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One-time events and ongoing activities (public and ticketed) in the Emerson-Garfield neighborhood.

Traffic-Calming Workshops (Jan 26, 27 & Feb 3)

Traffic-Calming Workshops (Jan 26, 27 & Feb 3)

The Office of Neighborhood Services is hosting three different traffic-calming workshops for anyone interested in learning how their grassroots traffic-calming proposals can turn into fully realized projects. To put it another way: If you really want a roundabout or a crosswalk somewhere, these workshops will let you know if it’s possible and, if so, how to go about making it happen. The workshops will take place on Tuesday, January 26 at the Northeast Community Center (4001 N Cook), Wednesday, January 27 at…

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Neighborhood Notification Trainings (Jan 12 & 28)

Neighborhood Notification Trainings (Jan 12 & 28)

Owing to the popularity of its previous Neighborhood Notification training session on December 28, the Office of Neighborhood Services has coordinated two more training sessions. The first is a repeat of the earlier Neighborhood Notification Training. That is scheduled for today (Tuesday, January 12) from 5:30-7:00pm at the the West Central Community Center (1603 N Belt) in the Mason Room at the rear of the building. If you missed the first one in December, it would be useful to attend this one to get an overview of what Neighborhood…

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Neighborhood Notification Training (Dec 28)

Neighborhood Notification Training (Dec 28)

Following the passage of the Neighborhood Notification Ordinance, neighborhoods have had questions about the notifications they have received and how they are expected to respond. To better educate and prepare neighborhoods for this responsibility, the Office of Neighborhood Services has organized a training in partnership with the Building & Developer Services Department to help neighborhood councils navigate the development notifications. The training session will be held on Monday, December 28 starting at 5:45pm in the Newton Room of the West Central Community Center…

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Winter Potluck 2015 (Dec 9)

Winter Potluck 2015 (Dec 9)

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council is hosting its annual Winter Potluck on Wednesday, December 9 starting at 6pm at the Corbin Senior Activity Center (827 W Cleveland). The December 2015 meeting of the EGNC will follow with a seasonally light agenda. We’ll be discussing proposed changes to how CDBG sidewalk money is allocated, brainstorming projects for 2016, and doing some year-end housekeeping. This event isn’t limited to members of the neighborhood council. Anyone who lives, works or owns property is invited to attend!…

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Materials for the Nov 11 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

Materials for the Nov 11 E-G Neighborhood Council Meeting

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council meets tonight (Wednesday, November 11) at 6pm in the Corbin Senior Activity Center (827 W Cleveland) to discuss and/or vote on the following: Allocating $24,145 in remaining 2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to the installation of new sidewalks along Cedar, Emerson Park improvements, and the West Central Community Center​. Photos roughly outlining those proposals are below and are also included in the agenda. Recaps of the Fall Cleanup, the NW Blvd Greening Grant planting, and the…

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