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RIDGEVILLE PARK DISTRICT
908 Seward Street
Evanston, IL 60202
847/869-5640



The PARK DISTRICT is a GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY established in 1939 for the purpose of providing parks, facilities and recreation programs for the community.  The Park District is governed by five elected commissioners who set policy for the operation of the Park District.  Regular park Board Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7:45 p.m. in the Community House, 908 Seward Street, Evanston, Illinois.  Residents are invited to attend.
 
The Board of Commissioners is the governing body of the district.  Board members therefore have an opportunity to participate in the important decisions which determine park programs and recreational facilities available to members of the Ridgeville Community.
 
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS                   
Patrick McCourt, Pres.        Jack Darin, VicePres.           
Ann Covode                        Martha Gaines        David Mensch
 
STAFF:
Brian Rosinski, Director of Parks & Rec.          
Ruben Sierra, Maintenance
Michael Miro, 
Programs Director
   Marcos Cruz, Maintenance  
Anna Christina Nelson, Off. Mgr./Board Sec.    Dean Scane, Treasurer
 

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BRIAN ROSINSKI
DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION

DISTRICT

 BOUNDARIES

 
SOUTH
Howard Street
NORTH
Greenleaf Street
EAST
Chicago Northern Railroad Tracks
WEST
North Shore Sanitation Canal

RIDGEVILLE PARKS:
Leider Park (West of Asbury on South Blvd.)
Kamen West (East of Asbury on South Blvd.)
Kamen East (East of Barton on South Blvd.)
Ridgeville Park (East of Ridge Between Seward/South Blvd.)
Reba Park (Reba west of Custer)
Elks Play Lot (Callan & Mulford)
Elks Park (Callan & Hull Terrace)
Kay Lee Tot Lot (West of Elks Park)
Brummel Park (Brummel & Elmwood)
Play Lot (Between the 1100 Blocks of South Blvd. & Seward
 
DAVID WOOD FIELD HOUSE (Located at Kamen East Park)
Ridgeville Park District has several park committees involved in planning the programs and improvements in its parks.  If you would like any information concerning these committees please call (847) 869-5640 and ask for Brian Rosinski, Director of Parks & Recreation or contact us by snail mail: Ridgeville Park Dist., 908 Seward, Evanston, IL 60202 or by email:  908seward@sbcglobal.net
 
 

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Summer Programs 2010 Brochure

Click here to get on the Ridgeville Community Band of Evanston web site

The Ridgeville Park District is always looking for new classes to offer the community.  If you have any program ideas, please contact Bernard Beckwith or Brian Rosinski at  (847) 869-5640 or email us at  908seward@sbcglobal.net  
 
 The Ridgeville Board of Commissioners welcomes your input on issues concerning Ridgeville Park District and the residents of Ridgeville.  If you have suggestions or comments for the Board, please direct them to the Ridgeville Community House at 908 Seward Street, (869-5640) or send an e-mail. 
 

A RIDGEVILLE HISTORY -
Did You Know?
 

that the Potawatomies of the Algonquin tribe of the Irequois Indians occupied Ridgeville and Chicago because of its rich hunting grounds?

 

that the first white visitors from Green Bay came in 1673 along the Green Bay Trail (an old Indian trail now called Ridge Avenue in this area)?

that Marquette and a band of Potawatomie Indians in 1634 traveled from Green Bay to Marquette's mission at Gross Point (about where the lighthouse is located in Evanston)?

that by 1832 the Green Bay Trail was designated as the main military and transportation road between Green Bay and Chicago?

that the mail was carried on foot along the Green Bay Trail until 1836 when the Green Bay Stage route ws established?

that Major Edward Mulford (the first white settler in Ridgeville) was very instrumental in furthering the use of this trail because of his TEN MILE HOUSE and Post Office he opened in 1836?

that the TEN MILE HOUSE was a stage stop for the Green Bay Stage route, and the first Post Office, the first Court House, and first Polling Place, and the first Sunday School in Ridgeville?

that Major Mulford was Ridgeville's first settler, first Post Master, first Justice of the Peace, preacher, and the first to call the Ridge "RIDGEVILLE", which has persisted in name ever since?

that the TEN MILE HOUSE was purchased by James Kirk and later became part of the James Kirk mansion, and was removed for the present St. Francis Hospital site?

that Ridgeville first officially appeared in the April 2, 1850 election?

that in 1857 the General Assembly of Illinois, by special act, provided that the township of Evanston consist of all township 41, range 13 (Niles)?

that when Ridgeville was incorporated, it was incorporated as a township and called township 41? (A township means an area of land that has been named; a town is a named conglomeration of people organized in a certain way).  This caused confusion as to when and how Ridgeville became part of Evanston. 

that as late as 1902, residents of the area called Ridgeville still considered themselves Ridgeville residents and considered Evanston to be the land purchased by Northwestern University?

that prior to 1914, the city of Evanston compressed a portion of Evanston and Ridgeville and considered them a separate town under the name of RIDGEVILLE?

that on July 20, 1916, in compliance with a resolution from the Evanston City Council, three separate townships, or named areas of land (one of them being Ridgeville) became part of the township of the city of Evanston?

that in 1939 the Ridgeville Park District (a private, non-profit, governmental taxing body) was formed to serve the needs of the Ridgeville neighborhood, taking its name "Ridgeville" in commemoration of this area's first and oldest community?

Ridgeville Park District's Affiliated Groups:
AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization).............328-2976
YOU (Youth Organization Umbrella) Don Baker.........866-7025
ENC (Evanston Neighborhood Conference).................475-0858
Bardwell Dog Group - Contact Gail Sanders................864-5563
Ridgeville B.O.A.R.S. (Neighborhood Watch).............328-2105
Southeast Evanston Parents Assoc.-Lucia Norris........475-3782
Ridgeville Community Band of Evanston......................475-5395
Evanston Baseball/Softball Association........................475-1099
Center for Independent Futures...................................328-2044
 Keep Evanston Beautiful..............(xt105)....................864-5181   
         

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