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The Skokie Park District board of commissioners announced its new officers last night at the May 2016 regular and annual meeting.

Skokie Park District officials announced today that plans to renovate the 17-acre property at the corner of McCormick Boulevard and Oakton Street are now on hold.

The Skokie Park District board of commissioners said goodbye to its president, swore in two recently-elected members, and then elected its new officers at Tuesday's May 2017 regular and annual meetings.​

When park district athletic director Bob DeLeonardis was growing up, the four major professional American sports were practically the only games in town. Now, the Skokie Park District’s offerings look like the town’s population: tremendously diverse, unique and exciting.

With the 17 acres of land directly east of Skokie Sports Park now environmentally sound after a three-year cleanup, the Skokie Park District board of commissioners last night moved one step closer to approving a final plan for the property’s development.

The Chicago Figure Skating Club’s Chicago Jazz won the gold medal at last weekend’s 'Spring Cup' International Synchronized Ice Skating Competition in Milan, Italy.

Join others from Skokie in three Racial Justice Forums to talk about the ways race and ethnicity impact life in Skokie. Sponsored by the YWCA Evanston/North Shore, Village of Skokie Human Relations Commission, and the Skokie Park District.

Chicago Parent magazine online just named The Exploritorium one of the "12 best play places in Chicago," calling it a "true find."

After nearly three years of environmental cleanup work, the 17.4-acre piece of land on the southwest corner of McCormick Boulevard and Oakton Street will soon be ready for development by the Skokie Park District.

For visitors who have viewed the Exploritorium on the Skokie Park District web site, or mapped the popular children’s imagination playground on Google Maps, they can now take a 360° photo tour of the facility, allowing them to see what they are going to experience before they ever step inside.