Frankfort Plans Earth Day Event, Country Market

FRANKFORT, IL — As warmer temperatures approach, many spring events are just around the corner. Frankfort will its Earth Day Celebration on April 24 and its Country Market, which begins April 25.

Earth Day Celebration

The annual Earth Day/Arbor Day celebration will be held from April 24, and residents can pick up supplies for the day from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Village Hall, 432 W. Nebraska St.

"The Village of Frankfort encourages residents to spend the day cleaning up our community," Mayor Jim Holland said during the Monday Village Board meeting. Gloves, garbage bags, and a free T-shirt will be provided to all participants.

Volunteers can also earn prizes at the event, including largest item collected, strangest item collected, dirtiest volunteer and most trash collected. Holland said students can also earn community service hours by participating.

"This event has been popular with homeowner groups that just go out for an hour or so and clean up the area around their own subdivision on the main streets," Holland said. "It's also popular with various youth groups, and I would think that some of our service clubs might be interested in doing something like this for a little bit on a Saturday morning."

Country Market

Frankfort's County Market will open for the season on April 25.

"It will be very similar to last year," Holland said. "We're going to follow the governor's guidelines. They may change, we hope a lot of things are going to change this summer, but right now, they're the same as they were last year."

The market will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 25 in the Breidert Green and 1 N. White St. parking lots. The market features produce, plants, baked goods, prepared food and gourmet products, according to the village website.

The market will be held every Sunday until Oct. 24, excluding July 4, July 11 and Sept. 5.