It's Park-ing Day week, the glorious 3rd Friday in September, and this is the fifth annual local, JPF edition of this international event, back with a smaller in-person footprint this year.We'll have lunchtime games in a couple spots near the transit center, in the usual…
Well it's been a rough year weather wise for our walks. Hopefully September will be a change. For September we'll be replicating a walk we did summer of 2019. We'll basically head west towards Oak Park Avenue. Once there we'll head straight south towards Oak…
Join your neighbors at the Jefferson Park Sunday Market (at Irish American Heritage Center) for food, beverages, and good conversation while you knit, crochet, craft, create, whatever at JPF Knittervention! Bring your own project.
Join us for the 4th Annual JPF Home Brew Competition at this exclusive members-only event. Try six home brews within the confines of JPF business partner Lake Effect Brewing Co. with food provided by JPF business partner North Branch Fried Chicken. Not a member? Join…
Join us for our first general meeting of 2022! Congressman Mike Quigley will share a congressional update and answer constituent questions, Tim Pomaville of Ambrosia Homes will provide an update on the redevelopment of the Jefferson Park Firehouse, and Lionel Rabb will join us to…
For February we'll do a "rerun" of a very enjoyable December 2020 walk. We'll head down Milwaukee Ave towards Schurz HS. Then we'll head east to explore the incredible homes of the Old Irving Park and Villa District neighborhoods. After exploring the neighborhoods we'll stop…
We're lucky to be neighbors! Join us for our first in-person event of 2022! All are welcome!
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It’s more important than ever to support our local farmers and producers. With a strong local food system, we all enjoy fresher foods, keep money circulating in our community, and protect ourselves from large corporate supply chain disruptions. Farmers and producers rely on farmers markets…
For Easter we're going to do something that we did last Thanksgiving and it was a lot of fun. This isn't a day long walk event, simply a 60-90 minute walk around the neighborhood. We'll end up in the three mile range. The shorter distance…
