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The park advisory council works to bring together the community at our park. We support programming and events at Clarendon Park that enrich our community in Uptown. Please find information of some of our programs below.
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Garfield-Clarendon Model Railroad ClubThe GCMRC's mission is to build and run a true to life model railroad that educates the public and members on the history and operations of railroads. They provide a setting suited for sharing ideas and techniques in this hobby that helps grow awareness and interested in the community for all things model railroading. Visit their website for more information!
Clarendon Park Community GardenThe garden is community managed and practices only organic vegetable gardening methods. The goal here is to provide a place for Uptown, Chicago residents to grow nutritious food and help unite the community through gardening. For more information visit their website
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Kuumba LynxFor two decades, alongside Chicago artists, activists, educators, and youth communities, KL has honed an arts making practice that presents, preserves and promotes Hip Hop as a tool to reimagine and demonstrate a more just world. Visit their website for more information!
Other ProgrammingClarendon Park offers many other programs for youth and families. For example, we lauched the Clarendon little free library in 2016 and we are one of two parks that host the International Traditional Karate Association. Come visit the park today to learn more. You can also find some information on the park district website.
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The more successfully a city mingles everyday diversity of uses and users in its everyday streets, the more successfully, casually (and economically) its people thereby enliven and support well-located parks that can thus give back grace and delight to their neighborhoods instead of vacuity. -Jane Jacobs
