The Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission continues its community-wide effort to create a 10-year Strategic Historic Preservation Plan to help guide efforts to identify and protect important historic resources throughout the Village of Oak Park. The new plan will replace the 1994 long-range plan. The second community workshop has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 12, 7:00 p.m. at Hatch School, 1000 N. Ridgeland. Click here for more information and to view the public meeting schedule.
The January meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Village Hall.
The Historic Preservation Commission recently completed the second issue of its quarterly newsletter Landmark Link. This issue includes information about historic windows and weatherizing your home. Click here to download/view a copy of the newsletter.
Click here to visit the Historic Preservation page on the Village website for more information on the following subjects:
* Historic Districts and Historic Landmarks
* Researching Your Home
* Building Permit Review Process in Historic Districts
* Windows
* Architectural Review Guidelines
* Historic Preservation Ordinance
* Certificate of Appropriateness application
* Architectural Surveys of various commercial districts
* Economic Tax Incentives for single-family and multi-family buildings
