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bucktown community organization FEBRUARY IN BUCKTOWN (Please scroll down for more details about each event.) 1. BCO MONTHLY MEETING - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & SSS #33 Tuesday, February 19th, 6:30pm doors open - 7pm meeting called to order 2. COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING CONSOLIDATION MEETINGBucktown/Wicker Park Branch Library 1701 N Milwaukee Ave Wednesday, February 20th, 6-7pm 3. JUMP, JIVE & JIGGLE FOR JASPER! (Fundraiser the whole family can attend.)St. Mary of the Angels Church - Parish Office, 2nd Floor 1850 W Cortland Saturday, February 23rd, 11am-2pm Drummond School Gymnasium 1845 W Cortland 4. SPRING ONLINE REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR HOLSTEIN PARK & CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT Monday, February 25th, 9am 5. BCO MONTHLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETINGMonday, February 25th, 7pm Tea Essence 1913 N Milwaukee Wednesday, February 27th, 7pm Club Lucky - Club Room 1824 W Wabansia 7. SENIORS RIDE THE RTA FREE PROGRAM Begins March 17th ***** ***** 1. BCO MONTHLY MEETING - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & SSS #33 Tuesday, February 19th, 6:30pm doors open - 7pm meeting called to order Bucktown/Wicker Park Branch Library 1701 N Milwaukee Ave Please join us for our monthly general membership meeting. Featured speakers will be Paula Barrington, Executive Director of the Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce and Jamie Simone of the Wicker Park & Bucktown SSA #33. They will let us know how the Chamber and SSA serve the area, what is in store for 2008 and will be able to answer questions from BCO members. For more information about the Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, please click here: www.wickerparkbucktown.com For more information about the Wicker Park & Bucktown SSA #33, please click here: wickerparkbucktownssa.org/?page_id=2 The Zoning & Planning Committee will also moderate a presentation from Bucktown resident Todd Brill who is planning on opening a retail wine shop at 1616 N Damen and seeks the BCO's support. For questions regarding Zoning & Planning, please visit our Z&P page: bucktown.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=31 Questions about the meeting in general can be directed to BCO President Scott Trotter at: Scott@Bucktown.org ***** ***** ***** ***** 2. COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING CONSOLIDATION MEETING Wednesday, February 20th, 6-7pm Chicago's Residential Permit Parking program is designed to restrict parking on designated residential streets during specified hours to provide residents of densely populated areas with reasonable parking near their homes.St. Mary of the Angels Church - Parish Office, 2nd Floor 1850 W Cortland The 32nd Ward currently has 15 separate parking zones for 70 zoned streets. In order to ease the permit application process and make parking more available to 32nd Ward residents, the 15 zones will be consolidated into 6 regional zones. This will only affect streets that are currently zoned for residential parking. Streets in Lincoln Park and Ukrainian Village already have unified zone parking and will not be affected by this change. The new zone numbers will take effect on July 1, 2008, the start date of the calendar year for city stickers and permit parking stickers. The 32nd Ward Alderman, Scott Waguespack, has announced that the next meeting will be held in Bucktown to discuss the unification of zones, as well as the possible change of hours on the signs. If you cannot attend this meeting, but would like to learn more or voice your opinion, please contact Alderman Waguespack's office at: 773.248.1330, or email Kerri Stojack at: kstojack@cityofchicago.org ***** ***** ***** ***** 3. JUMP, JIVE & JIGGLE FOR JASPER! (Fundraiser the whole family can attend.) Saturday, February 23rd, 11am-2pm Drummond School Gymnasium 1845 W Cortland The money raised at this event will go directly to the MLD Foundation to support further research. This fundraiser is a dance-a-thon so make sure to wear your dancing shoes. Show off your dance moves while listening to the music. There will also be some group dances like the Hokey-Pokey, The Tooty-Ta, the Chicken Dance and the Cha-Cha slide. Your attendance at this low-cost, low-key fundraiser would be a terrific way to to show your support for our fellow FODers, while also socializing with the larger Drummond community and enjoying a fun family event! To find out more about the event and to register, please click here: www.jumpjiggleandjive.com In addition to attending the event, you can volunteer to help out. Additional raffle prizes are needed, as our volunteers to help with set-up, clean-up, and other day-of functions. This is an easy way to get involved at Drummond without making a massive commitment. To volunteer or donate to the event, or to find out more about FOD, please contact: Monica Lasky President, FOD monica@friendsofdrummond.org 773-252-6290 ***** ***** ***** ***** 4. SPRING ONLINE REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR HOLSTEIN PARK & CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT Monday, February 25th, 9am Online registration for all the Spring programs at Holstein Park, Wicker Park and other Chicago Park District locations starts (and often ends) on this date. Kids T-ball (ages 4-6), Little League baseball (ages 7-9), Moms, Pops & Tots, After School Program and Summer Softball Leagues are only some of the programs available. But this year, you must sign up online. THERE WILL BE NO ON SITE REGISTRATION. Go to the Chicago Park District website and look under the tab for Holstein Park: www.chicagoparkdistrict.com Many programs fill quickly, so mark your calendars! For updates about Holstein happenings and to receive a monthly email newsletter, visit the Friends of Holstein Park here: www.friendsofholsteinpark.com ***** ***** ***** ***** 5. BCO MONTHLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, February 25th, 7pm Tea Essence 1913 N Milwaukee ***** ***** ***** ***** 6. BUCKTOWN GARDEN WALK COMMITTEE MEETING Wednesday, February 27th, 7pm Club Lucky - Club Room 1824 W Wabansia The BCO officially added a new board position in January that will be responsible for overseening the community wide event, and we have appointed past BCO president Eva Bergant to head it up. She has already formed a committee which includes members from the former Bucktown Garden Club and other interested neighbors to start the planning. The 2008 edition of the Bucktown GardenWalk will take place the weekend of July 12th & 13th. The committee will be meeting monthly to plan the Garden Walk and we invite anyone interested in getting involved to join us at this meeting. Visit our GardenWalk page on the BCO website for updates: bucktown.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=71 Please direct any questions to Eva Bergant at Eva@Bucktown.org ***** ***** ***** ***** 7. SENIORS RIDE THE RTA FREE PROGRAM Begins March 17th From 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack's e-newsletter: Beginning March 17, 2008, seniors over the age of 65 are eligible for free transit on RTA routes. Seniors will need senior reduced fare cards in order to take advantage of free rides. If you already have a senior reduced fare card, you will be automatically enrolled and the card will take effect on March 17. The RTA plans to eventually transition all current senior reduced fare permit cards to smart cards, which will allow quicker and easier boarding for seniors. Notifications will be sent in advance of this change. For seniors who do not have a reduced fare card, you can simply register during regular business hours at any authorized RTA center. For more information on registration sites, go to www.rtachicago.com or call 836-7000 from any area code. To receive Alderman Waguespack's email updates, please click here: visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101810926312 Or contact his office at: 2657 N. Clybourn Chicago, IL 60614 Phone: 773.248.1330 Fax: 773.248.1360 32ndWard@gmail.com ***** ***** ***** ***** 8. ENVIRONMENT ILLINOIS WINTER NEWSLETTER IS ONLINE: <HERE> ***** ***** Have a not-for-profit event that we should be listing? Please let us know! Simply send an email to Bucktown_News@Bucktown.org with the words "News Item" in the subject. For more information about the Bucktown Community Organization please visit our website: bucktown.org BCO General Email: BCO@bucktown.org BCO Hotline: 312.409.4003 Mail Address: Bucktown Community Organization 1658 N Milwaukee Ave PO Box 520 Chicago, IL 60647 If you no longer wish to receive email announcements please type "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject box and hit "Reply". peace love goat
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