Calendar: Triangle market, West Fest, Streets & San

By -
The monthly East Village Association meeting is Monday, delayed as usual from the July 4 holiday. EVA also is preparing for an Aug. 1 picnic in Commercial Park, 1845 W. Rice. Here are selected upcoming events:

July 7: Polish Triangle Marketplace. The farmers market returns from 2 till 8 p.m. at Division, Ashland and Milwaukee. Check out our slide show and the chamber of commerce's list of visitors.

July 7 & 8: Cans Fest. Too White Crew and Naughty By Nature perform outside the bar at Damen & Concord. More on its Facebook page.

July 9: Recycling Dropoff. Computer recycling and paper shredding in the Kmart parking lot at 1360 N. Ashland. Details here.

July 9 & 10: West Fest. King Khan and Local H are headliners at this year's street festival, fron noon till 10 on Chicago Avenue between Damen and Wood. See the complete lineup (with links to band websites) programmed by the Empty Bottle nightclub. There's also a Kid Fest on Wolcott from Chicago to Rice.

July 10: Wicker Park Farmers Market. The weekly market from 8 till 2 in the park at 1425 N. Damen. Here's the list of vendors.

July 11: East Village Association meeting. Parkway landscaping, storm damage, debris removal, rat control and street sweeping are likely topics for Streets & Sanitation Supt. Manuel Gonzalez at the Happy Village, Wolcott & Thomas. The presentation was scheduled for February but postponed by snowstorm.
Tom Tomek business card
Anselmo @properties business card,
Ask Nagel business card.

Popular posts from this blog

Crime puts La Spata on the spot

By -
Image
Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st Ward) speaks to East Village Association members June 13, 2022. Weekend gunfire turned a scheduled meeting with Ald. Daniel LaSpata into an hourlong discussion of public safety. Residents pressed the alderman on police response to calls and his own response to violent crime. The June 13 meeting was streamed on EVA's Facebook page . La Spata stated that the number of aggravated batteries and carjackings had fallen in East Village's two beats but a rise of robberies had been "frustrating." In weekly calls with 12th District Cmdr. Beth Giltmier, La Spata said he pushed for Chicago Avenue foot patrols. Residents asked if more street cameras would be installed in the ward, noting that early morning shots fired on their block two days before had no police response for more than an hour. La Spata said cameras were funded from the ward's discretionary "menu money" but he would not commit to funding cameras without consulting Giltmi
Read more

Ald. Villegas gets to know East Village

By -
Image
36th Ward Ald. Gilbert Villegas meets East Vlllage Association members Sept. 12, 2022 at Roots Pizza. East Village Association membership meeting Sept. 12, 2022, at Roots Pizza, 1924 W. Chicago Ave. Presiding: Dan Johnson, director East Village again is split in Chicago's City Council redistricting. Ald. Gilbert Villegas introduced himself to East Village Association members Sept. 12. In turn, members sounded him out on how he works with community groups on neighborhood issues. The remap pushes Villegas' 36th Ward boundaries east along Grand Avenue from Belmont Cragin into East Village. A West Town satellite office at 2246 W. Chicago Ave. is staffed Tuesday through Thursday. "I ran in 2019 under an acronym that I still use today, which is PEACE—Public Safety, Education Accountability, City Services and Economic Development," Villegas told EVA members before taking questions. "I'm not an alderman that's about defunding the police. I'm an alderma
Read more