Day: July 16, 2024

After raising their children, Mike and Sue Sirvinskas of Park Ridge moved to a smaller house on a smaller lot and decided to “go sustainable,” as Mike puts it. “We started with native plants around the edges,” Sirvinskas said. “We decided it was a waste to have a lawn. We found we could do a no-mow lawn. We sheet-mulched our entire property.” The Sirvinskases, 541 Parkwood Ave., covered their grass with cardboard and then piled wood chips and dirt on top of the cardboard, he said. They used seed to plant the no-mow grass in the dirt and wood chips, […]

The Park Ridge Planning and Zoning Commission began the process in allowing cannabis dispensaries to locate in Uptown when it approved the city council’s inquiry if there was interest for it. The proposed zoning amendment was presented to the commission after months of debate from the city council on where dispensaries can locate. The commission voted for the zoning change unanimously, signaling different attitudes about cannabis from the city council that voted to voted to prevent dispensaries from opening in Uptown three years ago. “We once said, ‘yeah, do it anywhere you’d like,’” Commissioner James Hanlon said. He mentioned that […]