June 23, 2011
47th Ward Block Club Discussion
Led by Dan Kleinman, Organizer of TheNeighborhoodFirst.org and volunteer with 47 Ward Alderman Pawar
Recap of Meeting by Linda Silbert for Graceland West Community Association
The purpose of this meeting was to bring together the the other active clubs in the 47th Ward.
There are 12 active clubs, only 6 were present at this meeting; Greater Rockwell Organization, Ravenswood Community Council, Graceland West Community Association, Riverbank Neighbors, North Center Neighborhood Association, and Anderson South Neighborhood Association.
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Ernie Constantino, Director of Constituent Services for Alderman Pawar spoke about improving services and reaching out to communities; truly communicating with local residents.
Attendees from the 6 clubs above introduced themselves and spoke a bit about their Councils and their neighborhoods. All the clubs have Active members, meet Quarterly and have a membership fee. They all have newsletter and pride themselves on communicating and knowing their neighbors; having Garden Walks, Garage Sales, Neighborhood Block Parties, Dinners. I said that I joined the Council about a year ago and I am the liaison between the Council and the Alderman’s office. In the past the Alderman has asked about new businesses and has wanted the approval of GWCA. It has been a good relationship and I expressed that I wanted this to continue. The Alderman continues to send Newsletters to members of the 47th Ward. If you want to receive these newsletters and are not…please send your email address to info@chicago47.org. Many groups have Websites and some use facebook and Yahoo groups to communicate with neighbors. Most Clubs began in the late 70’s early 80’s except for Ravenswood Community Council which began in 1959.
Dan Kleinman wanted this meeting to bring together the Clubs that form the 47th Ward to discuss and formulate a process that we all can use to develop and grow. There are other areas in the 47th Ward that do not have Clubs and there was talk about supporting these neighborhoods in starting a Council and possibly mentoring with existing Councils.
Ernie said that he would have a Map of the 47th Ward available so that we could see the Neighborhoods clearly. We even joked about having T-shirts made!
