2026 Winter Best Practices Workshops
Thank you to those who attended our 2025 Winter Best Practices Workshops. 2026 workshop dates are now available. Look out for registration for the 2026 workshops in the late summer.
Thank you to those who attended our 2025 Winter Best Practices Workshops. Look out for registration for the 2026 workshops in the late summer. 2026 dates will be posted here in the coming months.
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
Tuesday, September 15th
VIRTUAL
8am - 12pm
Thursday, September 24th
IN-PERSON
Kane County DOT - Campton Hills, IL
7:30am - 12pm
Tuesday, September 29th
IN-PERSON
Lake County - Libertyville, IL
7:30am - 12pm
Tuesday, October 6th
IN-PERSON
DuPage County DOT - Wheaton, IL
7:30am - 12pm
Tuesday, October 13th
IN-PERSON
Village of Orland Park, IL
7:30am - 12pm
Tuesday, October 27th
VIRTUAL
8am - 12pm
Thursday, November 12th
VIRTUAL
8am - 12pm
Parking Lots & Sidewalks
Tuesday, October 20th
VIRTUAL
8am - 12pm
Thursday, October 29th
Refresher Workshop - VIRTUAL
8am - 12pm
The refresher workshop is
best for organizations whose staff have
attended a Salt Smart Certified Parking
Lots & Sidewalks workshop in the past.
Tuesday, November 17th
VIRTUAL
8am - 12pm
Workshop FAQs
No, the $90 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 ncinatl@theconservationfoundation.org 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).
Encourage private deicing companies that operate in your community to attend these workshops. If your organization promotes the workshops to these companies, include those outreach efforts 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.
No, we do not provide PDH’s at this time for the workshops. You can request a certificate of attendance after the workshop is completed. Requests for certificates can be sent to Ashley Turner at aturner@theconservationfoundation.org.