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14 | July 18, 2019 | The highland park landmark Highland Park hplandmark.com 3Broadleys Court, Bannockburn 355 Dell Lane Highland Park 401 Sheridan Road Highland Park 2086 St Johns Avenue #207 Highland Park Are you yet? 847.293.2919 kimkelley@atproperties.com
hplandmark.com SOUND OFF the highland park landmark | July 18, 2019 | 15 Social snapshot Top stories: From hplandmark.com as of Monday, July 15 1. Highwood theater company takes on Broadway musical ‘Be More Chill’ 2. Highland Park parade serves as ‘homecoming’ for childhood friends 3. Modenese Society members reflect on Pavarotti visit to Highwood 4. Football: IHSA releases 2019 Giants schedule 5. 10 Questions with Jason Polydoris, Highland Park boys track Become a member: hplandmark.com/plus from the editor Highland Park is stepping up Erin Yarnall Editor Making good on a campaign promise, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill, June 25, to legalize marijuana, making Illinois the 11th state in the country to go through the process to legalize recreational marijuana. Local communities have made decisions about how they intend to handle this process, and at a July 8 meeting, the City Council passed an ordinance allowing for these conversations to start taking place. While no city-wide decisions have been made as of yet, it’s an important and responsible step that Highland Park is recognizing all of the upcoming discussions it will need to have about this process. The legalization process is not one simple step. Many components have to be taken into consideration. One of the important considerations that needs to be made is the impact on businesses. This week, I spoke to Paul Nowacki, the general manager at Elevele, a dispensary in Highland Park. Nowacki noted the excitement that the staff at Elevele felt when Pritzker signed the bill, saying that it helps to alleviate some of the stigma put on the cannabis industry. While it’s yet to be seen how drastically the legalization of marijuana will impact Highland Park, it’s very important that these first steps be taken. To read more about how it will impact Highland Park’s sole cannabis dispensary, turn to Page 4. To read about the City Council’s plans to begin conversations about the legalization process, turn to Page 6. On July 9 Edgewood Middle School posted, “Big shout out to Norton’s Restaurant for displaying EW CMA student’s Photoshop pieces that once hung in City Hall. They will be returned to Edgewood when the school is finished with its renovation. Work by incoming 7th Grade students: Henry S.,Ryan K., Emily A., Dylan G., Avery R., Grace W., Charlotte R. Pictured below is Jeffrey hanging up the photos at Nortons.” Like The Highland Park Landmark: facebook.com/hplandmark On July 12 the City of Highland Park posted, “Don’t miss your chance to secure a piece of Highland Park history! Buy your #HP150 celebration souvenirs today at http://www.cityhpil. com/gear” Follow The Highland Park Landmark: @hparklandmark nfyn From Page 12 change,” O’Hara said at the Village Board meeting on Monday, July 8. “We hope to be at the table,” she added, “but we’re not sure if we’re sitting with the adults ... or the kiddies table.” O’Hara noted the $61 million overhaul of the Lake Bluff interchange is a state project and consists of three phases. Phase I was completed in 2015 and focused on an engineering and environmental study that steered the design of the project. Reporting by Stephanie Kim, Freelance Reporter. Full story at LakeForestLeader. com. THE GLENCOE ANCHOR Student-painted rain barrels to be installed at D35 schools After a wet start to the summer, some of Glencoe’s youngest residents learned about water conservation during Glencoe District 35’s Summer Explorations program. Summer Explorations started June 17 and ran through Friday, July 12. The session offered a variety of classes to local students who were looking to continue learning throughout their summer break. During the week of July 8, a group of students from the Backyard Art Summer camp had a special visitor: Rebecca Wooley from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Wooley, who works in MWRD’s public affairs department, taught students from first through fifth grade about their local waste water treatment plant — Terrence J. O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant in Skokie — and how they clean waste water. “We release water into the local waterways, but first we clean and treat it,” Wooley said of the 130-year-old organization. “We also manage stormwater. It’s our responsibility to protect neighborhoods and businesses from flooding.” She also introduced students to green infrastructure, which helps with stormwater detention. The main infrastructure includes native plants, green roofs, rain gardens and rain barrels. Everyone can be a go figure 1 “stormwater superhero” by helping out with green infrastructure, Wooley said — not just MWRD. “A rain barrel is equipment to help us reduce the water that is going into our sewer system,” she said. Reporting by Megan Bernard, Contributing Editor. Full story at GlencoeAnchor. com. An intriguing number from this week’s edition The amount of marijuana dispensaries located in Highland Park. Read more about it on Page 4. The Highland Park Landmark Sound Off Policy Editorials and columns are the opinions of the author. Pieces from 22nd Century Media are the thoughts of the company as a whole. The Highland Park Landmark encourages readers to write letters to Sound Off. All letters must be signed, and names and hometowns will be published. We also ask that writers include their address and phone number for verification, not publication. Letters should be limited to 400 words. The Highland Park Landmark reserves the right to edit letters. Letters become property of The Highland Park Landmark. Letters that are published do not reflect the thoughts and views of The Highland Park Landmark. Letters can be mailed to: The Highland Park Landmark, 60 Revere Drive St. 888, Northbrook, IL, 60062. Fax letters to (847) 272- 4648 or email Editor Erin Yarnall at erin@hplandmark.com
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