EVA News: Streets & San, St. Boniface, deli order

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Here's the latest newsletter with news from eastvillagechicago.org. Features include a preview of Monday Feb. 7's EVA meeting with Streets & Sanitation Supt. Manuel Gonzalez; an update on preservation of St. Boniface Church, and plans for a new delicatessen restaurant on Ashland Avenue.
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