Glenview Residents Help Clean Up Chicago River

More than 80 Glenview residents helped clean up the Chicago River as part of Chicago River clean up day, where 4,000 volunteers removed trash and invasive plants at 70 river locations from the north to the south suburbs, Glenview Announcement reported. 

The Glenview team worked on the West Branch of the North Fork in the Techny Basin, which serves as a naturalized storm water detention in Glenview, according to Henrietta Saunders, chairwoman of the Glenview Natural Resources Commission, Glenview Announcement reported. 

Nearby are recreation trails that are part of the Bike Glenview program launched in April, which encourages biking around the village. 

The initiative is a cooperative effort between the Village of Glenview, the Village’s Natural Resources Commission, Glenview Park District, Glenview Public Library and the Glenview Chamber of Commerce.  The ongoing campaign promotes biking as a healthy, cost-effective and low-polluting way to travel around the community. 

Among Bike Glenview initiatives: 

• Free bike route maps will be available for residents to pick up at Park Center, 2400 Chestnut Ave.; Glenview Village Hall, 1225 Waukegan Road; and at the Glenview Public Library, 1930 Glenview Road.  
• The map shows existing bike routes and paths; sidewalks along major arterials that can be used by bicyclists; “fun” routes through neighborhoods that can get you to twenty Glenview hubs and attractions in downtown Glenview, The Glen, Gallery Park, The Grove, along with Glenview’s most interesting and beautiful natural areas. 
• A new website, bikeglenview.com, provides more information on bike safety tips, upcoming events and an interactive Google map that can be accessed via smartphones to provide bikers with their current location while out on a path.
• Bike map signage will be posted at key bike route locations around town to help traveling bikers.

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