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Village Of Grayslake

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Hot Air Balloon Festival Coming to Grayslake

The festival is slated for Aug. 24 in Central Park.

Picture this: It's a warm August evening. As the sun's rays fade, you're soon surrounded by glowing hot air balloons. Now imagine this taking place right here in Lake County. The Village of Grayslake is planning to host its first-ever hot air balloon festival, Color Aloft!, on Aug. 24 in Central Park. The event is set to feature six balloons, along with live entertainment and a few food vendors. "Our goal is to try to build community spirit, to make it a memorable event," said Grayslake Trustee Bruce Bassett. The hot air balloon festival idea came about almost as a joke, Bassett explained. He was chatting with recently-retired resident Pat Klemens at Emil's in Grayslake one day and "I said, 'We should put you to work, maybe get a new event…

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Joyce Roberts

3:53 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013

Clearly you do not understand that the school districts are their own taxing body separate from the Village and the Park District. I think this is a great idea and will be a fun event for families, Central Park has been developed into a very nice place.   more ›

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Grayslake May Use Libertyville's Adjudication Program

The committee-of-the-whole agreed to pass the measure on to the village board for consideration of the intergovernmental agreement.

Libertyville and Grayslake may soon be participating in Libertyville's adjudication program. The Grayslake Village Board is expected to vote at its next meeting on whether to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Libertyville to utilize the latter village's adjudication system. Grayslake's committee-of-the-whole voted unanimously Tuesday night to send the matter on to the village board for approval. "Through the proposed program, items that are currently administered in Lake County's branch court, such as building code violations, property maintenance violations, local police code enforcement items and parking enforcement, would all be administered utilizing Libertyville's adjudicator and clerical support staff," …

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Margaret McCarthy

11:59 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013

If Grayslake saves 10x the cost, then is Libertyville picking up their costs? Why doesn't L'ville use some other village's system and save the difference?   more ›

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