The Record

What Mayor Rory Hoskins has done for Forest Park, and the work he wants to finish.

Rory Hoskins, in a dark overcoat and scarf, smiles with volunteers holding blue Rory Hoskins for Mayor signs on a sunny winter day.

01 · Public safety

Nothing is more important for Forest Park

Visible, modern policing on the streets where Forest Park lives, shops and goes out.

Added security cameras on the village’s key corridors: Madison Street, Harlem Avenue, Roosevelt Road and Desplaines Avenue.
Added license plate readers, which helped deter looting.
Bought new police vehicles and added details to deter problem behavior on Madison Street.
Cracked down on bars that broke the law and tied up police time.
Brought back the Citizens Police Academy.

Keep cameras and patrols where they work, and find new revenue to keep police and fire pensions funded without leaning harder on homeowners.

Rory Hoskins speaks at a lectern on a stage beside American and Illinois flags.

02 · Transit and the Blue Line

A voice for Forest Park in regional transit

Forest Park is the end of the line for the CTA Blue Line. Rory makes sure the village isn’t left with the bill.

Won state reimbursement for the village’s ambulance runs to the Blue Line terminal, included in the 2025 state transit bill. The village estimates those runs have cost it nearly $1 million a year. The Forest Park Review called it “Hoskins’ transit win.”
Appointed in 2026 to a five-year term on the board of the new Northern Illinois Transit Authority.

Use that seat to speak up for Forest Park riders and neighbors as the CTA plans the rebuild of the Blue Line’s Forest Park branch.

Rory Hoskins smiles with supporters inside a restaurant while one of them holds a Rory Hoskins Mayor sign.

03 · Small business

A great place to open a small business

A busy Madison Street means jobs, sales tax and a village people want to visit.

Welcomed new restaurants including Table & Vine, White Crane, Fiore, N’Rebozo, Habrae and Mr. Beef.
New music, arts and entertainment on Madison Street.
Personally recruits businesses to Forest Park.
Made village services more efficient and cut burdensome regulations.

Rory Hoskins points as he talks with a group of neighbors gathered in a kitchen for a house meeting.

04 · Environment and green space

A regional leader in protecting the environment

Cleaner development, more green space and a village ready for electric vehicles.

Demolished the four crumbling buildings on the village-owned Altenheim land.
Wants a reasonable transit-oriented development there, with at least 75 percent of the land kept as publicly owned green space.
Turned the former Gleason’s auto dealership site, vacant for 20 years, into an EV site, with private dollars for beautification.
Won grants for electric vehicle charging stations.
Signed sustainability and green-space agreements with neighboring towns.

Rory Hoskins speaks into a microphone at a candidate forum, seated behind a table with a name card reading Rory Hoskins.

05 · Inclusion

Everyone is respected in Forest Park

Forest Park’s diversity is its strength, and its reputation as a welcoming village is worth protecting.

Co-founded the annual Juneteenth Family Pool Party, now a Forest Park tradition.
Started the village’s Hispanic Heritage Month and Pride Month events, including a public-private Pride festival.
Recognized Forest Park veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars.
Appointed more women to village leadership than ever before and backed pay equity.
Supports civil rights and voting rights measures.

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