Bring the kids to the Library for a Fourth of July Celebration on Saturday, July 3 from 10am-1pm.

A decorated bike & wagon parade will kick-off at 11:30am.

Join in the fun with the Library, Police & Fire Department, Special Events, Park District, Bike Club, Boy Scouts and Anna Stange!

And at 2:00pm, the film Liberty’s Kids – Give Me Liberty will be shown in the Meeting Room.  The Blue Island Public Library is located at 2433 York Street – call (708) 388-1078 for more info.

The Western Avenue Parade and Fireworks will not be held on the Fourth this year in Blue Island. Please enjoy your holiday safely and attend a local fireworks display hosted by a professional pyrotechnical specialist. The Blue Island Police Department would like to take this time to ask residents to be observant this summer of the dangers of illegal fireworks.

The Blue Island Park District’s BI Fest is this weekend in Memorial Park!  Click here for all the details.

Expect over 100 antique cars of all types to gather this Saturday, June 19, across from the Blue Island Public Library for the annual Driving the Dixie car show and tour. Celebrating historic Dixie Highway – known locally as Western Avenue, but once part of a National highway that stretched from Chicago to Miami Beach – the “Dixie Dash” takes motorists from Blue Island to Momence, with each community spotlighting historic sites and hosting special events.  The Blue Island Historical Society is sponsoring the morning kick-off, so head over to the library and check out some amazing vehicles!

After you wave goodbye to the last motorists, head into the neighborhood for the 4th annual Yard Sale on the Hill.  Look for signs with balloons in front of participating homes.  Maps of all participating homes are available at each location, and the sale easily walkable, stretching from 127th to Vermont and from Western to Highland.  The Blue Island Historical Society will be selling wares at their home, located at 13018 Maple Ave, so be sure to visit!

Did you bike to work today in Blue Island?

In recognition of Active Transportation Alliance’s Bike to Work Week, the City of Blue Island is supporting two-wheeled commutes to City Hall, and encourages everyone that lives in Blue Island to try biking to work – or to the train station! – from June 12-18.

Cyclists from Building & Zoning, Community Development, and the Marketing Department are joined by riders from the Blue Island Fire Department, Blue Island Public Library, and the Blue Island Park District! Let us know if you’re riding too!!

Each day you ride to work in Blue Island, check in with Marketing Director Mary Poulsen. Every ride earns a chance at our Friday raffle for a “tools of the road” kit and Active Transportation membership. And every rider on the City’s team receives a “swag bag” of goodies thanks to the helpful folks at Blue City Cycles, 3201 S Halsted Street in Chicago (Bridgeport). We love independently owned businesses!

Fay's Point, Blue Island 2010 Green Ribbon Award Winner

Congratulations to Fay’s Point, LLC, OKW Architects, Inc and partners, on their recent Green Ribbon Award from Friends of the Chicago River in the 1st Annual Blue Ribbon Awards.

1 of 7 inaugural winners, Fay’s Point was recognized “as an excellent example of how residential development can utilize the river to enhance the quality of life for the residents— wild and human alike”.

The Blue Ribbon Awards, which ”recognize environmental leaders and the ecological precedents they set”, are part of the Friends’ new Chicago River Blue program that educates, encourages, and rewards river-sensitive developments and redevelopments that take people, wildlife, and clean water into account.  Chicago River Blue provides guidelines, ideas, examples, vendors, on-line resources, and an annual award to make sensitive river-edge development accessible to everyone.  Download the Press Release

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