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Mayor’s Veterans’ Day Message

November 11, 2021 By City of West Chicago

“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude.“ President Harry S. Truman in an address to the Armed Forces in 1945. Good morning and thank you to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6791 and its Auxiliary for […]

Filed Under: Mayor, Mayor Message Tagged With: Mayor Ruben Pineda, Veterans Day

Mayor Ruben Pineda Elected to the Illinois Municipal League Board of Directors

September 28, 2021 By City of West Chicago

The Illinois Municipal League (IML) elected officers and members to its Board of Directors at its Annual Business Meeting, held September 25, as a part of the 108th IML Annual Conference at the Hilton Chicago. The IML membership unanimously elected Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe to serve a one-year term as President. Also elected during […]

Filed Under: Mayor Tagged With: Illinois Municipal League, Mayor Ruben Pineda

West Chicago Renews Commitment to Monarch Butterflies

March 15, 2021 By City of West Chicago

A call for West Chicago residents and City staff to take steps to continue and increase the planting of milkweed and nectar plants to preserve and strengthen the monarch butterfly population is included in a Proclamation declaring March 31, 2021 as “Mayors’ Monarch Pledge Day” in West Chicago. The Proclamation will be read at the […]

Filed Under: Arts in West Chicago, Environment, Mayor Tagged With: DuPage Monarch Project, National Wildlife Federation, West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission, West Chicago Environmental Commission

DuPage Monarch Project Releases Video Featuring West Chicago Among Other Cities

February 25, 2021 By City of West Chicago

Last summer, Mayor Ruben Pineda contributed to a video produced by the DuPage Monarch Project, which was just released. In it, Mayor Pineda speaks about his signing the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge in 2017, and the momentum it created for monarch conservation in West Chicago. Since signing the Pledge, West Chicago residents and community organizations have […]

Filed Under: Arts in West Chicago, Environment, Mayor Tagged With: DuPage Monarch Project, Mayor's Monarch Pledge, Monarch butterflies, Monarch Conservation

West Chicago Mayor Shares Enthusiasm for Move with the Mayor Campaign – Recruits Additional DuPage Mayors for Friendly Competition

September 14, 2020 By City of West Chicago

Earlier this year, West Chicago Mayor Ruben Pineda presented a compelling invitation to other DuPage County Mayors at the June Mayors and Mangers conference call to join him in a national movement campaign to increase community health through an increase in physical activity. For the fourth year, West Chicago will be participating in the Move […]

Filed Under: Mayor Tagged With: Bartlett, Bloomingdale, DuPage Mayors and Managers, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, Healthy West Chicago, Move with the Mayor, National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

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