For the 6th consecutive year, the Village will partner with the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) to host a one-day Document Destruction & Electronics Recycling Event. The event will be held at the Village’s Public Works Facility. Saturday, July 28, 2018 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Public Works Municipal Yard 711 Laramie […]

The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District has found the first West Nile virus positive mosquitoes to occur in our trap in Wilmette this year. One batch of mosquitoes, collected on July 16, 2018, from an NSMAD trap in Wilmette, tested positive for West Nile virus in our lab on July 18. With the WNV positive […]

The Village of Wilmette is developing a Bicycle & Active Transportation Plan, which will explore ways to improve walking and bicycling access to the Village’s transit stations, business districts, parks, and schools. This initiative, led by consultants from Civiltech and Active Transportation Alliance, will tie together previous Village initiatives with feedback from the community to […]

At its June 26, 2018 meeting, the Village Board voted as follows on the Cook County Ordinances: Minimum Wage – “Opted-in” to the minimum wage ordinance by a 5-2 vote with the following conditions: Delayed effective date of the Cook County Ordinance – effective date in Wilmette on October 1, 2018 The “Opt-in” would sunset […]

Following five years of study, and an intensive public education campaign, the Wilmette Board of Trustees last night voted to pursue a stormwater improvement project to address flooding issues for residents who live west of Ridge Road. Ultimately, the majority of the Board of Trustees voted to proceed with Neighborhood Storage improvements at an estimated […]