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Upcoming June National Days & Holidays:

June 1 - National Trails Day

June 7 - National Doughnut Day

June 16 - Father's Day

June 21 - Summer Solstice

June 23 - National Hydration Day

June 30 - Social Media Day

Get ready for Summerfest 2019!

The annual Villa Park Summerfest returns for another year of summer sun and endless fun! The event kicks off on Friday, June 14 from 6 to 11 p.m. On Friday, enjoy food, beer, live bands, a car show and a bags tournament! Then, come back for another full day of fun on Saturday, June 15 from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Bring the family out for interactive children's activities, more live bands, an arts and crafts fair, great food and more!

Entertainment Schedule at the Gazebo Stage:

Friday

6 pm: Hip Pockit
8:30 pm: Good Clean Fun Band

Saturday

12:45 pm: Discover Dance
1:50 pm: Minors of Rock
3:10 pm: Pippin and the Frogs
4:30 pm: Serendipity
6:30 pm: Money Beats Soul
8:30 pm: CK and the Gray

For more information, visit villaparksummerfest.com!

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Economic Development Director retires after years of service

The Village of Villa Park would like to thank Jan Fiola for over five years of service as our Director of Economic Development. In that time, she has helped establish and provide a strong start to countless businesses in Villa Park. To name just a few of her accomplishments, she demolished the old junkyard, worked to develop the Old Town Corridors and brought in businesses like More Brewing, Wash U and Wendy's.

She also planned and created the site yesvillapark.com to help attract tourism to our community and provide potential home buyers with information on what our town has to offer.

Like the rainbow fish, Jan spreads beauty wherever she goes and it was evident in her work with the village. Thank you for your help in making Villa Park a beautiful place to live and grow.

A Spring-Sweeping success!

Thank you to everyone for coming out to the first Spring Sweep recycling and shredding event! Our volunteers and village staff worked hard to keep the event moving along all day.

About 500 cars came through Home Ave. during the duration of the event. There were 972 gallons of paint, 4.7 tons of shredded documents, 27 gaylords of electronics and much more collected!

Upcoming Villa Park Public Library programs and activities

The library has a variety of activities and programs for all ages over the next month, including the following (more program details and registration information can be found on the Villa Park Public Library for each of these programs):

Closed Sundays through summer: The library will be closed on Sundays through the summer beginning on May 26. Sunday hours will resume on Sunday, September 8.
Picture Book Picnic: Wed, June 12 , 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Enjoy stories, music and movement outside! Events will be held indoors in the event of inclement weather. Iowa Community Center, 338 N. Iowa Ave.
Father's Day Craft Open House: Fri, June 14 and Sat, June 15, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Celebrate dads, grandfathers, uncles and others with a craft! Young children will need some adult help.
Game Truck!: Tues, June 25, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. What is Game Truck? It's a giant truck packed with high-definition TV's, a long row of comfy seats and tons of gaming consoles and controllers. Awesome adventures await! Registration required.

Senior of the Year Award Winner

The 5th Annual Senior Fair took place on May 9 at the VFW Post 2801. This free annual event provides our residents with the opportunity to meet with more than 20 agencies that provide the best services to our growing senior population.

The Senior of the Year Award Winner is also announced at the fair.This award goes to a nominated senior who expresses care for the community and their neighbors. The 2019 Senior of the Year Award was presented to Rae Rupp Srch. Congratulations, Rae!

Please remember to help keep storm inlets clear of debris

The best way to help reduce street flooding during this rainy spring season is to help in clearing debris from your neighborhood storm inlets.

Village Staff regularly sweeps the streets and clears storm inlets, but with the amount and frequency of rain as of late, we ask for residents to help in keeping the storm inlets clear!

May VP Pup of the Month

April showers bring May flowers! Our May VP Pup of the Month, Ivy, poses with a dandelion outside in the sunshine. She loves springtime in Villa Park. Congratulations Ivy and owner, Chris Reynolds!

Your pup can be featured too! Each month we post our two day photo contest on our Facebook page and the winning photo gets featured in our Village Matters newsletter, this E-newsletter and our social media pages!

Job Opportunities

Check out open positions with the Village (you can also sign up for job notifications).

Upcoming Meetings

View our Calendar for details about board and commission meetings and other upcoming events throughout Villa Park.

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Questions, Comments, and Concerns
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