Naperville News Digest: Naperville Riverwalk shoreline stabilization project resumes; NaperVoice's spring concert to benefit 360 Youth Services

Chicago Tribune

15-04-2025

Naperville Riverwalk shoreline stabilization project resumes
Naperville Park District's efforts to stablize the eroding Riverwalk shoreline along the area between Jefferson Avenue and the Jaycees playground have resumed.
The project began in late 2024 and is expected to be completed in the summer, district officials said. Invasive and declining trees and shrubs were taken out this winter and stone breaks to deflect water from hitting the shoreline installed, officials said.
The last phase of work calls for more stone breaks to be put in place and native landscapting planted.
Sections of the Riverwalk may be temporarily closed during the work, officials said.
For more information, go to www.napervilleparks.org/restorationprojects.
NaperVoice's spring concert to benefit 360 Youth Services
NaperVoice, featuring 35 professional and volunteer singers from more than 20 Chicago-area communities, will present a spring concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at Grace United Methodist Church, 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville.
'Singing More Superpowers: American Composers Explore Humanity's Highest Qualities' will feature the themes are hope, courage and love as reflected in contemporary American pieces from such composers as Moses Hogan, Christopher Tin, Andrea Ramsey, Mac Huff and Philip Spencer, organizers said.
The featured work will be 'Considering Matthew Shepard: A Choral Suite' by Craig Hella Johnson. Tristan Ramos, a recent graduate of Elmhurst University, will be the conducting intern.
Proceeds from the concert will benefit 360 Youth Services, a Naperville nonprofit that provides substance use prevention education, counseling and housing.
Tickets, including fees, are $21.50 for adults, $16.50 for seniors, and $6 for children 13 and older. They are available at www.napervoice.org.
Naperville's American Legion Post 43 sponsoring free camps
Area high school juniors entering their senior year this fall can participate in free summer camps at Eastern Illinois University sponsored by American Legion Post 43 in Naperville.
The Illinois Premier Boys State and Illini Girls State programs help prepare students to become future leaders through activities such as mock government sessions and civic education workshops. Participants gain leadership skills, critical thinking skills and a deeper understanding of democracy in a nonpartisan manner, an American Legion Post 43 news release said.
The programs are free and offer opportunities for scholarships. The boys program runs from June 7 to 13 and the girls program from June 15 to 21.
Participants need to note Post 43 Naperville as their sponsoring organization. The deadline to apply is May 16.