity
- floral displays
- environmental efforts
- building community
Speaker: Evelyn Alemanni is a long time America in Bloom National judge. She's evaluated 139 cities around the world, so she has the experience to know what works! She'll share her knowledge, giving us ideas on how to build a sense of pride and appreciation in where we live, and make a good impressions on visitors. She'll help us improve our homes and our neighborhoods.
What to do next? Mark your calendar. The event is free. No sign up needed.
Thursday, January 29
Warrenville Public Library
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Focus: Homes, Neighborhoods, Churches
Sponsor: Warrenville In Bloom This event is made possible by former Mayor Vivian Lund. She attended the National America in Bloom conference, where she won the bid on a silent auction item offering a day of consultation. Vivian is sharing her prize with the city.
Note: There is also a free seminar from 1-3 at the Warrenville Public Library. The focus of this is Ciry, Park, and Business initiatives.
Questions? call Dorothy Deer at 630-293-4920
Help us out .... Please help spread the word by sharing with your neighbor, homeowner's assocation, church. Link to this page on facebook, or print a flyer and post it.
 Beautiful-City-Seminars-Jan 29 2015.pdf | [A Free Seminar on Jan 29,2015] |
Bundle up the family and come out for these outdoor holiday traditions in Warrenville:
Holly Days
Friday Dec 5 from 6-8 near the Warrenville Park District
Warren & Tracy Place, Warrenville, IL
Perfect way to kick of the holiday season:
- Watch the mayor light the city trees
- Hear children's choirs sing holiday songs
- Take a free horse drawn sleigh ride
- See the arrival of Santa, and visit with him
- Warm up with hot chocolate and cookies
- Get in a festive mood.
Live Nativity at Trinity Lutheran Church
Saturday Dec. 13 at 6:00 and 7:00
Sunday Dec. 14 at 5:00 and 6:00
Watch the traditional Christmas story performed by live animals and the children of Trinity Lutheran Church. Join them in singing Christmas carols, and warm up with a hot chocolate and a cookie in the fellowship hall.
Trinity Lutheran Church
3S460 Curtis Ave. Warrenville, IL 60555
Cut Down a Christmas Tree
Have you ever cut down your own Christmas tree? It can be fun to pack up the family, drive out to the farm, pick out the perfect tree, and cut it down yourself.
The closest tree farm is at Marmion in Aurora:
Marmion Abbey Farms
Hours of Operation: Through Dec. 23 daily from 10 a.m. to 7p.m.
Location: 850 Butterfield Rd, Aurora, IL 60502
Cost: You-Cut trees, $45. Pre-Cut trees, $8 per foot.
If you're willing to travel a bit further, here's a guide to tree farms in driving distance from Warrenville.
Enjoy the Season and Keep Warm!
If you have other outdoor holiday activities or traditions that you's like featured here, send an email to sue@warrenville.info.
This year our garden produced a bumper crop of tomatoes. We were particularly busy, and lucky to pick them - no time for cooking. The home grown tomatoes are delicious, but you can only eat so many. After giving away bags of tomatoes, there were LOTS left, and some were starting to go bad. How do you quickly use tomatoes before they go to waste? Here are 3 ideas to quickly use lots of tomatoes.
What is a recycling extravaganza? An event, usually sponsored by a community or municipal group, where residents can bring unwanted "stuff" to be recycled.
What can you recycle? Each event has its own list of items. Read the flyer for the event or go to the webpage to get the details. Typical items include:
- Scrap Metal
- Eye Glasses (Lyons Club usually collects and distributes)
- Electronics (look carefully to see what this includes - old monitors and TVs are illegal to put in the landfill, and also getting harder to recycle.
- Old Bikes
- Garden Tools
- Medical Equipment
- Books
- Many More - check your event listings
If you’re like me, there’s stuff cluttering your house. You’d like to get rid of, but it’s too good to throw away, and you don’t know what to do with it. So there it sits – making clutter. What is an eco-conscious person to do?
Subcategories
Arts
Warrenville offers the art, books, music, theatre and history to put a smile on your face. From the Warrenville Public Library, to the art work of Ivan Albright, there is a variety of art and cultural opportunities in Warrenville. Don't find what you want here, within an hour, you can find it in Chicago, or other neighboring suburbs. This section will feature cultural and historic aspects of Warrenville, along with nearby excursions.
Food
We all like to eat, and living well includes sharing meals with our friends and family. This section will restaurant news and recipes, and anything else related to buying or preparing foods and drinks.
Outdoors
In addition to our own parks, Warrenville is surrounded by the green space provided by forest preserves and Fermilab, and Cantigy. Studies show that spending time outdoors helps everyone live better. This section will remind you of opportunities offered in our own backyards.
| FallFest2016Poster.pdf | [Fall Fest in Warrenville - 2016] |
Homes
This section features the neighborhoods and homes of Warrenville, and gives ideas to keep your home efficient, safe, and healthy.
Volunteer
If someone in Warrenville has a problem, others will help. Find volunteer opportunities on this page.
If you are part of an organization looking for volunteers, send an email to sue@warrenville.info to enlist some help. Please specify volunteer details (time and place, jobs, number of volunteers needed) as well how to go about volunteering.
Business
This section features the services provided by local businesses. Although businesses want to make money, they are motivated to provide valuable services to local residents. Business owners want to make your lives easier. This section will feature local businesses, and show how they can solve your problems or make your life easier.
Calendars
The events on this calendar are emailed out weekly to subscribers. Sign up above to register.
This calendar highlights some events, but can't include everything. Below are links to other local calendars. If you run an organization, and would like an event featured, see the Contribute page. Help managing this calendar is greatly appreciated.
Other Calendars:
- Warrenville Park District Program Calendar
- Warrenville Public Library
- Fermilab Public Events
- Fermilab Natural Areas
- Dupage County Forest Preserve
- SCARCE
- Cantigny
- Gallery 200
- Coopers's Corner
- COD MacAnish Theatre
- Burning Bush Gallery
- Maple Street Chapel Concerts
- DuPage Tourism Events Calendar
- Garden Works Project
- Two Way Street Coffee House
- DuPage County Fairgrounds
- NIU Stem Cafe
- The Conservation Foundation
- Fox Valley Orchestra
- VFW Events
