The turf responding well to the improvements, 95% of the seeded areas are filling in. The combination of rain, and cool and warm weather is working in our favor. The sled is scheduled to reopen the week of October 15th.

Vernon Hills Park District student, Magdalena Zucek, won a Gold Medal at the 2018 Junior Pan-American Karate Championships this past month. Sixteen year old Zucek, a student of Illinois Shotokan Karate Club, traveled to Rio de Janiero, Brazil and represented the United States in...

The sled hill in Century Park is closed for turf improvements including seeding and top dressing. Fencing will be installed this week and  will be up until mid-October.  The sled hill will be open for winter activities.

Construction will begin on Monday, September 17 in Century Park at the south end, corner of Lakeview Parkway and Hawthorn Parkway.  The entire construction area will be fenced off which includes the fairground area (Ribfest and Summer Celebration grounds) going south to the...

Path repairs are expected to begin Monday, September 17 at the Sullivan Community Center skate park and continue to Augusta Park.  Signs are located at the areas that will be impacted.  The path will re-open on Tuesday, September 18.

The Deerpath Park Pickle Ball Court Project will begin on Wednesday, September 12 with fence installation.  The pickle ball court posts and color coat will begin on September 14 and  continue into next week.  All pickle ball court work is subject to the weather, so an...

Due to the recent rainfall, the following parks have standing water: Deerpath Park - Cherokee Road entrance parking lot is partially flooded, but open. Hawthorn Mellody Park - the northeast corner and path are under water. Sullivan Woods - Partially flooded, and the path is...

Thank you to the Vernon Hills community and to all those other people who traveled to Vernon Hills to attend our 2018 Little Bear Ribfest. The proceeds received from this event will help twelve children attend summer camp in 2019 through the District's Family Scholarship Fund.

The community is invited to participate in a fitness membership special, 60 Days for $60 (Vernon Hills residents)!  Participants who complete 60 visits to Lakeview Fitness between September 1-December 31 will earn a free month of membership. Current Lakeview Fitness members may...

Children in grades 4-7, enrolled in the District's Summer of Service (S.O.S.) summer camp, created blankets for children in need through Project Linus. a non-profit organization. Blankets are collected locally and distributed to children in hospitals, shelters, social service...