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A large outdoor community event in Gilberts, with families seated in lawn chairs facing a stage at dusk. — **A village people use.** Community nights, public buildings, parks, and everyday services, all closer to the front door.

**A village people use.** Community nights, public buildings, parks, and everyday services, all closer to the front door.

This week in Gilberts

From the Village calendar

Wed Jun 10 Water & garbage bill due online, by mail, or at 185 Industrial Dr Billing
Wed Jun 10 Plan Commission / ZBA 7:00 pm, Village Hall Meeting
Tue Jun 16 Village Board meeting 7:00 pm, Village Hall Meeting
Thu Jun 18 Village-wide garage sales begin through Sunday, June 21 Community
Daily Splash pool open 7:00 am–8:00 pm at Town Center Park, through Labor Day Parks

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The short list

Pay Water & garbage bill Online through BS&A, by mail, or in person. Curbside Garbage & recycling Collection day, carts, yard waste, bulk items. Build Permits & inspections Decks, fences, and sheds. Ask before you build. Reserve Park pavilions Picnic shelters at Memorial and Waitcus parks. Read Agendas & minutes Board and commission records in a 900+ document archive. Request Public records (FOIA) How to ask, and what to expect back. Report Village concern Street, water, code, or service questions. Browse Services A–Z The whole catalog, organized by task.

Around the Village

News & notices

Village-wide garage sales run June 18–21, four days of every-street bargain hunting.
The e-newsletter is back, with Village news in your inbox a few times a season.
Utility bills can now reach you by email. Sign up once and stop chasing due dates.
The 2026 Kane County Green Guide is out, with recycling and disposal options county-wide.

All news & notices

A splash pad with a red windmill-shaped water feature spraying water, playground in the background. — **Splash pool season.** Open daily 7:00 am–8:00 pm, Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, at Town Center Park.

Our Town

Built brick by brick

A railroad stop named for a farmer, a brickyard that fired the biggest kilns in Illinois, and a village that never stopped making room. That story is why this site looks the way it does.

The small 1918 Gilberts jail house, a tiny historic building with a simple door and window. — **The 1918 jail house.** A one-cell landmark that turns local history into something you can actually see.

1852

Gilberts Station

A post office opens on the Galena & Chicago Union line, near Albro Gilberts’ farm.

1868

The brickworks

David Haeger’s tile and brick factory grows into the largest in Illinois.

1890

Incorporation

Gilberts becomes a village, with blacksmiths, creameries, a feed mill, and all.

Today

8,400 neighbors

One of Kane County’s fastest-growing villages, still shaped by its glacial hills.

Read the Gilberts story

Get outside

Four parks and a splash pool

Ball diamonds at Memorial and Waitcus, the splash pool and playground at Town Center, the gazebo and pond at Mueller, plus pavilions you can reserve for a birthday that needs more room than a backyard.

Memorial Park, 355 Tyrrell Rd: diamond, basketball, playground, pond, pavilion
Town Center Park, 301 Columbia Ln: splash pool, playground, diamond, open space
Mueller Park, 195 Jackson St: gazebo, pond, playground, open space
Waitcus Park, Rt. 72 & Railroad St: diamond, half-court, playground, pavilion

Parks & rentals

A village park in full summer green: an open-sided pavilion with picnic tables, a winding path, and a ball field beyond. — **The everyday luxuries.** A pavilion, a path, a backstop, and shade that shows up on time.