E-Newsletter: November 5, 2021
The City of Elmhurst is excited to announce the Explore Elmhurst Holly Trolley will be back for the 2021 holiday season. Running Saturdays, November 27 through December 18 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., the trolley will follow the same route as in the past and can be tracked on ExploreElmhurst.com. 

The Holly Trolley will connect three shopping districts: Elmhurst City Centre, Spring Road and York and Vallette, making stops at the following locations: 

1.     York St. and Park Ave.
2.     York St. and Schiller St.
3.     Second St. and Addison Ave.
4.     Cottage Hill Ave. and Virginia St.
5.     Spring Road and the Illinois Prairie Path
6.     York St. and Vallette St.

Use the Holly Trolley for all of your holiday shopping! In addition to the stores and restaurants in these areas, the trolley will connect residents to holiday events. Enter to win weekly prizes on the Holly Trolley and enjoy special holiday experiences each week.

COVID-19 Safety Measures: The city will adhere to the latest guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Illinois Department of Public Health in regards to COVID-19, and all COVID-19 precautions will be taken. A code of conduct will be placed in the trolley, visible to all riders.
Pumpkin Composting Event November 6th

Don't let your waste haunt you! Drop your pumpkins off for composting on Saturday, November 6th, 2021. The event will take place at the City of Elmhurst Public Works Facility at 985 S. Riverside Drive from 9-noon.

Discussion on Increase of Teen Issues and Risky Behaviors
November 10th, 7:00 p.m. York High School Auditorium

The City of Elmhurst Commission on Youth, in partnership with York High School, invites all parents to an evening event that discusses supporting teens that are engaging in high-risk behaviors (self-injury, eating disorders, school refusal, substance use, etc). Members of York High School’s Student Services Department and local mental health professionals will be sharing information about these topics and how to best support a teen facing these issues.

This is a free event and open to the Elmhurst community and surrounding area. No registration required. A Q&A will follow at the end. Also, the event will be recorded and available on Elmhurst TV YouTube channel. For more information contact Jackie.Haddad-Tamer@elmhurst.org.
ELMHURST WARD 2 MEETING, NOVEMBER 10th, 7 p.m. at Fire Station #1

ELMHURST WARD 1 MEETING, NOVEMBER 18th, 7 p.m. at City Hall


Topics to be covered will include recent crime increases, local development, traffic trends, and others. All residents are welcome to attend to get updated on topics of interest and pose questions to the Aldermen and City Staff. 
The City of Elmhurst is in the process of making changes to several parking areas in the Central Business District (CBD). The changes reflect the City’s focus on turnover and availability of on-street parking spaces, the encouragement of longer customer visits to the downtown area by the use of parking structures, and ways to simplify the paid parking system. A detailed report on the changes can be found on the City’s website, Elmhurst.org. 
 
CHANGES TO PARKING IN THE CBD INCLUDE:
  • All spaces along streets currently subject to 3-hour time usage restriction will be changed to a 2-hour time usage restriction.
  • All spaces in parking structures currently subject to a 3-hour time usage restriction will be changed to a 4-hour time usage restriction.
  • The “Zone A” restriction will be eliminated. 
  • All current permit parking spaces on the first floor of the Adelaide parking structure will be changed to 4-hour customer only parking.
  • 11 part-time employee parking spaces will be added on the 3rd level of the Adelaide parking structure.
  • The current Elmhurst History Museum Only spaces (12) on the Crescent Court ring road will be changed to customer only parking. When needed for museum events, temporary signs may be posted to designate the spaces as parking for the museum only.
  • All permit and daily fee spaces in the Downtown parking system will be converted to Pay Parking (permit or daily fee) to simplify the paid parking system and provide more convenient shopper parking when needed. 
  • 3-hour surface lot spaces will not change.

These changes will be made in phases over the next several months. During the transition parking changes will be noted on signs throughout the area.
 
The full report to City Council on the CBD Parking changes can be viewed here: http://go.boarddocs.com/il/coe/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C7ANCG5C358C .
 
For more information on parking in the CBD including parking permit applications, please visit https://www.elmhurst.org/561/Parking . 
City of Elmhurst
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