Berger Park Advisory Council

🌻 Berger Park Advisory Council members Barbara Button and Toni Kibort met with Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, the new Chicago Park District General Superintendent & CEO, at the April PAC Conference.

Superintendent Ramirez-Rosa announced the Park District's new campaign, Project Monarch. Milkweed seeds were passed out to the attendees. What a great day to talk parks! 🌿

Great turn out from the community today for the Berger Park Advisory Councle meeting. There are lots of great volunteer opportunities coming up in April. Joint us next meeting Thursday April 17, 6:30pm-8pm and get involved.

Monthly open meeting at Berger Park Cultural Center. This is YOUR park! What do you want to see? Join us at our meeting and make your voice heard.

Join our arts partners Nothing Without a Company for yoga on Saturdays 10am and Zumba on Wednesdays at 730pm!

Spring Self-Care classes are BACK!!! Join us at Berger Park Cultural Center on Saturdays 10am-11am for Yoga and Wednesdays 7:30pm-830pm to get your move on. These classes are for all folks, all levels and all shapes. 🌈

⏩ Set your calendars for Tuesday, July 13, 7pm-8pm! Join us for our next Berger Park Cultural Center Advisory Councle meeting where we will be discussing fundraising ideas for opening the second mansion on the property plus all the fun stuff are parked at. All are welcome! ♥️

You are invited to join the Berger Park Advisory Council on Thursday June 8, at 7 PM for the monthly meeting to be held in the mansion at 6205 N. Sheridan Rd. Come help make Berger Park the heart of our community! Volunteers as a neighbor and be a park leader! Come and see!

Berger Park Community Garden Volunteers are working this week Monday May 21 from 9:30 am -12:30pm and Wednesday 5/23 too! We meet on the North side of the park. We have gloves and supplies. Stop by, say "Hi" and dig in!

Our Berger Park Community Butterfly Native Pollinator Garden needs neighbors who want to improve the ecology of our community. If you want to get into the garden and help us this season, sign up at the south mansion or contact Park Advisory Council president, Ray Wohl (Facebook). When you spend an hour in our gardens you will change your life.

Chicago celebrates, "It's Your Park Day" on Sat June 3. Neighbors and friends stop by Berger Park from 9:30AM- Noon. and help the local park advisory council make our park better. Your ideas, your participation and volunteerism make a difference. We're listening: Please stop by and say "HI."

Great group of Loyola students helping clean up at Berger Park this morning. The "mulch team" did an awesome job! Thanks to everyone who joined us to clean up Berger. Happy Earth Day!!!

Join your neighbors for the Next Berger Park Advisory Council Meeting, Thurs. June 8 from 7-8 PM. at the South Mansion, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd. Discussion: Community Garden update, Landmark Preservation for Gunder Mansion, Fund Raising, Summer Free Concerts, Cultural Arts events, Park and neighborhood safety, and our new Cultural Center Brochure- Come share your ideas!

Join your neighbors at Berger Park, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd. on Wed. April 12 from 10:30AM to 12Noon for a highly informative talk by John Holden, President of the Edgewater Historical society, joined by Architect Thom Greene and local park activist Paul Boyd, "40 years of Edgewater beach erosion as lake levels change and how does our past prepare us for our future? They will be joined by a special guest, John Green, who will sing his original song, "Lake Michigan." All invited.