“We’re looking to create a path from the Des Plaines River Trail out east to the McClory Bike Path ... Both paths, according to maps, can lead to Chicago and Wisconsin, although Gleason ...

The Northwest Municipal Conference has spearheaded an effort to improve the multi-use Des Plaines River ... are no sidewalks or bike paths connecting neighborhoods to the trail,” Walczak said.

The Des Plaines River Trail is an antidote to all that. Known affectionately by its acronym, the DPRT is a 58.6-mile dirt-and-gravel trail more or less in the city—it stretches through the ...