On June 23rd Mary Lou Cowlishaw lost her long battle against cancer at the age of 78. A journalist and historian turned popular State Representative, Mary Lou was above all else a humanitarian dedicated to improving public education. She and her husband Wayne have been WSGPC members sin...

With the elimination of the 200 southern garden plots to make way for ball fields, a significant gardening wait list was generated for the first time in recent memory. At the end of May gardeners who hadn't tended their plots or who had planted beyond their designated areas were notified and these areas were rented t...

During the Final week of May Naperville experienced considerable rainfall in a short period of time and June has become one of the wettest on record. The rain caused some standing water to remain in portions of the garden plots and wooded area at the west end of the north plots. In an effort to improve drainage in this area the Naperville Park D...

At the completion of the nearly two-year long Caroline Martin Mitchell process, the City Council directed staff to draft an operational agreement between the city and the “scouts”. Since the Boy and Girl Scouts of America use the property but do not operate it, the task fell upon the independent Von Oven Board of Direc...

Our 11th annual Earth Day event will take place at the Community Garden Plots on West Street on Saturday April 24th. Please note that the new time for gathering at the collection booth (look for the new sign) is 10AM. After light refreshments we will once again participate in the Adopt-a-Highway parkway cleanup sponsored by the Naperville Depart...

The regular spring meeting of the West St. Coalition will take place at 7:30 PM April 21st as determined during our February meeting. The location will be the board room of the Naperville Township Administartion Building, 135 Water St. In addition to a discussion of current issues, we will be holding elections for officers and board members. All...

The regular meeting of the West St. Coalition (wsgpc) will take place Wednesday February 24th at 7:30 PM at the Naperville Township Building on Water St.

In a vote said in September to have been legally impossible, the Park District Board agreed 6-1 to convert the southern West St. garden plots to ball fields without constructing new garden plots as promised during the Community Engagement Process of 2008 and thought to have been mandated by the City Council in April....

In a very welcome move that can also be viewed as somewhat of a surprise, the Park District Board of Directors voted 4-3 Sept. 24th against immediate approval of a contract with V3 Construction Group to build new garden plots at DuPage River Park. Packed with concerned residents displaying signs in oppositi...

The Coalition's regular fall meeting will be held Wednesday September 30, 7:30 PM in the main boardroom of Naperville Township's Administration Building. The location is 135 Water St., adjacent to the Municipal Center. All who are friends of our goals are not only welcome, but also encouraged to attend.