South East Oak Park Community Organization

Author: Jim Peterson

  • BarrieFest 2026

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    Coming up on September 12 at Barrie Park from noon until 5pm. Featuring our favorites, like 2 bounce houses, the climbing wall, OP Library Book Bike and the fire engine courtesy of the Oak Park Fire Department. Our musical lineup this year is:Cheryl TomblinVictoria StormSchool of RockComet Cats And of course DJ Bounce House to…

  • Village Proclaims September 6 as SEOPCO Day

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    We are proud that September 6th will not only be our 23rd BarrieFest, but the Village has proclaimed it SEOPCO Day in Oak Park! Our neighborhood organization was cited for its two decades of neighborhood leadership, resilience, and community pride. Here is the proclamation adopted by the Village. PROCLAMATION SEOPCO DAY – SEPTEMBER 6, 2025In…

  • Donate to SEOPCO: Help us fund BarrieFest and strengthen our community

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    We are proud that September 6th will not only be our 23rd BarrieFest, but the Village has proclaimed it SEOPCO Day in Oak Park! Our neighborhood organization was cited for its two decades of neighborhood leadership, resilience, and community pride. From its origins in the wake of the Barrie Park environmental cleanup, SEOPCO has grown…

  • Come see us at What’s Blooming

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    The SEOPCO board would love to chat with you at this year’s What’s Blooming on Harrison. We’ll be there from 11am until at least 5pm or so. Stop by our table and say hi. We’ll have some stickers and buttons and maybe other fun stuff. This year’s event is shaping up to be bigger and…

  • Lost Oak Park – Cairo Sausage Shop

    Lost Oak Park – Cairo Sausage Shop

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    We’re debuting a new feature in this newsletter, where we focus on an Oak Park business that is no longer open. When I first moved to Oak Park in 2001, a neighbor directed us to the corner of East and Roosevelt, to Cairo Sausage Shop. Cairo was for four decades a fixture on at that…