The club was purchased by the city in the mid-1990s and now serves as Highland Park’s senior center and is also used as a private event venue
The Highland Park Senior Center reopened in June of 2021 in its new location at the Highland Park Country Club.
The golf course was closed after the 2017 golf season and purchased by the Park District of Highland Park, which recently turned the land into a 100-acre natural space and passive park.opened to the public in 2022 and includes “green lawns, nature-based play areas, specialized native gardens, restored woodlands, and walking and biking trails that connect neighborhoods, downtown Highland Park, and regional biking trails,” according to the park district’s website.
“The City of Highland Park in Illinois is holding a ‘poverty simulation event’ where woke rich people will pretend to be poor for 2.5 hours while sitting in a comfortable country club,” someone posted on the social media site X, which was formerly known as Twitter. “You can’t make this up.”Bennett said city officials were aware of the posts but don’t respond to comments on the Facebook page – whether the messages are positive or negative – to respect commenters’ First Amendment rights.
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