About DTOP
The Harlem Lake Marion Corporation, doing business as Downtown Oak Park since 1988, is a downtown business association comprised of property owner and retail owner members within Oak Park’s Special Service Area #1.
Our mission is to promote business development and expansion of Oak Park’s central business district. To achieve our goals, Downtown Oak Park undertakes the following efforts:
- Promotional and advertising campaigns
- Cultural events
- Establishment of uniform business standards and property maintenance standards
- Enhancement and maintenance of the public areas
- Support our district’s aesthetic environment, working to continually improve our tenant mix
Our Corporation, in all its efforts, encourages a spirit of cooperation and the maintenance of high business standards among its Members. Downtown Oak Park, as a partner agency of the Village of Oak Park, works cooperatively with the local government and other local agencies to make Downtown Oak Park a great place to shop, dine, work, play and live.
Downtown Oak Park Staff
Downtown Oak Park Board of Directors
| Eric Wagner, Merchant Director – President |
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| Term expires: May 2024
Visit Oak Park President & CEO Oak Park, Illinois 60301 Phone: 708-524-7800 |
| Mike Fox, Owner Director – Vice President |
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| Term expires: May 2024
R.P. Fox & Associates 1110 Pleasant St Oak Park, Illinois 60301 Phone: 708-848-9550 |
| Judith Lalor, Merchant Director – Secretary |
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| Term expires: May 2024
The Little Gem Café Owner 189 N Marion St. Oak Park, 60301 Phone: 708-613-5791 |
| Jeff Long, Merchant Director – Treasurer |
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| Term expires: May 2024
Fitness Formula Clubs Regional Director of Operations General Manager – Oak Park 1114 Lake St Oak Park, Illinois 60301 Phone: 708- 383-1114 |
| Tammie Grossman, VOP Representative |
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| Village of Oak Park
123 Madison Ave Oak Park, Illinois 60302 Phone: 708-358-5648 |
| Jimmy Chen, Merchant Director |
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| Term expires: May 2024
Poke Burrito Owner 1025 Lake St. Oak Park, Illinois 60301 Phone: 708-573-3668 |
| Robbin O’Harrow, Merchant Director |
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| Term expires: May 2022
Munch Owner 104 N. Marion Oak Park, Illinois 60301 Phone: 708-848-4226 |
| Mary Ludgin, Owner Director |
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| Term expires: May 2022
Heitman/Shops of Downtown Oak Park 191 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2500 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Phone: 312-541-6761 |
| John Linton (Woody), Owner/Merchant Director |
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| Term expires: May 2022
The Nineteenth Century Charitable Organization 178 Forest Ave, Oak Park, Illinois, 60301 Phone: 708-386-2729 x 1 |
| Dave Schrodt, Counsel |
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| Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 W. Monroe St. Chicago, Illinois 60603 Phone: 312-845-3702 |
| Susie Goldschmidt, Merchant Director |
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| Term expires: May 2024
Byline Bank Senior Vice President, Market President, Oak Park River Forest Phone: 708-930-1663 |
| Eric Mazelis, OPEDC Representative |
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| Oak Park Economic Development Corporation
104 N Oak Park Ave Suite 203 Oak Park, Illinois 60301 Phone: 708-383-3838 |