Chicago Park District CEO Rosa Escareño resigns
Escareño's initial appointment followed the ouster of longtime CEO and general superintendent Mike Kelly in the wake of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal involving Park District lifeguards.
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Escareño's initial appointment followed the ouster of longtime CEO and general superintendent Mike Kelly in the wake of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal involving Park District lifeguards.
Residents said they have compassion for people who find themselves unhoused—but they want the city to step up the efforts to make their neighborhood park accessible again.
The people who live in the North Mayfair neighborhood near the park do not want the tents simply torn down. They want the city to provide brick-and-motor homes for the people living in the tents, as well as wraparound services. Dave Savini reports.
Within the walls of the Hamlin Park, at Barry and Hoyne avenues in North Center, Heglin coached several future champions.
Bill Heglin is retiring after 51 years coaching pugilists at the Hamlin Park field house.
The Park District started the season with more than 2,000 lifeguard applications, and opening for pools came an entire week earlier than it did in 2023.
The Park District started the season with more than 2,000 lifeguard applications, and opening for pools came an entire week earlier than it did in 2023. Lauren Victory reports.
The Chicago Park District also announced another welcomed change: families can hit all city pools six days a week.
Patricia Perez, an art instructor at Eugene Field and Mayfair Parks, talks about the exhibition happening Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. More information
The Wi-Fi installation is set to be completed by the fall.
The city announced free wi-fi access at 60 public parks. The Wi-Fi was made possible by a new 8 million dollar investment.
A year later, a sense of normalcy is now on the horizon for the family, where the Gage Park Fieldhouse will resume summer programs as migrants are moved to new shelters.
CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports last year, the city was scrambling to house arriving migrants, so it turned to the Park District, which converted some of its buildings, like Gage Park, into temporary emergency shelters.
CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports that the Gage Park Fieldhouse was long known as a community hub that brought people together, but for the past year, it has been a site of controversy.
Chicago bird fans are flying high with the news that the piping plovers are growing their family. The Chicago Park District and the group Chicago Piping Plovers said a new egg is in a protected area at Montrose Beach.
The city is trying to prevent larger problems like one incident when a group of men attacked an SUV that then hit a woman.
Chicago's popular Friday Morning Swim Club has been called off after organizers were unable to reach an agreement with the Chicago Park District on arrangements for the permits needed for it to continue.
The total of $28 million in pay increases and other new benefits for Park District workers is on top of the $184 million the Park District already spends on annual personnel-related costs.
This weekend, thousands of volunteers will conduct a massive cleanup at parks across Chicago. Interim executive director of Friends of the Parks, Gin Kilgore, talks more about the event, which will take place on Saturday.
Hundreds of migrants were moved out of shelters at two more Chicago Park District facilities over the weekend, and city officials said all shelters that had been operating at park facilities have now been closed.
SEIU Local 73 did not disclose terms of the new contract with the Chicago Park District, which must be ratified by union members and approved by the district's board.
Since migrants moved in last summer, services have been removed, suspended, or halted.
Since migrants moved in last summer, services have been removed, suspended, or halted.
It's an effort to restore the parks and their services before summer.
Hundreds staying in Chicago Park District field houses are set to be relocated to shelters to make way for programming.
