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November 17, 2021

Celebrate the heart of the holiday season in the heart of the North Shore! Every Saturday from Thanksgiving until Christmas, 2:00 - 4:00 PM in Port Clinton Square, enjoy festive entertainment, hot cocoa, delicious treats, and more as you browse the unique shops and restaurants of Highland Park’s Central Business District. Joining us each week will be Ravinia Brewing Company, with cider and festive beers available for purchase.

November 27: The Heart of the Holidays begins with seasonal music, a visit from Santa, roaming carolers, cookies from the new Sugarcoated bakery, and more on Small Business Saturday.

December 4: Celebrate Hanukkah with the music of the Maxwell Street Klezmer Quartet and beignets from That Little French Guy.

December 11: Sing along to your favorite holiday songs - and some others! - with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons-inspired quartet, The Four C-Notes, with roasted chestnuts.

December 18: Join us for an ice carving demonstration from World Class Ice Sculpture, roaming carolers, and holiday treats.

The Heart of the Holidays events are sponsored by the City of Highland Park and Ravinia Festival, with the support of First Bank of Highland Park and Highland Park Bank & Trust.

The ComEd Energy Efficiency Program offers instant rebates - up to $4,500 - on qualifying energy-efficient commercial kitchen equipment when purchased from these participating suppliers.

These energy-efficient products offer energy savings of 10 to 70 percent over standard models, depending on the product category. For more information, visit IL-FoodserviceRebates.com.

The City of Highland Park’s new social media campaign, #EnjoyHighlandPark, highlights the unique shopping and dining, exceptional natural spaces, and vibrant arts and entertainment offerings you can't find anywhere but Highland Park. Learn more at our new website enjoyhighlandpark.com. The City will continue to add content on an ongoing basis - check back frequently!

Help spread the word, and be sure to follow @enjoyhighlandpark on Instagram and @EnjoyHighlandPark on Facebook.

Explore. Experience. Enjoy Highland Park: enjoyhighlandpark.com. 

Dean Zelinksy has been a guitar designer and builder for over 40 years. His guitars have been played by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill (ZZ Top), Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne), Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne), Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), John McFee (The Doobie Brothers), Nancy Wilson (Heart), Johnny Winter, and many more.

Dean Zelinsky Guitars showcases Dean Zelinsky Private Label Guitars. All of the guitars are sold factory-direct which gives customers a higher quality guitar for a lower price. In addition, the outlet offers a selection of factory seconds and slightly blemished guitars where customers can save hundreds of dollars off already factory-direct prices.

Dean Zelinsky Guitars - 1480 Old Deerfield Road

847.613.6020 / deanzelinskyguitars.com

SCORE offers in-person or virtual sessions using phone, email, or video

All sessions are free and confidential. SCORE mentors are successful business professionals, some retired, some working, from all industries and experiences.

Visit northchicago.score.org and register to “Find a

Mentor”. You will be asked to provide the nature of your business interest.

Please include whether you prefer in-person or virtual mentoring (phone,

email, video) and note, the Highland Park Public Library even

if you prefer a virtual session.

Interested in sharing your profession with a high school student exploring their career options? The Highland Park Career Exploration program (HPCE) provides students with the opportunity to gain valuable insights into a potential career path and goals. Students are matched and meet with professionals to discuss career aspirations, work initiatives, and other professional inquiries.

On August 26, 2021, the Governor signed Executive Order 21-20 which requires all individuals over the age of 2 and who can medically tolerate a face covering to wear a face-covering when in indoor public places. The Executive Order also requires health care workers, school personnel, higher education personnel and students, and employees and contractors of state-owned or operated congregate facilities to be fully vaccinated, as described in the Order.

Please place this Face Mask Required Sign in your place of business to remind customers to wear a face covering.

Face Covering FAQs

The State of Illinois has launched Get Hired Illinois to connect job seekers with employers and training opportunities as well as employers who are looking to fill open positions with available workers. Visit GetHired (illinois.gov) for more information.

The City of Highland Park has a matching grant program to assist restaurants and retailers with operational costs incurred to provide a safe environment for customers and staff in compliance with state and federal public health guidelines for the coronavirus pandemic. The program will accept applications from qualifying restaurants and retailers located and operating within a commercial building in Highland Park with a net worth of less than $2 million and generating less than an average of $200,000 in profit per year for two years after taxes. Qualifying restaurants and retailers may apply for reimbursement of up to 50% of eligible expenses related to COVID-19 public health mitigations, to a maximum of $10,000 for restaurants and $5,000 for retailers, for costs incurred between August 15, 2020, and December 31, 2021, or until funds are depleted. More information is available here. 

For general business inquiries, contact the City's Business Development Manager Carolyn Hersch at chersch@cityhpil.com.

For more information on the City's response to COVID-19, contact the City's Communications Manager Amanda Civitello at acivitello@cityhpil.com.

This newsletter is produced by the City of Highland Park's Office of Business Development. If you have information you would like to include in this weekly mailing, please submit information, photos, and news to Melissa Rosen at mrosen@cityhpil.com. The City reserves the right to edit and/or filter submissions. No pricing information will be published.