My husband and I have lived in Oak Park for over 30 years, initially renting in a 3-flat in northeast Oak Park, and now owning a house in northwest Oak Park. We chose Oak Park because it was ideally ...

The purpose of my letter is to indicate that I do not support the proposed rezoning and to urge the Plan Commission to not approve it. I write this letter as an architect and former chair of the Plan ...

In the Sept. 9 edition of Viewpoints, your columnist Josh VanderBerg’s responded to Ravi Parakkat’s “One View” submission suggesting a pilot study regarding the zoning issue. The zoning topic has ...

In the announcement of the founding of Oak Park Neighbors United, spokesperson Mark Segal says the November referendum “calls out Oak Park Jewish neighbors and it is inconsistent with the Oak Park ...

It could end badly for Oak Park if the Opticos plan is implemented. It is common sense that no community-wide plan can succeed without community-wide support. Questions are yet to be factually ...

As the debate continues around zoning reform, I am reminded why I chose to rent in Oak Park. When my wife and I were looking for places to live, we found a village filled with “In This House We ...

I ran through Thatcher Woods one morning, and on the way home along our tree-lined streets I was reminded why my family moved to Oak Park three years ago: access to green space and the old trees that ...

The Board of Trustees’ proposal to change single-family zoning has generated a lot of angst on the part of many single-family homeowners and accusations of NIMBY and even racism against those who dare ...

As a resident and homeowner in Oak Park, I am deeply concerned about proposals that would eliminate or significantly weaken single-family zoning protections throughout our community. Oak Park is not ...

I went before the Traffic and Safety Commission in River Forest recently as a crossing guard with a straightforward request: that an additional crossing guard be assigned to my intersection during ...

The proposed re-design of the Home Avenue pedestrian bridge is a bit extravagant, especially in these times of low funding and hard times for so many. If the Home and Ridgeland bridges are in need of ...

Let’s say that our elected officials completely disregard our generally huge opposition to the zoning change to allow multi-unit buildings on residential lots. Literally the next day developers may ...