In celebration of Arbor Day, the City of Genoa will be planting 5 new trees on May 10th at 11:00 AM at Genoa Elementary School. Join us for the planting and proclamation, the City’s 25th Annual Arbor Day celebration!

Waste Management has published its 2019 Earth Day Newsletter. Read it here! 

For more information regarding refuse and recycling and/or Waste Management, visit our garbage and recycling page here.

The DeKalb County Community Gardens will be opening the Genoa Food Hub in the Downtown in July! 

“The 2,000-square-foot Hub, a single-floor building, was once home to the Genoa post office in the 1960s, Kenney said. The food hub will have a food pantry, commercial kitchen for organizations to use and public meeting space, plus refrigerators and freezers for pantry-shoppers to get perishables such as eggs, milk and frozen meat – commodities that most food pantries can’t offer, Edwards said.”

“In addition to an expanded pantry, the food hub will have tables and counters in its commercial kitchen designed for cooking demonstrations, classes and other projects for visitors to learn about cooking, canning and preserving. Kenney said there will be a section of the hub designed for local merchants to sell their goods, such as homemade jams and locally grown produce.” 

“I’d be remiss if I didn’t say how proud I am to have this facility in Genoa. “We are often overshadowed by larger communities, but there’s so much good work going on in town.” 

-Mayor Mark Vicary

Read more here. 

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has again recognized the City of Genoa’s most recent audit report, the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), with the prestigious “Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting” Award.

GFOA has stated that “the Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management”. The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 17,500 government finance professionals with offices in Chicago, IL, and Washington, D.C. Genoa’s CAFR has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program including demonstrating a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR.

This was the thirteenth straight year that Genoa has received this award. This is not only a very significant recognition, but it is even more so by Genoa being one of the smallest Cities or Villages in Illinois to be so recognized. To accomplish this Award takes considerable effort, and it is very beneficial for future financing efforts in terms of more attractive interest rates and savings by the confidence in financial accuracy and reporting the Award conveys.

The Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society is collecting items for their garage sale. Click here for their flier. 

For more information, call (815) 784-5559. 

FREE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR 

A special event for the whole family! 

*Free groceries and a free meal 

*Learn about free community resources 

*Giveaways and games for the kids 

Tuesday, April 23rd from 6-8 PM 

427 Spartan Trail, Sycamore 

Flyer available here.

The Genoa Township will have its annual meeting on April 9, 2019. For the Agenda, click here. 

The City of Genoa has once again been named a Tree City USA. Read the new release here. 

***Residents***

With temperatures warming up after record-breaking cold over the past few days, snowmelt and rain can lead to flooding in our region.

Frozen ground is unable to absorb water and snow and run-off immediately flows to the storm sewers. Ice can block storm drains and may create street flooding.

A boil order is in effect until 12:00 PM on January 31st. 

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