The H-F Ice Arena is back in business. The $6.8 million renovation work is complete. The grand reopening is scheduled for Sunday, March 12. Disaster struck at the ice arena, one of the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s major attractions, in November 2021 after the ice-making system failed. The park board immediately[Read More…]
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H-F Ice Arena schedules open skating this weekend
After being shut down for 15 months, the H-F Ice Arena will reopen with open skating hours this weekend. The NHL regulation-sized rink will host open skate from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday as part of the ice arena’s soft opening. Crews are still[Read More…]
H-F Parks sets tentative date for ice arena grand reopening
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has tentative plans for a grand reopening of the H-F Ice Arena, 777 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor, on Saturday, Feb. 11. Lyndsay Freeman, ice arena director, gave the park commissioners a glimpse of what she has in store to draw the community back to the ice[Read More…]
Park district approves $5.71 million tax levy for 2022
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District approved the 2022 tax levy of $5.71 million at its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6. Karen Garrity, superintendent of finance and administration, said since she first presented a preliminary levy Cook County has provided actual Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV) numbers. It was 8.4% below the prior year.[Read More…]
Refrigeration system moving into place at H-F Ice Arena
After months of preparation, workmen are bringing about changes to the H-F Ice Arena. Lyndsay Freeman, ice arena director for the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District, said every step in the process has taken time – from hiring an outside contractor to working with an architect and then going out for bids[Read More…]
Peewee hockey Vikings win summer league championship
It came down to a shoot-out. After playing in regulation time to a 2-2 tie, the fifth through seventh graders on the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings youth hockey team won the Northwest Summer Hockey League championship June 12 by holding their opponent scoreless. The Vikings had completed the winter league play and[Read More…]
Ice arena expenses spiking due to rising labor costs, delays for materials
Costs for work on the H-F Ice Arena are going up as consultants find the project is being affected by delays in getting needed materials and rising labor costs. Construction management services consultants John Emser and Chris Powell of W.B. Olson Inc. shared the bad news with the Homewood-Flossmoor Park[Read More…]
H-F ice rink being stripped of its inner workings
The park district is preparing for a total renovation of the refrigeration system at the ice arena after its old ice making system failed in November causing a shutdown of the facility at 777 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor. Parks employee Kenny Nye uses a backhoe to remove sand and debris[Read More…]
Park board hires architect for ice arena project
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District hired Williams Architects of Itasca as the architecture firm that will design the new rink and equipment building at the H-F Ice Arena, 777 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor. “The goal is to replace the mechanical system and get the ice arena up and running as quickly[Read More…]
Park board reviewing proposals from two firms for ice arena work
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is expected to select a project manager early in the new year to oversee H-F Ice Arena improvements. Parks Executive Director Debbie Kopas told the commissioners at the park board’s Dec. 21 meeting, that two firms are being considered for the construction manager’s job. The firm[Read More…]