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December 20, 2019

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For the Record

with Dave Niemeyer

With less than a week to go before presents pile up under trees across Tinley Park, I want to wish you and your entire family the happiest of holidays.

Before the big day arrives, I’d like to share an update on the status of Harmony Square in Downtown Tinley. The public plaza is slated to have a concert stage, ice rink, splash pad and activities year-round and will be a gathering place for residents and visitors alike.

The Village Board voted at its Dec. 17 meeting on two ordinances that approved condemnation of two properties (at 6724 and 6712 North Street) related to construction of Harmony Square. These two properties are needed for the Village to complete land acquisition for the plaza, which will be located on North Street.

Until a few weeks ago, the Village was negotiating with Holladay Properties to acquire these properties through a land swap deal. Holladay was looking to build a 158-unit, mixed-use apartment development adjacent to the Harmony Square site, but recently decided to delay the project (as well as the land swap).

Continue reading this story on the Village website.

Village Hall hours this holiday

Tinley Park Village Hall will close at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 24 for Christmas Eve and Tuesday, Dec. 31 for New Year's Eve, and will be closed all day Wednesday, Dec. 25 for Christmas Day and Wednesday, Jan. 1 for New Year's Eve. Village Hall will resume normal hours of operation on Thursday, Dec. 26 and Thursday, Jan. 2, respectively. Happy holidays to all!

Kowalczyk family wins ABC 7 competition

The Kowalczyk family of Tinley Park recently won ABC 7’s 2019 Great Chicago Light Fight competition. The family’s display includes more than 150,000 lights synced to 25 Christmas songs, the newest addition being a light-up dance floor in the driveway.

Thousands voted in the competition, which featured five other finalists from Monee, Elmhurst, Mokena, Channahon and Joliet.

Dominic Kowalczyk has created a “Winter Wonderland” in his front yard every December since 1990. This year, the Kowalczyks used the popularity of their display for a good cause, setting up several donations boxes along the display to benefit Together We Cope, a homeless prevention agency located in Tinley Park.

Congrats to the Kowalczyk family on their win!

Tinley wins National Night Out award

The Tinley Park Police Department once again has won an award for its 2019 National Night Out celebration in the 50,000 to 100,000 population category.

This is the 13th award the department has received since 2007. Other Illinois communities who won in this classification include Arlington Heights and Orland Park.

Village receives $1,000 Enterprise grant

At Tuesday evening’s board meeting, Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company presented the Village of Tinley Park with a $1,000 grant which the Tinley Park Fire Department will use to purchase safety equipment, including monitoring devices for combustible gases and toxic atmospheres.

Enterprise has a pipeline that runs through Tinley Park. The company selects emergency response teams in the areas impacted by its pipeline for donations each year, and Tinley Park was selected to receive such contributions in 2019.

Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre season pass contest under way

Want to see every concert next year at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre? All you have to do is find two Musical Chairs, snap a picture of each and cross your fingers!

The Musical Chairs program is a collection of 23 colorful, family-friendly works of art celebrating all things music. Each painted chair is hidden inside a Tinley Park business. Find and photograph two of these chairs for a chance to win two lawn passes for all concerts at the amphitheatre in 2020! To enter, do the following:

Locate a Chair: Find two musical chairs in any of the following businesses: Jim Fuentes State Farm Insurance, Centennial Lanes, the Painted Turtle, CIBC Bank USA, Plush Horse Ice Cream Shoppe, Byline Bank, Portillo’s, Eggheadz Café, Salina’s Catering, Orland Toyota, , Ed and Joes, Bradley’s Barber Shop, Hilton Garden Inn, Family Hyundai, Zettlemeier’s Bakeri, Culver’s, Cuzin’s Neighborhood Bar, Mucci World, Hot 'N' Juicy Crab, Tin Fish, Tinley Park Park District, Tinley Park Public Library and Midas.
Snap a Pic: Take a photo with each chair you find. You must find two chairs to be entered.
Send it to Us: Email your photos, along with your name, to mktg@tinleypark.org.

Photos must be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30. Two winners will be chosen at random. Please visit www.lawnpass.livenation.com for information on rules and exclusions. Passes are non-transferable, and winners will need to provide their names and addresses for pass fulfillment. Passes are only valid at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park.

For more information on the Musical Chairs program, visit the Village website.

Village seeks 2020 'Benches' artists

If you're an artist looking for a way to flex your creative muscle, then the Village's annual Benches on the Avenue public art program just might be for you!

The program will run from May to October next year in Downtown Tinley and is themed "Around the World.” Artists will be tasked with creating imaginative, three-dimensional works depicting some of the most explored and fascinating travel destinations, vacation spots and/or iconic landmarks in the world.

Interested? Fill out an application form and submit it by Jan. 31 with a design for review!

For more information, please contact Joanne Carroll at jcarroll@tinleypark.org or (708) 444-5031.

Now showing on Tinley TV

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