From The Rogers Park Garden Group – Rogers Park, Chicago comes this proposal that will warm any gardener’s heart during a chilly January.
A proposal to “Adopt the Public Way”
The Rogers Park Garden Group (RPGG) is delighted to make available a limited number of public gardening grants up to $1,000 for the improvement of spaces...
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Gardening Grants Available in Rogers Park
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O’Brien: Keeping Lake Michigan Clean?
By Curtis Black, Newstips Editor
“It’s my job to clean up our water and keep pollution out of Lake Michigan,” says MWRD president Terrence O’Brien in the first TV ad of his campaign for County Board president (watch it on youtube). “It’s time to clean up Cook County.”
In fact, as Newstips reported last April, under O’Brien the...
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West Loop Residents Angry: Dogs Do Their Business While Dog Owners Fail to Do Theirs
November 25, 2009
By Jean-Virgile Tasse-Themens
A dozen residents of the West Loop protested at a Town Hall meeting last week about the constant presence of dog feces on sidewalks and in parks. Residents are upset about owners not cleaning up after their dogs in those public spaces.
John Finnegan, a resident of the West Loop since...
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Preservationists, Neighbors “Sickened” by City’s Removal of Trees, Landscaping at Michael Reese Hospital
Sharon K. Jackson was looking out her eighth floor window at the Prairie Shores apartments in Bronzeville when she noticed something different about the former Michael Reese Hospital site next door.
“I couldn’t figure out what it was,” said Jackson. “All of the sudden it looked like a slum. Then I realized trees were gone....
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Desire to Go Green Drives Chicagoland Car-Free Day Sept. 22
The Active Transportation Alliance is partnering with RTA, CTA, Pace and Metra to encourage people to get around with transit or on bike and on foot, and asking you to consider joining the thousands of people around Chicagoland who will pledge to leave their cars at home for the inaugural Chicagoland Car-Free Day Sept....
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Proposed Air Pollution Ordinance Has Opposing Environmental Groups Fired Up
A proposed ordinance that would restrict open burns in forest preserves and city parks was shelved before an expected vote at last week’s Chicago City Council meeting, sent back to a committee for more scrutiny after an environmental group raised concerns.
The amendment to the city’s Air Pollution Control Ordinance calls for—among other things— a...
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Angry Aldermen Sound Off On Lakefront Parking Fees
A plan to charge $1 per hour to park along Chicago’s lakefront will move forward despite the protests of several aldermen who say the fees will restrict access to one of the city’s crown jewels.
“This is about access to the lakefront, which is an asset that’s owned by all the citizens of Chicago,” said...
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Open Spaces Draws Chicagoans To Play In The Streets
Chicagoans took to the streets in what could be described as an eight-mile block party on Aug. 1.
For the second year, Open Streets closed streets in the North Lawndale, Garfield Park, Logan Square and Humboldt Park neighborhoods for residents of all ages looking to ride, walk, dance or rollerblade
The event brought residents from across...
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Work and Walk Saturday at Spicebush Woods with ‘Swallowtail Sleuths’
Be good to Mother Nature without leaving city limits. Friends of the Parks (FOTP) is asking for volunteers to Spicebush Woods on Saturday, August 1 at 9 a.m. to help with the second cleanup of the summer. Rebecca Blazer, Director, Forest Preserve Initiative, at FOTP said the aim of the clean up is to...
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