Wick's Bicycle Shop

08/26/2026

Grant Park Village Board meeting Tuesday, September 8 @ 6:30pm @ Grant Park Village Hall

08/26/2026

Wow, Dolly Parton passed & now Tim Curry 💔💔 Rest in Peace

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Tim Curry, the legendary star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the unforgettable Pennywise in Stephen King’s IT, has died at 80.

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Rest in peace, Tim Curry. 🖤

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08/26/2026

We were invited to attend the upcoming Village Board Meeting on Tuesday Sept 8 @ 6:30 pm for
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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP!

08/25/2026

Several people have reached out stating that Grant Park salvaged & repurposed the poles from the old Manteno Hospital. The current lamp head looks like it was updated. This was supposedly done during Mayor Hilgert’s term (70’s/early 80’s?). Does anyone have any history, photos or memory of this? Thank you!

08/24/2026

Do not let our history become a distant mystery❤️ The LAST of the intricate old street lamps scheduled to be sawed down & scrapped. Help us SAY NO!
PLEASE Contact Mayor Ben Detloff at Grant Park Village Hall & the Board of Trustees. Let them know to 815-465-6531
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08/24/2026

Do NOT let our history become a distant mystery❤️ The LAST of the intricate old steel street lamps is scheduled to be sawed down & scrapped. Help us SAY NO!
PLEASE Contact Mayor Ben Detloff at Grant Park Village Hall, the Board of Trustees & Neil Piggush. Let them know to 815-465-6531

08/22/2026

PLEASE HELP US
- The Village of Grant Park has cut off power to our light pole, they’re removing it, SCRAPPING it & NOT replacing it.
- NO ONE from The Village contacted us throughout any of this. It is Very FRUSTRATING for a retail business to have NO OUTSIDE LIGHT.
- We asked to please PRESERVE the ANTIQUE pole & let us REPURPOSE it as a sign to HELP promote our Wick's Bicycle Shop.
-I (Christine) attended 2 Village Board meetings & presented our plan & a very rough sketch.
-We were denied by 3 Trustees for dubious reasons
-We serve our with events that are FREE to residents, donating to every local organization we can, Coaching & volunteering. PLEASE HELP US🙏❤️
Village of Grant Park

08/22/2026

🙏💔 PLEASE HELP US 💔🙏

We discovered that the last antique steel light pole in front of Wick's Bicycle Shop was being taken down, SCRAPPED & NOT REPLACED.
NO LIGHT in front of a RETAIL SHOP where CHILDREN gather on an almost daily basis.
May I see the plans for that, who DECIDED & APPROVED that??
WHO reached out to our ??

NO Mayor or Trustee spoke to us about anything. We only discovered this “plan” when WE spoke to the ENGINEER about our damaged planters. He said they’d take care of it & they were removing the pole!

There are NO images on the Construction plans of our corner or the pole on the construction plans in Village Hall. No one told me power was cut off, would remain off & would be removed altogether.

I attended 2 Village Board meetings (8/3 & 8/17) WITH SKETCHES to ask AT THE VERY LEAST to just & let it be repurposed into a sign. Within those 2 weeks, no one from the Village Board or the Mayor spoke to me. The Village Board meeting on Monday, Aug. 17 was a complete shock💔. You can watch the dumpster fire for yourself https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rFT0fEyEqc4&ra=m.
We appreciate Trustee Nowak & Trustee Morgan for your support, & Trustee Wiedl** (absent for vote) owner of Traxx Sports Bar & Grill for providing pizza at our last ride❤️.
No Representative for The Village was present for our final ride at the new park**💔.

All that we asked was to PLEASE . I (Christine) am a Trustee of the GP Historical Society. The pole matches the era of our building (1911) & our outdoor lights. The pole would make a BEAUTIFUL repurposed sign post that would help our business tremendously from the view of Rt 1. We would maintain the pole (paint & repair) just like we do the village trees & village grass all along the South side easement of our shop. (We restored the original large vents on the roof of our building, which can be seen from the alley looking south towards our building). As strange as it sounds, is part of Grant Park’s history. Just like our old building. Just like our old homestead.

We work really hard to make events FREE for families. We do weekly summer rides, we sponsor a baseball & a soccer team, Matt Coaches, we donate to every local cause that needs us & we work on children’s bikes that stop in & need help for FREE because
All that we ask is PLEASE HELP US !!!!

PLEASE, do 3 things:

1. POST and to the Grant Park Page & any words of support you have❤️

2. SHARE THIS!!!!

3. CALL & EMAIL with your name, phone & to:

-Village Hall 815-465-6531

[email protected]

-Mayor Ben Detloff: [email protected]

-Board Trustees Bryan Martin [email protected]

-J Martin [email protected]

-Jodi Wackerlin [email protected]

THANK YOU, Grant Park Community & friends of the area 🙏 ❤️

Village of Grant Park

Vi;;age of Grant Park 8/17/2026

08/20/2026

PLEASE Share our family owned Bicycle Shop! Word of mouth seems to be the best way to advertise these days!! We APPRECIATE all of our customers & we are dedicated to our Community❤️
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