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Apply to Serve on the State Farm Youth Advisory Board

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Congratulations JRW!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS

 

JRW

 

ON ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT

 

YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO

 

AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

 

YOU ARE TRULY DESERVING

 

OF YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP!

 

JOB WELL DONE!

 

 

Changes to City power deal

CUB introduced the Chicago Power Deal Calculator in June to help you decide if the City’s deal with Integrys Energy Services was the right choice for you over the summer.

Now Integrys has announced rates for October through May, and CUB has updated its calculator to help you determine whether to stay with Integrys or return to ComEd for the remainder of the deal.

Check out the calculator at www.ChicagoPowerCalculator.com and share with your friends!

CAPCC WISHES YOU A SAFE LABOR DAY 2014

 

 The 2014 Chatham Avalon Park   Community

           Council Board of Directors

       Wishes You & Your Family

                      A

 

  Safe, Enjoyable Labor Day

              Holiday

     

      Monday, September 1, 2014

   

 

  

   Keith Tate,                      Maryellen Drake,

   President CAPCC             Executive Vice CAPCC

                        

        

www.chathamavalonparkcommunitycouncil.blogspot.com

                      7927 ½ South King Drive

                      Chicago, Illinois 60619

                            1-866-272-1215

 

“Addressing Quality of Life Issues Is What We Do”

 1955                                                         To Present

 

Friends of the Parks News and Events

August 2014 Parks, Murals, and the Greenest Street in Chicago Trolley Tour: September 7 Join Friends of the Parks for the "Parks, Murals, and the Greenest Street in Chicago Trolley Tour" on Sunday, September 7. Hop on the trolley with Friends of the Parks for a tour of some neighborhoods where Chicago "grew up". Park enthusiast Tom Drebenstedt will be talking parks, arts and community while discovering where Hardscrabble and Pilsen were born, raised, and now lead our city into the future. On the tour we will visit the last remnant of the Illinois Michigan Canal, where the canal's original mouth is found at Canal Origins Park. See Jens Jensen's neighborhood park design at Dvorak Park. Enjoy the colorful murals and public art in Pilsen and see Chicago's greenest street: The Cermak/Blue Island Sustainable Streetscape. Following the tour we will have lunch at a local Pilsen restaurant Fogata Village. Parks, Mural, and the Greenest Street in Chicago Bus Tour Sunday, September 7 Bus departs 16 N. Wabash at 10:00am Ticket prices: $50 Friends of the Parks member $55 non member $80 membership + tour Lunch and transportation is included in the tour Purchase tickets Public Art in Public Spaces Lecture The September 11 Walter Netsch Lecture Series will take us into the art world! Chicago based artist John David Mooney will talk about Public Art in Public Spaces and what inspires him to create the large scale public art installations we enjoy. Have you ever wondered what the inspiration behind the Spiral Galaxy at the Adler Planetarium was? Now is your chance you learn more about it! The artist's entire public portfolio is to enhance the public good. His visionary artistic solutions change not only the urban landscape for the common good, but also the rural environment and the preservation of nature. Always ahead of the times, his generosity of providing solutions of beauty and efficacy of use has helped us all and changed the city for the good. Mr. Mooney will present some of his past visionary plans for Chicago including the transformation of Navy Pier from a shipping facility to a full blown people place. He will show his proposal for Chicago's first green roof, and a monumental one at that. Likewise, he will present his designs for a personal rapid transit vehicle for Chicago. Mr. Mooney's art nurtures both Man and Environment. Topics which he will cover: "Where Art can take energy collection to new levels" "Where Art can take a town off the electrical grid." "Where Art can be the driving force to help sustain the environment." Walter Netsch Lecture Series presented by Friends of the Parks A Discussion with John David Mooney on Public Art in Public Spaces Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:15- 1:00pm Chicago Cultural Center Claudia Cassidy Theater 78 E. Washington Street Register SPEAK UP for OPEN SPACE While Friends of the Parks supports the building and expansion of museums, attractions, schools, senior housing and other institutions in the City of Chicago. However, it is a troubling trend that these facilities are increasingly proposed within our valuable parks and public open spaces. Friends of the Parks is very supportive of the Lucas Narrative Arts Museum coming to Chicago, we oppose its siting on lakefront public open space. The Lakefront Protection Ordinance specifically states that, 'in no instance will further private development be permitted east of Lake Shore Drive'. It is clear that the siting of the Lucas Museum in this lakefront location contradicts our prior city visionaries' goal of continuous public open space along the lakefront. Such a siting of the museum contradicts the Lakefront Protection Ordinance and our city visionaries' goal of continuous public open space along the lakefront. The Lucas Museum is the most visible and time-sensitive challenge to our city's public open space. The site is NOT just ugly parking lots The open and accessible character of the lakefront is Chicago's most valuable natural asset There are very proximate, viable (event better!) alternative sites for the museum at the Marshalling Yards or the vacant Michael Reese Hospital site Given the established health, recreation and quality of life benefits associated with natural and open spaces, Chicagoans need to work together to protect our parks and public open spaces from the pressures of development. Chicago, ranking 14th among a total of 18 large U.S. cities when measuring public open space per resident, lacks sufficient parks and open space for residents and visitors. Further, there are many alternative development sites which would serve to catalyze broader economic impact in neighborhoods throughout the City. There is a long road ahead in preserving and protecting our public lakefront,parks and open spaces and we hope you will take the next step with Friends of the Parks. Now is the time to SPEAK UP! Please call the mayor, your alderman and oppose the proposed siting of the Lucas Museum and support moving it ½ mile south!. What can you do?: SPEAK UP! Tell your friends! Sign and circulate the petition Write a letter! Talk to your alderman! Speak at the Chicago Park District's Board of Commissioner's meeting! Testify at the Chicago Plan Commission! Become a member of Friends of the Parks, help us SPEAK UP! Fore for FOTP! Bartend Chicago Presents Bartend Chicago's Annual Invitational Benefiting Friends of the Parks Join us for a day of golf while enjoying products from local breweries and restaurants at the Chicago Park District's only 18 hole golf course Jackson Park! Location: Jackson Park Golf Course, 6401 Richards Drive, Chicago, IL Date: Saturday, September 13, 2014 Time: Shotgun Start 10:00am, Post Party 5:00pm Sign up today! Park Events Calendar If your park has an event they would like Friends of the Parks to promote in the September calendar please email a description of your event to Maria Stone by September 2. Please use the following format: Date Event Name Park name and address time of the event cost: 2-3 sentence description Contact information If you have a flier or graphic you want to include please send it in a jpeg format. FOTP Accepting Nominations for Volunteer in the Parks Awards! The 2014 Volunteer Awards Reception will be held on Saturday, October 25th from 2:00PM - 4:00PM at the Dunning Read Conservation Area (4200 N. Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, IL 60634) Each year, Friends of the Parks awards individuals and groups who have most improved their local park or forest preserve. Please help us celebrate these special people who make our parks and preserves great by submitting a nomination form today! Award categories: Community Group Individual Volunteer Park Advisory Council Stewardship Outstanding Park District Employee Outstanding Forest Preserve District Employee Smoky Sakurada "Friends of Friends" Award Nominations are due by September 19th. Please email Mary Eileen Sullivan your nominations! Friends of the Parks is a thirty-nine year old nonprofit parks advocacy group whose mission is to preserve, protect, improve, and promote the use of Chicago's parks and public open spaces. We advance our programmatic, educational, and advocacy work with the support of our members, donors and volunteers. Become a Member! STAY CONNECTED

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CAPCC SUB-AREA II MEETING REMINDER SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2014

 CHATHAM AVALON PARK COMMUNITY

                           COUNCIL

                           

                          HOSTS A

              SUB-AREA II MEETING

                                 &

          BLOCK CLUB BOOT CAMP

                           

     DATE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2014

 

     PLACE: NEW COVENANT MISSIONARY

                     BAPTIST CHURCH

                     725 EAST 77^TH STREET

                     CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60619

                     

     TIME: 11:00 AM UNTIL 1:00PM

 

Guest Speakers from 6^th District Police

Department and Community Pride.

 

Keith O Tate, President              Maryellen Drake, Exec Vice

CAPCC                                         CAPCC

             

For more information, please call the CAPCC Office at

1-866-272-1215.

                       

                        

 

For more information, please contact the CAPCC Office

at 1-866-272-1215.

                     

       

 

           

 

 

                         

 

 

     

CCLF Awarded $1.25 Million From U.S. Treasury

COMMUNITY BLUEPRINT CCLF'S E-NEWSLETTER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ISSUES & FEATURES Special Announcement August/2014 U.S. Treasury Awards Chicago Community Loan Fund $1.25 Million Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) was a recipient of a Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program grant in the amount of $1,250,000. The U.S. Treasury made the announcement yesterday in a press release explaining the goal of its $195.4 million investment in CDFIs across the country. "CDFIs and Native CDFIs are important community partners providing critically needed financing that not only allows families to buy their first home, or entrepreneurs to start or expand a business, but that generates economic growth and revitalizes America's low-income and economically-distressed communities," said Jessica Milano, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development, and Housing Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Photo by Steve Becker CCLF will use its award to focus on expanding its suburban foot print and its Neighborhood Investor Lending Program (NILP). NILP provides smaller scale for-profit and nonprofit developers with the support and capital needed to acquire, rehabilitate and own 1-4 unit buildings to help stabilize lower wealth communities impacted by the foreclosure crisis. The goal is for the developers to put these properties back on the market providing affordable rental housing for community residents living in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. Read more The mission of the Chicago Community Loan Fund is to provide flexible, affordable and responsible financing and technical assistance for community stabilization and development efforts and initiatives that benefit low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, families and individuals throughout metropolitan Chicago. Connect with CCLF You can stay up to date on CCLF and other industry news and events by following @cclfchicago on Twitter. Quick Links Workshops Support Us Publications Lending Board and Staff Building for Sustainability Donate to CCLF We need your financial support to provide targeted technical and financial assistance that empowers community-based developers to help create communities where people thrive. You can support our work with a secure online donation via PayPal.

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