Chicago Police closed the Wood Street station house at yearend. East Village Association board meeting minutes, Jan. 14, 2013 Submitted by Meghan Quinn Winter Mixer 2013 Tom Tomek will bring the old EVA signs to auction off. Gladys Anselmo stated that most of the party supplies will be donated, but we will need to spend $100-200 of EVA funds. Everyone is encouraged to bring a new neighbor. Gladys Anselmo/Peter Locke will put together a half-sheet takeaway for people to learn more about EVA and what we do. Suzi Wahl will do a story time for the kids, so the adults can mingle. The suggestion was made to invite all of the other neighborhood groups such as Wicker Park Committee, Chicago Grand Neighbors Association, Ukrainian Village Neighborhood Association, Eckhart Park Advisory Council, etc. Neal has already invited many of them. Another fundraising idea would be to get EVA T-shirts made with our logo on them. We should get them made locally if we do this. Next meeting’s speak...

By Beth Sholtis Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce/ WPB SSA #33 Join us for a presentation about the first 5 years of the Wicker Park Bucktown Special Service Area #33 on Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the community meeting room at the Bucktown-Wicker Park Library, 1701 N. Milwaukee Ave. Doors open at 6pm and the presentation starts at 6:30pm. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about WPB committees and how you can be more involved. Refreshments will be provided. Our work is community directed and your input is invaluable. Please follow this link to our survey and let us know what you think about the SSA programs. WPB SSA#33 is a local tax district that funds expanded services on the major commercial streets and supports community programs in Wicker Park Bucktown.

By Gladys Alcazar-Anselmo Neighbors are planning to bring their kids to the East Village Association winter mixer Friday. The party is set for 6 to 8 pm at Banco Popular, 1445 W. Chicago Ave. We will be offering a story-time session for the 6-and-under set. Ticket price is $10 and children of members are welcome and free. Price includes appetizers and drinks. We are asking guest to bring a dessert to share. A silent auction will sell two of the old EVA signs. The funds raised will go into EVA general funds. EVA members and guests can bring a dessert and participate in a bake-off contest. Members who bring a new member to the event will have their names entered into a raffle.

By Ronda Locke Thanks to all the neighbors who came out and to Ald. Proco Joe Moreno's officeand the Cook County Sheriff's Work Alternative Program to do a neighborhood cleanup. They did the 1st Ward sections of Rice, Iowa, Wolcott and Wood streets. Hope to get them back for another clean-up.

East Village Association Jan. 7, 2013, membership meeting minutes, submitted by Meghan Quinn Business Minute Dave Ecton stopped by to introduce himself and talk about the Dominick’s Finer Foods store at 2021 W. Chicago Ave., where he has been manager for 10 months. Ecton made sure to point out that if there is anything you would like the store to stock and don’t see when you’re shopping, feel free to ask. He's in his office at the front of the store most days from 7:30am to 5:30pm, and wants to be very accessible to the community. The store just completed a remodel and brought 1,000 new ethnic items to the shelves. The store is five years old , and recently retrofitted lighting on Lee Street behind the building will help ensure safety and security for customers. Tiles on the exterior façade with artwork by local children are unfortunately no longer there. EVA would like to see the reinstatement of some public art on the façade, and plans to send along pictures of the previou...

By Molly Murray The new beat meeting schedule has been set for the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy in our combined police district. We will now meet every other month. If the last 2 digits of your beat are even (1212) then you will meet on the even months, odd (1213) the odd months. The East Village beat 1322 has been split into 2 new beats. Wood Street is the new dividing line. If you live on the west side of Wood Street you are now in beat 1212. If you are on the east side of Wood, you are now 1213. North-south boundaries are still Division Street to Chicago Avenue.  Below you will find the exact boundaries of each beat and the time and location of your meetings. I now will be involved only with beat 1213. I will still send out general information/community concerns for the entire district, but meeting reminders only for beat 1213. If you want to be added to or removed from my distribution, please let me know .