Jefferson Park Forward and our Livability & Attractiveness Committee would like to thank the following businesses for their efforts in creating beauty in Jefferson Park by maintaining flower displays outside their businesses this summer. Local Businesses Adding Beauty to Jefferson Park E Mortgage Corp. (5632 W.…
Memberships What they are, why we need it
Memberships Jefferson Park Forward was formed during the fall of 2015. In that time we’ve done the following things: Organized and defined our organization around a coherent mission and vision statement. Assembled leadership and working committees to carry out our mission and vision. Established our organization as…
Participatory Budgeting Voting Recommendations And a primer on what participatory budgeting is
If you don’t know what participatory budgeting means, you should, because it’s your tax dollars at work in a democratic way. Below is a primer of what participatory budgeting is and our recommendations towards the bottom. Participatory budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how…
Social Committee Update Regarding our first pub crawl
As Chair of the Social Committee, I want to thank all who attended and promoted this our first Pub Crawl. Our hosts were overwhelmed with joy and eagerness to learn about us and continue supporting us. We raised almost $500 for the Olive’s Neighborhood Garden…
Jefferson Park Forward is a Non-Profit What this means for us
JPF is a Non-Profit A little while ago I published a quick announcement on our Facebook page notifying our members that Jefferson Park Forward had its non-profit Articles of Incorporation approved by the State of Illinois. I posted this as a hurrah for all the work…
Fundraising & Services Committee Survey
Fellow Jefferson Park Forward members, The committee members of the Fundraising & Services Committee have created a survey, and we graciously ask that you take 5 minutes out of your busy day to complete it. We know that your time is valuable and the last…
Committee Definitions Where we put our ideas into action
We heard you loud and clear after the first public meeting back in November (meeting minutes). And we have spent the last two months compiling your comments – all 180 of them – and began to think about committees that could be built to actually…
The Reader Article Urbanism vs. Suburbanism in Jefferson Park
I am sure many of you saw the article written about Jefferson Park Forward. I would like to lay out a couple of things on the article. First, Jefferson Park Forward is not one person, it’s all of us. The 60+ people who showed up…
Hello, Jefferson Park!
Welcome to Jefferson Park Forward. Your new neighborhood association. Jefferson Park Forward was created by a group of residents with one thing in common: a desire to work together to improve the community. We choose to embrace an open-minded approach to new ideas and perspectives…