Park District Abruptly Denies Permit For South Shore Kayaking Event It Approved Last Year

Park District Abruptly Denies Permit For South Shore Kayaking Event It Approved Last Year

SOUTH SHORE — A planned night of kayaking and jazz on a South Side beach is in jeopardy after the Chicago Park District blocked a needed permit, even as the agency approved the same event last year. The Venetian Kayak Night, planned for Aug. 8 and organized by the Rainbow Beach Park Advisory Council, is being denied a permit over a “scheduling conflict” with a Night Out in the Parks event that same night, Park District officials said this week. …