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Meeting Minutes and Documents

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Minutes and documents from North River Commission's past meetings and planning sessions have been added to the website. You will find them under the News section on our homepage in "Meeting Minutes and Documents" . 

   

Request for Proposals: Multicultural Sculpture Park and Healing Garden

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      The Multicultural Sculpture Park and Healing Garden in Ronan Park and the North River Commission are currently seeking submissions for the creation of a series of new art pieces to be installed in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood. All sculptures need to remain in the garden for approximately one calendar year. Additionally, each art piece must be able to withstand the harsh weather conditions associated with a Chicago winter, including: high wind-speeds and frigid temperatures. But even more importantly, the sculptures themselves must embody the sentiments motivating the original creation of the garden, which is to provide a place for residents of Albany Park to rest, reflect, and renew. 

     If you are an artist, and you are interested in creating a sculpture piece in order to support this initiative, and you want to the public to enjoy your work, ask the North River Commission for a full “Request for Proposal” packet, which includes:
 
                         a. Guidelines & Policies as a Prospective Sculptor
                         b. General Information on the Multicultural Sculpture Park and Healing Garden in Ronan Park
                         c. Sculptor Proposal Submission Form
                         d. Multicultural Sculpture Park and Healing Garden Checklist Form
 
     Please inform the North River Commission (NRC) of your interest in participating in this unique public arts opportunity by contacting our Arts & Culture Intern:
 
Morghan Wolf
North River Commission
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773-478-0202 x112
 

Housing Planning Priorities and Ideas

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 Top Housing Priorities

Set at NRC’s Housing Planning Meeting – December 4th, 2012

Note: Community-elected top priorities per “project area” are numbered.
Other ideas are highlighted by an asterisk.
 
Housing Creation & Real Estate Development 
1.  Explore feasibility for owning/partnering for development 
2.  Identify properties for new development (multi-family and senior)
o Connect potential buyers and current landlords to purchase/rehab substandard buildings
o Consider working with landlords to reduce costs and generate revenue 
 
Energy Efficiency 
1.  Promote energy efficiency programs and resources to homeowners and landlords
o Energy Impact Illinois Rebate Program 
*   Encourage civics to host free energy “demos” to become more energy efficient and spread word  
     about energy efficiency opportunities
 
Preserving Rental Housing/Landlord Support 
1.  Lower costs of running apartment buildings
o Build a network of landlords
o Explore cost saving opportunities
o Voluntary participation
o Shared resources (preferred vendor list/builders group)
2.  Create a database of landlords 
o Identify preferred method of communication
o Develop a Yahoo Group or listserv to share information and resources
3.  Address safety issues
o Gang issues
o Focus attention on hot spots
o Need for more police involvement
o Better lighting
o Install security cameras
4.  Conduct broad community outreach 
o More education on available programs and services
*   Facilitate city connections 
o Meetings with landlords and city officials
*   Continue to identify programs and resources 
*   Provide technical assistance to individual landlords
*   Organize housing advocacy campaigns
o Example: porch codes- advocate for clear, simple, consistent and reasonable codes
 
Homeownership/Condominium Owners Support 
1.  Support condo owners: work with associations for better management and to reduce costs
2.  Foreclosure outreach and take control of properties post-foreclosure 
o Identify developers to quickly buy, rehab and sell foreclosed properties 
o Build relationships with banks to identify houses with distressed owners (pre-foreclosure)
o Utilize relationships with banks for group selling and/or help identify developers
*   Advocacy role to push for reduction in loan principle for pre-foreclosure buildings
*   Create or identify home repair rebates for single family homes 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Planning Meeting Results

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 Among the top priorities at NRC’s Housing planning meeting include assisting landlords to lower the cost of managing apartment buildings, promoting energy efficiency programs and working with condominium associations for better management. 


December 4, 2012 –North River Commission (NRC) held our final planning meeting as part of a five part visioning series in order to create our community’s next 5 year strategic plan.  Hundreds of community leaders and businesses came together throughout 2012 to develop visions and goals in the areas of arts and culture, education, economic development, housing and parks and open spaces.

At NRC's Housing Planning meeting held at Mayfair Commons, 4444 W. Lawrence Avenue, community members, civic associations, landlords, homeowners, tenants and housing organizations worked together to discuss and decide key priorities including Housing Creation and Real Estate Development, Energy Efficiency, Preserving Rental Housing and Landlord Support and Homeownership/Condominium Support. 

Highlights of Visioning for Housing goals for the next 5 years:
*Promote energy efficient resources and programs to homeowners and area landlords
*Build a network of local landlords to assist them in lowering the cost of managing apartment buildings 
*Explore opportunities to build new affordable senior and family housing
*Provide technical assistance to support condominium associations’ management needs

Thank you to our committed leaders for facilitating the discussion and to all the community members who came to share their ideas to shape our community’s housing goals for the next five years.
 
Did you miss this meeting? Are you interested in connecting to a project or an issue area? Click here for the full list of priorities and ideas from the meeting. Check out our Facebook page for pictures. All of our meetings are open to the public - and we welcome you!  
 
 
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