River Park Advisory Council - Chicago

05/30/2026

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05/30/2026

It's Your Park Day. Thank you to volunteers including from Shedd Aquarium. Thanks to Chicago Parks Foundation for sponsoring and coordinating the park cleanup!

05/09/2026

Ahhhh yes. Nothing like a good park cleanup on a beautiful Spring day to build community and solidarity through picking up trash. No garbage is too small. And no volunteer is too small: even the ants helped cleanup. Thank you Friends of the Chicago River for organizing and to 50+ volunteers that pitched in to cleanup River, Ronan, and Legion Parks. Together we can.

04/18/2026

Happy Earth Day! How many cormorants do you see in the trees? Thank you River Park Stewards Raed, Meggan and Connie, CTA, TransUnion and others who helped clean up our parks. Thanks to Park Manager Vera for opening the fieldhouse early. See you at the next clean on May 9 and 30.

04/16/2026

04/10/2026

https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/events/plant-thon-spring-festival-npv

This year our spring festival focuses on giving back to nature to say thank you for all it has provided for us. Join the Natural Areas and North Park Village Nature Center Staff as we plant as many seedlings as we can in one day. There will also be a plant give away, live music, food, and other vend...

01/30/2026

Congratulations to Shayne Art Taylor, mural artist for West River Park, for the Green Ribbon Award from the Friends of the Chicago River!! These murals are so inspiring.