Walk & Report

PLEASE JOIN US FOR WALK & REPORT!

JPAC is facilitating an ongoing citizen-led study of Jackson Park entitled WALK & REPORT.  We need your help to make our park a better place for nature and visitors to thrive! The goal of WALK & REPORT is to document landscape issues & inconsistent maintenance throughout our beloved 540-acre park. JPAC wants to collect your observations of the landscaping and bring this data to the Chicago Park District (CPD) to assist in efforts to budget and schedule work. 

The 2024 focus of WALK & REPORT is on three main areas:
Landscape: trees, shrubs, plantings, irrigation, mowed areas, pond edges…
Hardscape: sidewalks, paths, lighting, signage, fencing, benches, garbage cans, artwork/statues/plaques, drinking fountains…
Parking: pavement, striping, flooding, sewer grates, broken curbs…

In May, JPAC completed a WALK & REPORT pilot of approx. 35 acres in Area 1. Using phones we took pictures and wrote up brief notes about issues. Subsequent WALK & REPORT days in June, July and August covered additional areas of the park.

Additional study areas have been identified by JPAC to WALK & REPORT for the rest of the summer. On these dates, our study leader will be in the field to answer questions and help you get started:

• AREA 4: SEPTEMBER 21 & 22, 10am-12 noon [SATURDAY EVENT DETAILS, SUNDAY EVENT DETAILS]
  Meet at 10am at the southeast corner of 57th & Stony Island on either day

JPAC encourages you to WALK & REPORT on all areas of the park and submit issue reports to reports.jacksonparkadvisorycouncil.org and 311 at any time.  Together we can make our park a better place for nature and visitors to thrive!