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Ribfest Attendance Notes

Due to a major construction project along Lakeview Parkway (adjacent to Ribfest), and in light of enhanced security procedures, please review the following notes.

• Attendees are encouraged to park their vehicles in the Hawthorn Mall parking lot. (map appears below)
• Businesses located off Center Drive request that vehicles do not park on their lots.
• Attendees with Handicap Placards should check in with Officers to be directed to parking. 
  

• Pedestrians will be assisted in crossing Lakeview Parkway at Center Drive for those people walking from Hawthorn Mall (see map below).
• Pedestrians coming from the south are directed to cross Townline Road at Deerpath.
• Pedestrians walking east on Hawthorn Parkway toward Ribfest will cross to the north side of Hawthorn Parkway and walk through Rust-Oleum Center parking lot to enter the grounds.
• Construction has closed crossings and sidewalks at Lakeview and Townline Road, as well as at Lakeview and Hawthorn Parkway

• VHPD and the Park District have implemented security protocols similar to other Village festivals. 
• There is one entrance and one exit to the Ribfest site. The entrance is located at Center Drive and Lakeview Lakeview Parkway.
• Fest entrance will be operated by two police officers and Blue Star Security.
• Bags will be checked prior to admission.
• No weapons are allowed on the site.
• Re-entry to the site is allowed with a hand stamp. The exit will be operated by two officers.