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August 8, 2018 Vol. 38, No. 2 ONE DOLLAR
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Village sticks festivals with big fees
Supposed lost parking revenue means big cost for organizers By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Thursday Night Out, What’s Blooming on Harrison and the Microbrew Review are just a few of the street festivals that call Oak Parkers, along with those outside of the village, to gather for a little fun in the sun before the temperature starts to drop. But organizers are feeling a lot less festive this year after being hit with thousands of dollars in new fees by the village of Oak Park. The Oak Park Board of Trustees directed village staff last year to look into recouping some of the costs associated with the festivals, particular those resulting from lost parking revenue from metered spots and village-owned parking lots in the business districts that are shut down due to festivals. See FEES on page 13
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
BUBBLING OVER: Dan Schedler, Around The Bend Brewery CEO, talks about how the beers are made at the Around The Bend Brewery in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood.
Oak Park beers on the grow
Local operation expands, while another brewer from the village plans Chicago tap room By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
It’s been a good couple of years for beer in Oak Park, with the opening of several microbreweries and the expansion of the village’s first beer operation Kinslahger Brew-
ing Company at 6806 Roosevelt Rd. Oak Parker’s also might have noticed in the last few years the introduction of beers by Around the Bend Beer Company at local watering holes like Kinderhook Tap and Bricks Wood Fired Pizza. While Around the Bend is made in the
Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, its owner, Dan Schedler, is an Oak Parker. We recently toured both Kinslahger and Around the Bend to learn that both operations are expanding. See BEER on page 12