Village Voice - March 2025
Dear Neighbors:
One of the top legislative priorities each year for local governments throughout the State of Illinois is the protecting and restoration of the revenues through the Local Government Distribution Fund (LGDF). The LGDF is the designated portion of the state income tax revenues that municipalities and counties receive on a per capita basis. Until 2011, 10% of total state income tax collections was dedicated to LGDF; today, the local government share has been reduced to 6.47%. LGDF is an especially important source of funding for small non-home rule communities like Ringwood, who have limited resources and rely heavily on LGDF. For example, the LGDF is Ringwood’s second highest source of revenue. At 6.47%, the LGDF represents approximately 22% of Ringwood’s total revenues. LGDF is critical for keeping our infrastructure in a good state of repair and local tax burden low. This is something that we in Ringwood have come to expect and deserve.
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Village Voice - August 2024
Dear Neighbors:
On Sunday, August 25th, Ringwood will hold its Annual Town Picnic. The Picnic will begin at noon at the Village Hall. Back by popular demand will be the "Moon Walk”, rock climbing wall, DJ entertainment and much more. The menu includes a pig roast, turkey, hot dogs, side dishes, sweet corn and ice cream. All of which is catered by Ringwood’s own Rusty Nail Bar & Grill. The food will be served from 12:30 P.M. till 1:30 P.M., and the raffle drawing will begin at 2:15 P.M. There will be lots of raffle prizes and you must be present to win.
Read more → Village-Voice-August-2024.pdf
Village Voice - April 2024
Dear Neighbors:
With a very heavy heart I regret to inform you about the passing of former Village Trustee Tom Hewes. Tom passed away in January, after a courageous and hard fought battle against cancer. Tom served on the Village Board for 9 years. During his time on the Village Board, you could always count on Tom to be thinking of ways to improve Ringwood. No idea was too big or small for Tom. Tom was a selfless and thoughtful person. He always put others’ concerns and interest ahead of his own. Tom was truly dedicated to making Ringwood a great place to live and raise a family. He will be greatly missed. This spring, the Village Board will plant a tree in the Village Hall park in Tom’s memory.
Read more → Village-Voice-April-2024.pdf
Village Voice - December 2023
Dear Neighbors:
I am happy to report that 2023 was a good year for infrastructure in Ringwood. Thanks to a $750,000 grant that the Village received through the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), your Village officials were able to resurface all the roads in Oakview Estates, Business Parkway, Mann Drive and Craftwell Drive.
Read more → Village-Voice-December-2023.pdf
Village Voice - August 2023
Dear Neighbors:
On Sunday, August 27th, Ringwood will hold its Annual Town Picnic. The Picnic will begin at noon at the Village Hall. Back by popular demand will be the "Moon Walk”, rock climbing wall, DJ entertainment and much more. The menu includes a pig roast, turkey, hot dogs, side dishes, sweet corn and ice cream. All of which is catered by Ringwood’s own Rusty Nail Bar & Grill. The food will be served from 12:30 P.M. till 1:30 P.M., and the raffle drawing will begin at 2:15 P.M. There will be lots of raffle prizes and you must be present to win.
Read more → Village-Voice-August-2023.pdf
Village Voice - April 2023
Dear Neighbors:
You can expect to see a lot of road improvement projects in and around Ringwood in 2023. This spring or early summer the Village will be resurfacing all of the roads in Oakview Estates, Business Parkway, Mann Drive and Craftwell Drive. The funding for this project is coming from a $750,000 grant from Governor Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois Infrastructure Program. This grant will cover 100% of the project cost.
Read more → Village-Voice-April-2023.pdf
Village Voice - December 2022
Dear Neighbors:
I am happy to report that 2022 was a good year in Ringwood. We began the year with a new 5 year contract between the Village and Flood Brothers Disposal/Recycling services for residential garbage and recycling services. The Flood Bros. proposal provided immediate savings over our previous contract with Waste Management and a significant savings over the 5 year period of the contract.
Read more → Village-Voice-December-2022.pdf
Village Voice - August 2022
Dear Neighbors:
On Sunday, August 28th, Ringwood will hold its Annual Town Picnic. The Picnic will begin at noon at the Village Hall. Back by popular demand will be the "Moon Walk", rock climing wall, DJ entertainmant and much more. The menu includes a pig roast, turley, hot dogs, side dishes, sweet corn, and ice cream.
Read more → Village-Voice-August-2022.pdf
Village Voice - May 2022
Dear Neighbors:
I am pleased to inform you that the Village was successful in acquiring two infrastructure grants. The first grant is in the amount of $750,000 through the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO). The funding for this grant is from to use these funds to resurface all the roads in Oakview Estates, Business Parkway, Mann Drive and Craftwell Drive. This grant is •
expected to cover 100% of the cost of this project.
Read more → Village-Voice-May-2022.pdf
Village Voice - December 2021
Dear Neighbors,
Important change in waste and recycling service — The 5 year contract between the Village and Waste Management (WM) for residential garbage and recycling expires at the end of January 2022. As a result, your Village officials soliticed proposals from WM and two other waste and recycling providers [Flood Brothers and Lakes Disposal] for a new 5 year contract. After reviewing proposals, the Village Board determined that Flood Brothers provided the best overall service options at the lowest cost for Ringwood residents.
Read more → Village-Voice-December-2021.pdf