Yet another Chicagoland suburb has fallen victim to the Emerald Ash Borer. Evanston, IL has reported infestation on seven trees in Lovelace Park as well as some private property.
Evanston has 4,059 ash trees on its parkway and in its parks, which is about 12 percent of the city’s 33,000 public trees. Additionally, there are […]
Everyone had a great time on July 20 despite the rainy weather forcing the Chicago Cubs’ management to cancel the park district T-ball games in the outfield.
Over 1,500 tickets to the Cubs game were sold to park district groups through IPRA and 10 park district T-ball teams were scheduled to play games in […]
US Senator Dick Durbin will host an Emerald Ash Borer Summit on July 21 in Evanston.
The summit will provide local government officials from potentially affected areas in the Chicago metro area with insight into what can be done before the emerald ash borer invades their community and what steps to take in the event it […]
Created in 1975, the Hershey’s Track & Field Games is the largest youth sports program of its kind in the United States and Canada. Meets take place in every state and every province in North America, and the grand finale  the North American Final Meet  takes place in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
The goal of the […]
Visit the new Buyer’s Guide page on IPRA’s website to research businesses and vendors for your agency. This annual listing provides a complete representation of what park and recreation professionals need and want. The listings will also be published in the paper Directory and Buyer’s Guide (coming out in September) but get a […]
On July 13, over 2,100 daycamp kids from various park districts and special recreation associations united at the Schaumburg Flyers game for “Special Recreation Day: A Celebration of Recreation for All”. This was the 3rd year that IPRA hosted this group outing which brought attention to the passing of Senate Bill 1881. This […]
Vote for your favorite Park Pursuit team name in the IPRA Poll section of the blog on the right hand side of the page. This list is not the complete list…just a selection of the creative names entered.
Park Pursuit is coming to Lincoln Park on Friday, September 22. If you don’t know what […]
Thanks to quick action and proper training Glenview Park District lifeguard Mike Galeno saved the life of a 6-year-old boy at Glenview’s Roosevelt pool on Monday. The incident occurred in only 4′6″ deep water during daycamp activity where 9 camp counselors and 12 lifeguards were on duty watching the 45 campers. The boy was […]
Do you know what to do when you spot a coyote in your backyard or when visiting one of your parks or forest preserves? Learn all about coyotes and how to respond to them if they cross your path at Coyote Chat, an informal discussion about coyote behavior and the differences between coyotes and […]
A Member Forum question was recently posted by Mark Rosen, Director of Parks & Recreation of Highland, IL, asking the following…
I am curious to know how many agencies are seeing noticable declines in their athletic rec. leagues, i.e. baseball/softball, basketball, etc. Over the last ten years, our summer rec. baseball/softball league has seen an […]