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Parks and Recreation

The City of Rolling Meadows takes fun seriously.

Recreational activities are offered year-round. Some of the many recreational facilities provided by the Rolling Meadows Park District (847-818-3220), located within the city and nearby, include:

• Eleven parks with lighted tennis courts, basketball courts, ball diamonds, soccer fields, picnic sites and more.
• A nature preserve with hiking trails.
• The Nelson Sports Complex at Salk Park (847-818-3210), featuring an indoor ice arena, fitness center, gymnastics center, gymnasium center, Olympic-size swimming pool, water slide and wading pool.
• The Community Center on Pleasant Drive (847-818-3200), which offers programs from pre-school through senior activities.
• The Rolling Meadows Golden Years Council (847-818-3205), home to games and crafts for seniors.
• The Northrop Teen Center (847-818-3208), which provides teens with a safe, fun, after-school environment.
• William B. Fosser’s Puppet Opera Theatre at Park Central.
• West Meadows Ice Arena (847-398-2700), which features a NHL-size indoor rink.

In addition, the Park District provides a year-round schedule of sports, athletics, special events and activities for all ages.

It includes everything from peewee bowling and beginning karate to swimming, hockey, and a bowling league for seniors.

The park district also will rent facilities for parties and get-togethers.

Park Central has a beautifully appointed hall that includes a New Orleans-style courtyard complete with fountain and landscaping. This facility, which includes a kitchen, dance floor and bar, can accommodate up to 120 guests.

Other facilities include the Community Center, which also offers a kitchen and dance floor; the Plum Grove Park banquet facility, which along with the kitchen and bar also includes a stone fireplace and full window view of the surrounding grounds; and West Meadows Ice Arena, which includes a conference room.

A beautifully landscaped 86-acre greenbelt, complete with bike paths, is situated in the heart of town. Rolling Meadows also borders the 590-acre Busse Woods Forest Preserve. A number of privately owned health and recreation facilities provide additional opportunities for exercise and fun.

The Rolling Meadows Park District, along with 15 neighboring park districts, also offers recreation and leisure programs for people with disabilities through Northwest Special Recreation Association (NWSRA), (847-392-2848).

Programs offered are similar in design to the park district, but are created based on the needs and choices of the people withdisabilities involved.

Activities include weekly programs, special events, leisure education, day camp, trips and Special Olympics training. In addition, NWSRA offers inclusion services for those choosing to recreate in their home park district with their non-disabled peers. NWSRA and its member park districts believe that all individuals should be provided with leisure opportunities that allow for performance at their highest level of ability. Although many people achieve this through participation in an NWSRA program, others may have greater success in a park district activity. NWSRA staff assist in the inclusion process by providing training and resources as needed in home park district programs.