 | September 6th, 9:30 am - The Newberry Library offers
a beginner's workshop "Genealogy and Local History Orientation"
to help you research your family or house history. Also,
Saturday, October 4th at 9:30 am. Register at
www.newberry.org or call
312/255-3700. |
| Pulaski Park Playground News - the refurbishing of the
donated playground equipment is still not complete, but hopes are that
it will be back in place by fall 2008. |
| Lower Membership Dues- due to the reduced costs of postage
for mailings it was decided to reduce the rates for membership to
encourage new members to join PPNA. Check out the new
rates on our Membership page. It was also decided to do more
polling via e-mail when issues come up in lieu of holding requests for
information to a general membership meeting, if you are not a member
you will not be notified of any important zoning or neighborhood
issues. |
| Recycling (blue carts) in 1st Ward -
The 1st Ward is part of
the seven ward recycling pilot project, the Blue Cart Program, which
started a few months ago. Recyclables are picked up every other
week, black garbage carts are still picked up weekly. The Blue
Cart program is a sort separated recycling program modeled after a
successful pilot project in the Beverly neighborhood.
Recyclables should be cleaned and placed directly in to blue carts
that will be picked up every 2 weeks. Below are some of the
basics on the new Blue Cart recycling program |
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* In order to participate in the Blue Cart program you must have city
garbage pick-up defined as a single family home or a building up |
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to 4 units |
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* Residents can recycle containers and paper materials, including
paper, cardboard, plastics and aluminum in their blue cart. |
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* all recyclables should be cleaned and placed directly in the blue
cart. Once the recyclables are collected, machines at the
recycling |
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plant will sort and separate the products. It is best to not
place recyclables in bags, because this will stall some of the
processing. |
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* Recyclables will be collected separately from your regular garbage
pick-up. Regular trash will still be picked up once a week. |
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Yard waste will be collected every 2 weeks with recyclables. |
| For more information contact the Alderman at;
ward01@cityofchicago.org. |
| 14th precinct Cdr.Avila has requested community support by
showing up to court hearings for graffiti and defacement on Milwaukee,
Ashland and Cleaver. Your presence makes an impact on the
judge and sends a statement that the community cares. For more
information you can contact the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of
Commerce. |
| SSA#33 commissioners, Dan Karuna and Claudia Skylar, discussed
the process that the new Wicker Park SSA#33 has taken in getting input
from the community at a recent EWPO meeting that PPNA members were
invited to attend.. One of the top concerns so far is to provide snow
and ice removal from sidewalks on all of the SSA streets (Ashland,
North, Division, Milwaukee and Western) as well a master plan for
transportation, landscape assessment |
| The Bucktown/Wicker Park Library - Hours are
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday and Saturday - closed on Sundays. For more info call:
312/744-6022. The new branch library located at the corner of
Milwaukee and Wabansia offers free internet computer access and wi-fi
access for those with laptops They also have "Playaways", a
digital audio player that holds one audio book and are available for
check out - they are free (the library staff will also toss in fresh
batteries for you). The new space has 2 stories and 15,500 square feet of
space and a small parking lot. The CPL has earmarked
$400,000 for new acquisitions of books and audio/visual materials to
the combined collection from the former storefront libraries in Wicker
Park and Bucktown that closed last year. A community meeting
room will be available that can accommodate up to 125 people.
"Find-It" computers will be available to search the CPL system-wide
catalogue with activities planned for: Story Times, Summer
Reading Program, Adult Book Discussions and the Museum Passport. |
| New Street Cleaning Signs- Keep track
of new signage that may be going up soon in our neighborhood that will
change the street cleaning days to the first Tuesday and Wednesday of
the month instead of Mondays and Tuesdays. There will be
no scheduled street cleanings on Mondays in the 1st ward due to the
number of holidays that fall on Mondays that disrupt the schedule.
There is an exception to the July schedule when the 4th falls on a
Tuesday - Street cleaning will occur on Monday and Wednesday that day.
Set your cell phone calendar or your palm pilot as a reminder so you
remember to move your car on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the
month. |
| New Parkway Trees - Did you notice?
Many neighbors received their requested parkway trees this past
November. If you don't have a tree in front of your home
and would like one, please call 311 to request a tree. You will
receive a postcard from the Forestry Department asking you to call in
to confirm that you do want a tree on your parkway. Be sure to
respond to this postcard. Trees are planted in the late fall and
very early spring. |
| New Garden at Pulaski Park - This
summer look for some vibrant colors to pop up from the courtyard
garden planted last September by PPNA and Pulaski Park Advisory
Council members. The Friends of the Parks donated money to
purchase plants and bulbs to re-plant the "stone soup" garden that
PPNA had planted with donated plants the year before. The
new garden was designed by landscape designer and master gardener,
Lois Grimm and some of the bulbs will be popping up shortly as spring
nears. Adequate mulch was also applied to keep the amount
of weeding to a minimum. Stop by this spring or summer and enjoy
the newly planted garden. |
| Graffiti Blasters - If you see graffiti on a neighbor's
fence or garage, take the time to call 311 and report the incident
ASAP. They will ask for the address and the location (rear on
garage door, side of fence, etc.) ;type of surface ( wood, brick -
painted or unpainted); if the markings are over 6 feet high; if they
are hate or gang symbols; if they are close to a school or church -
take the time to call it in on your cell phone - the more the calls
come in the quicker it will come off. |
| 32nd Ward Aldermanic Liaison - We are still in need
of a volunteer from the 32nd ward section of our neighborhood to act
as the liaison between PPNA and 32nd Ward Ald. Scott Waguespack's office.
Please call Kapra ( 773/354-1239) to volunteer or email PPNA at
mail@pulaskiparkneighbors.org. |
