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...

The path behind ball field #3 at Grosse Pointe Park is closed due to a collapsed retaining wall.  The path, and the area surrounding the collapsed retaining wall, has been secured with construction fencing.

Three years after buying the vacant Opa! restaurant and banquet hall along Hawthorn and Lakeview parkways, the Vernon Hills Park District is moving forward with the final phase of incorporating the property into Century Park. The property and vacant building, which backed up to...

The Mundelein/Vernon Hills Rotary Club introduces the Little Free Library in Hartmann Park, 292 Oakwood Blvd., in Vernon Hills. Cook Library will keep the Little Free Library stocked.  The concept is for residents to take a book and also return a book in the same visit.  A...