Vernon Hills skate park to open, with restrictions

The new Skate Park at the Sullivan Community Center/Family Aquatic Center parking lot area in Vernon Hills is opening Friday, May 22 with restrictions.

Due to social distancing guidelines, only 10 park district residents will be allowed to use the skate park at a time, during reserved one-hour time slots on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

An online reservation is required at www.vhparkdistrict.org. To sign up, participants must be a Vernon Hills resident. ID's will be checked at the entrance and park district staff and Vernon Hills police will monitor the facility.

One reservation per person/per day is allowed. Reservation confirmation and ID must be presented and is forfeited if not checked in within 15 minutes. Reservation times are in hourly intervals from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m. and noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Face coverings are required.