Graceland West Community Association

GWCA Mtg. + Green Roof Presentation & Demonstration
2018-06-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Rizal Center, 1332 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL, 60613, United States
Please join us and learn more about Green Roofs! Our brief Quarterly GWCA Meeting will be followed by a Green Roof Presentation & Demonstration. Green roofs can be applicable for flat roofs on homes, apartment buildings, condos, businesses, schools and garages.

GWCA Quarterly Mtg., elections & Green Roof Presentation / Demonstration
2018-06-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Rizal Community Center, 1332 Irving Park, Chicago, IL, United States
Please join us on Monday, June 11, 7 pm at Rizal for a short GWCA Mtg., elections and a Green Roof presentation & demonstration.
If you own a home, condo or business with a main or garage flat roof, we hope you’ll attend. If you’re a renter, we hope you’ll attend and bring your building owner or property manager.
GWCA and Rizal will provide food (Filipino food, lemonade and cookies) and we’ll celebrate Summer Solstice early.

GWCA Annual Yard / Garage Sale Rain Date
2018-06-03 09:00 - 16:00 | Illinois

GWCA Annual Yard / Garage Sale
2018-06-02 09:00 - 16:00 | Illinois

GWCA Street Leaf Cleanup, Saturday, November 10, 9-11 AM
2018-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Illinois
About half our leaves fall after the final city street cleaning. All neighbors are asked to help clean up street, intersection and crosswalk leaves to prevent street, basement and vehicle flooding and slick winter walking. Please bring 10 leaf bags and a rake or dust pan (to scoop leaves) and join neighbors at the closest Greenview intersection.
Rain / Sleet Day is the following Saturday, November 17.

GWCAFest 2018, Sunday, August 26th, 2-7 pm, Warner and Greenview
2018-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Illinois

GWCA Quarterly Community Mtg + elections + Green Roof Presentation / Demo
2018-04-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Illinois
Please join us on Monday, June 11, 7 pm at Rizal, 1332 Irving Park for a Green Roof Presentation and Demonstration. We’ll begin with a short Community Meeting and Council elections, followed by the Presentation / Demonstration.
Green Roofs can are now lighter weight and can even be DIY. If you have a home, condo or business with a main or garage flat roof, please attend. If you’re a renter, please bring your building owner or property manager.
GWCA and Rizal will provide food post meeting too and we’ll celebrate Summer Solstice early.

CAPS Beat 1912 - 7 PM at Sulzer Library
2018-03-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Illinois

GWCA to host Lake View Historians & Authors - Saturday, March 3, 11 am
2018-03-03 11:00 - 13:00 | Unnamed Venue, 1332 West Irving Park Rd, IL, 60613, United States
WHO: Well-known Lake View Historians and Authors, Garry Albrecht, Pat Butler and Matt Nickerson will discuss “Vintage Lake View” following a short GWCA Meeting.
WHEN: Saturday, March 3, 11 am
WHERE: The Rizal Community Center, 1332 Irving Park, (free parking)
All are welcome. Please join us and learn more about your neighborhood and all of Lake View.

Alderman Pawar & Tunney Present $20M LVHS Improvements + Campus re-do
2018-01-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Lake View HS, door #6, United States
Enter via Ashland Door # 6 (ring bell)

GWCA Meeting, Elections, Holiday Pot Luck - Dec 4, 7:15 pm
2017-12-04 19:15 - 20:30 | Jose Rizal Center, 1332 Irving Park
Please join us for a short GWCA Business meeting and elections and our 2017 Holiday Pot Luck (BYOB) at Rizal Center. Their parking lot is immediately east of their building.

GWCA Holiday Pot Luck - Monday, Dec 4th 7:15 pm. All neighbors and families, singles and all are invited
2017-11-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Illinois
Please bring a dish to share for our annual Holiday Pot Luck (BYOB).
We’ll have a short meeting, elections, and enjoy the evening. Let us know about any neighborhood news or needs.
Where? Rizal Center on Irving. They have a free parking lot on the east side of the building.

GWCA Community-Wide Street Leaf Cleanup - Sat, Nov 18, 9-11 am
2017-11-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Illinois
As most leaves fall after the final city street sweeping, Graceland West Community Association encourages all neighbors to work together and clean up remaining street, curb, crosswalk and sewer grate leaves on Sat, Nov 18, 9-11.
Please encourage some neighbors to join you. You can leave bagged leaves on your parkway and call 311 for a special pick-up.
Your efforts help prevent intersection, basement and vehicle flooding, eliminate rat habitat and make intersections and crosswalks safer for neighbors. You also maximize winter street parking by eliminating piles of leaves.
Before the cleanup, please rake your yard and parkway leaves and clean under garbage cans and dumpsters. Then on November 18th, please help get up remaining street leaves on your block.

GWCAFest 2017 Analysis and 2018 Planning. November 2nd 7 pm
2017-11-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Illinois
Barb Sullivan and Brad Pierce Co-chaired GWCAFest 2017. They are hosting a meeting at Barb’s house, 4117 Greenview to discuss what people liked, didn’t like this year and what neighbors would like to see in 2018. Please RSVP to Brad Pierce – bradfordpierce@gmail.com to participate.

GWCA Meeting - $20M LVHS Improvements - October 30th
2017-10-30 19:15 - 20:30 | Lake View HS, door #6, United States
Principal P. J. Karafiol will discuss Lake View High School scholastics and $20M in interior, exterior and campus improvements. Campus improvements will include new faculty parking, a new Play Lot, larger artificial turf playing field, larger soft running track.
Please enter through entrance #6 on Ashland. Parking is available in the faculty lot via Irving Park.

GWCA Halloween Party at Warner Park
2017-10-28 11:00 - 13:00 | Illinois

Help GWCA & Grow add plants at LVHS (Ashland)
2017-10-21 09:30 - 11:30 | Lake View HS, door #6, United States

GWCAFest
2017-08-27 15:00 - 19:00 | Warner Park and Gardens, 1444 Warner Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60613, United States

35th GWCA Garden Walk, Sunday, August 6, 1-5 pm
2017-08-06 13:00 - 17:00 | Illinois
Graceland West Community Association began an annual Garden Walk in 1982. Please call Donna Forsberg to show your garden at 773.348.1469. We hope all in the community will tour our gardens on Sunday from 1-5 pm.

CAPS Meeting - Tuesday, July 18, 7 pm
2017-07-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Sulzer Library
Graceland West is in Beat 1912. Our Beat Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday every other month, and Beat 1911 and 1912 hold a combined meeting. Please attend GWCA, Graceland West Community Association meetings as the GWCA Council and Block Reps work regularly with 19th District Police and the 47th Ward Aldermanic Office regarding crime prevention and safety. Contact GWCA: info@gracelandwest.org

Attracting butterflies to your yard, porch, deck. June 21, 7 pm, Warner Park
2017-06-21 19:00 - 20:15 | Warner Park and Gardens, 1444 Warner Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60613, United States
Ecologist Peter Leki is our speaker for this exciting “Pollinator Party”. 1st 30 GWCA member households will receive a small container with seeds for native plants that pollinators love. Join that night and be eligible. Short meeting. Elections. Summer Solstice Pot Luck; please bring a finger food to share.

Wed, 6/21, 7 pm, Warner Park - Attract Butterflies to your yard, patio, porch, deck
2017-06-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Illinois
GWCA is having a “Pollinator Party”. Ecologist Peter Leki and Lisa Hish are on our panel. Learn how to attract butterflies and other pollinators to your yard, porch, deck, patio or parkway and how doing so can help prevent neighborhood stormwater flooding and standing water.
First 30 GWCA Member households will receive a gift; a small container and pollinator attracting seeds and polling soil.
19th District Police are attending. We had an 11 pm armed attempted holdup or car jacking on May 24th in the 4100 block of Greenview and are seeing increased wheel and cat converter thefts and garage break ins and neighbors are reporting an increase in door knocking strangers.
Celebrate Summer Solstice with our annual pot luck. (please bring a finger food to share – homemade if you’re able)

Yard Sale Rain Day invoked - is Sunday, May 21
2017-05-21 09:00 - 15:00 | Illinois
Sellers from 1460 Belle Plaine to 4330 Greenview

GWCA Annual Garage / Yard Sale
2017-05-20 09:00 - 16:00 | Illinois

LVHS Stakeholders Presentation
2017-03-30 17:30 - 18:30 | Lake View HS, door #6, United States
$20 M is coming to Lake View High School. You’re invited to the Stakeholders Presentation by Alderman Pawar, Alderman Tunney and Principal Karafiol to learn about the interior, exterior, campus, field and track plans and timetable. This plan includes improvements for students and the community. You’ll have an opportunity for input.

GWCA Family Pot Luck. LVHS Interim Principal Karafiol will provide update
2016-12-04 16:00 - 18:00 | Jose Rizal Center, 1332 Irving Park
Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share and BYOB.
We hope all can attend our annual Family Pot Luck, brief meeting and elections. Please attend and meet Lake View High School Interim Principal, PJ Karafiol, who will provide a LVHS Update.

4th Street Leaf Clean-Up
2016-11-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Illinois

Halloween Party
2016-10-29 11:00 - 13:00 | Warner Park and Gardens, 1444 Warner Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60613, United States
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37th GWCA Fest
2016-09-10 12:00 - 17:00 | Warner Park and Gardens, 1444 Warner Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60613, United States
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34th Garden Walk followed by Gardeners Dinner
2016-08-07 12:00 - 17:00 | Illinois
Check out our map for help navigating the Garden Walk:
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