Please take this JPF designed survey to give feedback to Friends of the Parks and the Chicago Park District on the replacement of the Austin/Foster play lot. This play lot has funding for a full replacement, which is scheduled to begin later this summer. Please…
Jefferson Park Forward May General Meeting The Windsor Tavern 4530 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Agenda: 7:00-7:05 – Welcome 7:05-7:15 – Update on Long/Argyle 7:15-7:45 – Committee Updates 7:45-8:00 – Guest Speaker: Leah Levinger, Executive Director, Chicago Housing Initiative 8:00-8:05 – Guest Business Owner: Cosmic Bikes 8:05-8:10 – New Business 8:15 – Adjourn The JPF Fundraising and Services Committee will once…
Participatory Budgeting Voting Recommendations And a primer on what participatory budgeting is
If you don’t know what participatory budgeting means, you should, because it’s your tax dollars at work in a democratic way. Below is a primer of what participatory budgeting is and our recommendations towards the bottom. Participatory budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how…
JPF Spring Clean & Green Photo Gallery Saturday, April 16, 2016
Thanks to all of our members who came out to make the Jefferson Park Transit Center beautiful! A few photos of our hard work.
Social Committee Update Regarding our first pub crawl
As Chair of the Social Committee, I want to thank all who attended and promoted this our first Pub Crawl. Our hosts were overwhelmed with joy and eagerness to learn about us and continue supporting us. We raised almost $500 for the Olive’s Neighborhood Garden…
Jefferson Park Forward is a Non-Profit What this means for us
JPF is a Non-Profit A little while ago I published a quick announcement on our Facebook page notifying our members that Jefferson Park Forward had its non-profit Articles of Incorporation approved by the State of Illinois. I posted this as a hurrah for all the work…
Fundraising & Services Committee Survey
Fellow Jefferson Park Forward members, The committee members of the Fundraising & Services Committee have created a survey, and we graciously ask that you take 5 minutes out of your busy day to complete it. We know that your time is valuable and the last…
Committee Definitions Where we put our ideas into action
We heard you loud and clear after the first public meeting back in November (meeting minutes). And we have spent the last two months compiling your comments – all 180 of them – and began to think about committees that could be built to actually…
The Reader Article Urbanism vs. Suburbanism in Jefferson Park
I am sure many of you saw the article written about Jefferson Park Forward. I would like to lay out a couple of things on the article. First, Jefferson Park Forward is not one person, it’s all of us. The 60+ people who showed up…
Holiday Sparkle at the Jefferson Park Transit Center
Holiday Sparkle at the Jefferson Park Transit Center is our first neighborhood event. Join us on Monday, December 7th at 5:00 pm for tree lighting, caroling and hot cocoa. Volunteers are needed. Any and all are welcome. We heard loud and clear at our first meeting…
Meeting Minutes – November 17, 2015
Meeting minutes from the First Inaugural Public Meeting have been posted and are available here. Some pictures taken from the meeting below.
Today is the Day
Today is the day. The day when Jefferson Park residents get a choice in what neighborhood organization to join. We’re Jefferson Park Forward and we hope you’ll join us tonight, 7 pm at Fischman Liquors for our first inaugural meeting. Meet your neighbors, socialize, learn…
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