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Despite a bit of rain earlier in the evening, crowds came out Friday for the Tinley Park tree lighting night in Harmony Square.

The event capped off a big year for the village’s downtown area as Harmony Square, opened in July , was a $38 million project and is the keystone to an ambitious downtown development.

Harmony Square includes retail, restaurants, residential, a concert venue and, as of Friday, both a Christmas tree and an ice-skating rink. All of that was on full display at the tree lighting, plus food trucks.

This is the first year the Christmas tree lighting has been held at Harmony Square. In years past it was across the street at Zabrocki Plaza .

“It isn’t just the talk of the town, but the whole region,” Mayor Michael Glotz

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