Hi neighbors!

The GPA Historic District Committee would like to do the projects listed below but we can't do them unless we get your help. Please send a note to Paul Bednar at paul@paulbednar.com,
if you are interested in any one of these activities.

Neighbor socials, including:
Annual Night in the Park ( probably Gifford Park) with music, food, games, giveaways
Halloweenfest 2018 - with pumpkin giveaways at the schools and a carving contest at the park or at a school. Event to include prizes and food/drink
Neighborhood -wide Yard Sales
 
Neighborhood work projects, including:
                Landscape Street Corners (Chicago St will wait until it is repaved)
                Litter clean-up, Spring and Fall
                Holiday décor on Historic District signs
                Great Unveiling
                Neighborworks type event to include painting park gazebo and other items
 
Neighborhood Education, including;
                Workshops on painting, color selection, paver installations, window repair, etc.
                House Plaque assistance
 
Meetings with City, including:
                Lobby for more rehab funds
                Lobby for more code inspection
                Lobby for stronger apartment inspections
 
Make appropriate repairs to lights, walks and fill in gaps in parkways with street trees and remove extra signage from poles in neighborhood.
 
  

Gifford Park Association
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