Water main work in the intersection of Lake Avenue and Locust Road is scheduled for Wednesday, May 22 through Friday, May 24. To accommodate construction activities within the intersection and provide a safe work zone, the following traffic impacts will be required during daytime working hours, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. -Lake Avenue will be […]

Village Offices will be closed on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day. Refuse and recycling collection will be delayed by one day all week, with Friday’s normal collection taking place on Saturday. The Memorial Day Parade will take place on Monday, May 27th at 10:30 a.m. The parade route starts at St. Joseph […]

The Villages of Wilmette, Northfield, Glenview, and Skokie will host a joint public open house regarding the extension of the Skokie Valley Trail on Wednesday, May 29, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Glenview Village Hall, 2500 East Lake Ave., Glenview, IL. In its current form, the trail runs for 10 miles from Lake Bluff […]

The Village Board is taking action to improve the intersection of Skokie Boulevard and Lake Avenue, which has been identified as a critical project due to safety concerns. These are high volume and high-speed corridors which makes pedestrian travel very difficult. The project includes modernized traffic signals, shortened crosswalks, improved pedestrian visibility, and improved sidewalk […]

The Village continues to invest in our infrastructure, including maintaining and improving storm sewers and water mains, sidewalks, roads, pavement, and more. View the list of 2019 projects.

The Wilmette Historic Preservation Commission invites you to a reception celebrating Wilmette’s architectural heritage and honoring the recipients of our annual preservation awards on Thursday, May 30th at 7 p.m. The awards are in the categories of stewardship, restoration, rehabilitation, landscape conservation, sympathetic addition, and streetscape compatibility. Light refreshments will be served. Pulitzer Prize winner […]

2019 Vehicle Stickers are on sale now.  All vehicles registered in the State of Illinois with a Wilmette address, must also be registered with the Village through the purchase of a vehicle license sticker.  Stickers must be displayed by April 15th.  The costs for these stickers are listed below: Passenger- $80 Motorcycle- $25 All other vehicle […]

(April 10, 2019) –The Village of Wilmette Board of Trustees is committing to a long-term strategy to proactively address its public safety pension challenges in an innovative, manageable and sustainable way. At its April 9 meeting, the Village Board adopted the new policy that will implement an open 15-year rolling amortization schedule for its police […]

Beginning in April, residents with yard waste carts can compost food scraps along with their regular yard waste. There is no subscription needed, but you must have a yard waste cart to participate as food scraps are not permitted in paper yard waste bags. To request a yard waste cart, please contact Advanced Disposal at […]

Community Playfield Selected as Preferred Site for Stormwater Detention; 98% of At-Risk Wilmette Households West of Ridge Road Will Have 10-Year Flood Protection Community Playfields has been identified as the preferred site of the first underground storage reservoir for the Village’s Neighborhood Storage Project. The Village Board held a special meeting in February 2019 to […]