Park district’s Lindgren gets top parks job in Wilmette

Details on Wilmette Park District's new leader as commissioners approve 3-year contract

Wilmette park commissioners authorized the next step in officially ushering in the district’s next executive director. The Wilmette Park Board during its Monday, July 14 meeting approved an employment agreement with Christopher Lindgren, the district’s soon-to-be top employee. Officials, as first reported by The Record, announced their intentions to hire Lindgren in late June of […] The post Details on Wilmette Park District’s new leader as comm…

Park district’s Lindgren gets top parks job in Wilmette

A key figure in Park District of Oak Park leadership has left for an opportunity to lead another suburban park district.  Following a nationwide search, Wilmette’s park district commissioners selected Chris Lindgren, PDOP’s deputy director of properties and planning, as the North Shore community’s next park district leader. Lindgren will officially begin his new role on July 21, according to Wilmette officials.  “What really drew me to Wilmette …