Report from the Field: The Farm on Damen Avenue
By Pat McParland The Farm On Damen Avenue That’s right! A new farm, well really a farmer’s market, has arrived…
Community Events
Bringing Your Interests to Life: Great Decisions Expands to the Northside
By Dr. Tana Durnbaugh The opportunity to discuss foreign policy in a guided format is unique to Great Discussions the…
1oth Annual Northcenter Garden Walk – 6/26/16
By Karen KF | Join your neighbors for 10th Annual Northcenter Garden Walk, on Sunday, June 26, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event will feature more than 40 unique gardens and outdoor spaces.
# 11 Lincoln Bus Returns June 20th! Go Ride!
By Karen KF | Ride starting Monday, June 20th! Ride often, and ride with your friends. We have to ride the bus to get it to come back for good!!!
FREE: National Senior Health & Fitness Day
by Karen K.F. | Our friends at Swedish Covenant Hospital’s Galter LifeCenter are hosting National Senior Health and Fitness Day on Wednesday, May 25, from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Tidying Up: Listen, Learn and Share
by Helene Wineberg | We all have stuff, most of us have too much of it. Join us at Sulzer Library as a professional organizer helps us to rethink our relationship to stuff.
Join Us at the Union League Club for the State of Chicago’s Neighborhoods
Forward Chicago is delighted to have been asked to participate in a forum convened by the League of Women voters.
Forward Chicago Supports Ravenswood Senior Housing Development
by Helene Wineberg | Most of the discontent about the senior housing project planned for the former Ravenswood Hospital site is about parking issues. We think this issue can be resolved.
Join Us to Champion Sustainable Senior Housing
A community meeting will be held Wednesday on the proposal to convert 4501 North Winchester Ave., the site of the former Ravenswood Hospital, into 74 senior affordable housing units and a supportive living facility with 120 units.
Get Ready to Ride: The #11 Lincoln Bus is Coming Back
Good things come to those who work for change! The Crosstown Bus Coalition, comprised of North and South Siders, successfully advocated for the return of both the #11 bus and the #31 bus. Both routes will return in the Spring, but it’s only a pilot project for now. Still, we’re celebrating!
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