JOINT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MEETING
Street festival discussion continues among leaders of EVA, Bucktown Community Organization, Chicago Grand Neighbors Association, Ukrainian Village Neighborhood Association and Wicker Park Committee. The group discussed the concept of no permits without:
- Improvement in traffic or garbage;
- Safety/security planning with community organizations at table;
- Greater local business participation in the fests;
- Extending cleanup further geographically;
- A greater share of profits to community;
- Better control of finances.
Some in the group are concentrating on a press push (e.g., WBEZ interview). EVA wants results and agreements. Bucktown Arts Festival immediately came forward with a lot of information.
This group will try pull in some other neighborhood associations north of Bucktown. EVA will propose that the group sponsor aldermanic debates in Wards 1 & 2, probably in January 2015. Some aldermen are resisting already.
BLOCK PARTYSunday Aug. 3. Neal McKnight will ask Ronda Locke to pull permit.