Workshops

2025 Winter Best Practices Workshops

Registration is now open!

Join us for the Northeast Illinois Winter Best Practices Workshops for winter professionals who manage public roads or parking lots and sidewalks in the winter. Workshops are offered both in-person and online.

View dates and register for a workshop below.

Public Roads

Wednesday, November 12th

VIRTUAL
8am - 12pm

Parking Lots & Sidewalks

Thursday, November 13th

VIRTUAL
8am - 12pm

Save the Date for 2025 Workshops

2025 workshop dates are now available. More information coming soon!

View the 2025 Winter Best Practices Workshops flyer >>

Thank you to those who attended our 2024 Winter Best Practices Workshops. Look out for registration for the 2025 workshops in the late summer. 2025 dates will be posted here in the coming months.

Workshop FAQs

No, the $85 registration fee is for the link to join a particular webinar and can be shared among the staff.  If staff is joining webinars on different dates, then the fee must be paid for each webinar date. 

After registering through EventBrite you will receive an email with a link and password to join the webinar. If you cannot register online, contact Nancy Cinatl at 630-428-4500 ext. 120 or [email protected] to process the payment and receive the link.

No, the workshops are being offered on multiple dates to accommodate schedules.

These trainings are good for both your staff that clear snow and ice as well as program managers and administrative staff that interact with residents or customers.

Yes! Participation in the workshops should be included in your annual MS4 report (for entities that have an MS4 permit). Circulating/encouraging private deicing companies that operate in your community can also be included in your MS4 report.

Yes, this is a great way to meet this requirement for your staff as well as encouraging any contractors that you hire to sign up for the trainings.

Yes, the training will be live and participants will be able to ask questions through a Q&A box.

Yes, you can request a certificate for 4 PDH’s after the webinar is completed. Requests can be sent to Nancy Cinatl at [email protected]