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1st Skokie's Spring Greening Event & Expo

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The Skokie Chamber of Commerce, Skokie Park District, Niles Township District 219, Village of Skokie and Skokie Public Library present "Skokie's Spring Greening," Skokie's first annual communitywide green living event, featuring a trade show of green and sustainable products and services, workshops on green lifestyle choices, entertainment for all ages, and opportunities for recycling household items!

This is a great day to recycle all of your Spring cleaning items. Vendors of green initiatives will be collecting old papers, eye glasses, ink cartridges, electronics and more. (Hazardous items will not be excepted, ie...paint and oil)

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• Green entertainers, including Strictly Jug Nuts jug band, Ricky Recycle and Parker in the Park
• Green products and services trade show with local businesses and organizations
• Green lifestyle workshops and demonstrations
• Recycling and reusables drop-off

Expo Businesses
A-Plus Pest Control, Inc.
Best Buy, Old Orchard
Cartridge World, Skokie
Chiro One Wellness Center
ComEd
Eco Tec Insulation, LLC
Logic Lawn Care
Play It Again Sports
Remodeling by J.R. Graves
Remodeling by the Tin Man
Secure Eco Shred
Shaklee Toxic Free Cleaners and Natural Nutrition
Signs for Success
Skokie Paint & Wallpaper, Inc.
Smart Sealed Insulation
Starbucks
Supply-Chain Services, Inc.
Sweet Home Improvements
usagain
Usbourne Books
Walgreens
WinSol Power Company
YES Green Living

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Expo Organizations
Book Worm Angels
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors
The Douglas Center
Emily Oaks Nature Center
Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse
HEART
I-GO Car Sharing
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Niles North High School Green Council for School Improvement
Northwestern University Solar Car Team
Safer Pest Control Project
Shedd Aquarium
Skokie Community Agencies
Skokie Lion’s Club
Skokie Public Library
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC)
The Recyclery
The Talking Farm
U.S. Green Building Council (LEED)
Urban Worm Girl
Village of Skokie Consumer Affairs (Farmer’s Market)

For more information about this green Skokie event,
please call (847) 674-1500, ext. 2500.

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