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Community Meeting - Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Ginza Holiday, Hot Dog Festival, and other Summer Events
Lincoln 11 Pilot Program Ends
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Join us at DePaul University's College of Education, located at
2247 North Halsted Avenue
, on
Wednes
day, August 16, 2017 at 6:00 PM
to discuss the proposal to change a retail store location to a high-end liquor store.
Click
here
for more information.
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Park Space Push Going Strong
Our fight continues for a much needed park with more than 800 people signing the online petition demanding 15 acres of contiguous land in the North Branch Industrial Corridor. Continued community engagement is vital to achieve a much needed park for Chicago residents.
As I've previously written during the early stages of this ordinance, parkland is vital to the future of our City and key to retaining families in our Ward.
If you agree that parkland is vital to a community, join the coalition of park advocates today by si
mply signing the online petition here.
Forward the link or print the
petition and circulate it to your friends.
If you know of any other organizations that would like to be a park advocate, please reach out to our office at
yourvoice@ward43.org
and we'd be happy to update the petition.
Thank you for supporting more park land in Chicago.
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Lincoln Avenue 11 Pilot Program Ends
As many residents know, CTA has decided to discontinue the
#11 Lincoln Avenue bus line's extended route on September 1, 2017, after it was restored in June 2016 through a
pilot program. The decision was made due to the lack of continuous ridership.
Read the Chicago Tribune
article on the discontinued bus line for more information.
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Annual Ginza Holiday Festival - August 11,12,13
Join the Midwest Buddhist Temple for the 2017
Ginza Holiday Festival. E
xhibits and booths will feature Japanese textiles, clothing, artwork and jewelry.
Food offerings include an abundance of traditional Japanese cuisine and beverages.
Click
here to read more about the festival.
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Chicago Hot Dog Festival Returns to Lincoln Park
The
Chicago Hot Dog Fest celebrates its fifth year! The festival will take place
Friday, August 11, 2017 to Sunday, August, 13, 2017 from 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
at the corner of Stockton and LaSalle Street.
Click here to get your tickets.
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Bugapalooza at the Notebaert Museum
Stop by the bug zoo,
2430 North Cannon Drive, on
Friday, August 11, 2017 to interact with live critters, both native and exotic species. Attendees will meet
an entomologist and learn how to pin an insect specimen with museum collections staff.
All ages are welcome, register
here.
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Upcoming Movies in the Park at Jonquil
No glass containers or alcoholic beverages, please.
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History Happy Hour at the Chicago History Museum
The
Chicago History Museum hosts a History Happy Hour on
Tuesday, August 15, 2017. This monthly series features spirits-tasting and museum tours.
August's edition relives two spectacular wonders that were Chicago World's Fairs:
The World's Columbian Expedition (1893) and
A Century of Progress (1933-1934)
.
Click
here to purchase tickets.
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Kathleen Newman will host a three-hour plein air sketchbook class on
August 16, 2017 and August 17, 2017.
Tom Francesconi will host day-long workshops on
August 26, 2017
and
August 27, 2017
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For more information and to register, click here.
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See you in the neighborhood,
Michele Smith
Alderman, 43rd Ward
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43rd Ward Office Hours: M 9 AM - 7 PM, T-F 9 AM - 6 PM
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