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No Mow and Earth Day

Spring is starting to bloom, so marvel at the beauty in our own backyard in Graceland West!

No Mow May is a popular movement to support the habitats of pollinators. We ask that those in Graceland West consider waiting until Mother’s Day, May 14, before mowing their lawns which will help retain beneficial insects including  butterflies, bees and other pollinators. 

Do cleanup up all litter and street, crosswalk and sewer grate leaves as soon as you can to reduce stormwater flooding.

Join GWCA to clean up the Lake View High School campus on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 at 10 am.  We’ll start at the s/w corner of Belle Plaine and Greenview.  Please email info@gracelandwest.org with any questions.

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Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup – This Saturday 4/22, 10:00 AM

Keep Graceland West Beautiful!

Join GWCA for an Earth Day Cleanup at Lake View High School on Saturday, April 22. We’ll meet at 10:00 am at the corner of Greenview and Belle Plaine and focus on cleaning up litter on the high school campus and surrounding streets. Gloves and trash bags will be provided. 

Last year we made a big impact at LVHS and the nearby streets.
Congressman Quigley stopped by to help our efforts.

GWCA Volunteer Street Leaf Cleanup

November 11, 2023 @ 9:00 am – November 19, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

GWCA 11th Annual Street and Crosswalk Leaf Clean-up.  Launch is Saturday, Nov 11 at 9 am.  Meet at Greenview and Belle Plaine, Berteau or Cullom.  Can’t help then.  Clean street leaves and place bagged leaves on the nearest parkway from Nov 11 through Nov 19.  Streets and Sanitation will do a special pick up for us after Nov 19.

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Pumpkin Smash

November 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

SMASH and COMPOST your pumpkins and gourds.  Can Coonley beat the record of 1,000+ pumpkins and gourds in 2021 at LVHS?  Please remove plastic decorations.

Coonley Elementary School

Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup

April 22, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Join GWCA for an Earth Day Cleanup at Lake View High School on Saturday, April 22. We’ll meet at 10:00 am at the corner of Greenview and Belle Plaine and focus on cleaning up litter on the high school campus and surrounding streets. Gloves and trash bags will be provided. 

Joel McFarland

Coonley Elementary School

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Reminder: 9th Annual Street Leaf Cleanup

Let’s get outside this weekend and bag some street leaves! While there’s still a fair amount of leaves hanging on in our tree canopy, there’s a lot that are currently clogging up storm drains. These are the key leaves to make sure get into bags this weekend. Priority should also be given to leaves that are at intersections and cross-walks.

Bagged leaves can be left on parkways for pickup after November 14th.  Share your photos on Facebook @Graceland West Community Association, on Instagram @graceland_west_gwca or by emailing info@gracelandwest.org to enter to win the GOLDEN RAKE AWARD which can be proudly displayed as a Graceland West badge of honor and defended when the leaves fall next year.

Street Leaves on Greenview 11/12/21
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9th Annual Street Leaf Cleanup

The GWCA 9th annual volunteer street leaf cleanup is a very fun community event that gives us one last opportunity to enjoy the beautiful autumn weather and connect with our neighbors. Starting on Tuesday 11/9 which is after the final street sweep and culminating on Sunday 11/14, this effort helps keep our storm drains clear and reduces street, basement and vehicle flooding.  Let’s break last year’s record of 483 full bags!

Bagged leaves can be left on parkways for pickup after November 14th.  Share your photos on Facebook @Graceland West Community Association, on Instagram @graceland_west_gwca or by emailing info@gracelandwest.org to enter to win the GOLDEN RAKE AWARD which can be proudly displayed as a Graceland West badge of honor and defended when the leaves fall next year.

Come join us at the pumpkin smash on Saturday, November 6th to pick up a leaf bag for your Graceland West street leaves.

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Pumpkin Smash

GREEN Halloween!  Lake View High School, the University of Illinois Extension, Lake Shore Recycling Systems and the Department of Streets and Sanitation are hosting a Pumpkin Smash event for residents to compost their pumpkins post-Halloween and keep them out of the landfill! The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 6 at Lake View High School, located in the parking lot off of Greenview and Irving Park. Pumpkins must be free of candles, stickers, glitter, yarn, synthetic decorations. We can compost pumpkins decorated with water-based paints.  More info found in your favorite metaverse http://go.illinois.edu/pumpkinsmash, GWCA Facebook Event, Nextdoor, GWCA website.

If you are in the Graceland West neighborhood, please come see us at the pumpkin smash to pick up a leaf bag for our 9th annual volunteer street leaf cleanup which begins on November 9th.

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GWCA ECO-Green Committee | Earth Day 50

April 22nd, 2020  is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.  The GWCA ECO-Green committee has been working hard on greening the community for almost as long.  You can read about past projects here: https://gracelandwest.org/eco-gardens-green-space/.  As mentioned in the blog earlier this month, GWCA is looking for you to share your personal projects and teach others “how to” on Facebook and on Instagram (@graceland_west_gwca).

We may already be one of the greenest neighborhoods in Chicago, with our tree-landed streets, the tree count and park at the LVHS campus, Warner Park and Gardens, corner parkway plantings, pollinator pathways, the Berteau greenway and our Annual Garden Walk (this year will be the 38th edition).  But there is no denying that there is a lot to do to restore a safe and stable climate.

This year’s Earth Day theme is climate action.  No matter how small your contribution, we are asking everyone in the community to take action for our planet on Earth Day and every day.  If you are feeling discouraged, be sure to follow the Graceland West Community Association on Facebook.  We’ll be posting simple, hyper-local ideas and resources using the #GWCAGreens tag.

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GWCA ECO-Green Committee | Share your gardening and green projects on Facebook

 

Are you and your household or family working on gardening or sustainable/green projects while you spend more time at home?  If so, share your process and results to help neighbors on our GWCA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/gracelandwest/) 

Spring celebrations abound! 

Rituals like Passover and Easter are bringing us together while we remain physically apart.  The GWCA ECO-Green Committee is hoping that our non-religious Spring rituals can also help to bring us together as a community.

This spring, we will be using our Facebook page to showcase some of the amazing things that occur in Gracleland West.  We will be using three separate hash tags, but also welcome you to post and include your own tags (anyone have an idea for birds and wildlife related posts?).

#GWCAGrows, for fruit/vegetable/herb gardening

#GWCABlooms, for flower gardening

#GWCAGreens, for all other ECO projects (storm water initiatives, rain gardens, aerating and amending soil for maximum absorbency, aquaponics, upcycling, worm composting, permeable hardscape, green roof, solar, wind, pollinator pathway, bird, bat, bee, butterfly, beneficial insect habitat, native grasses, forbs, shrubs, trees, etc.)

We will get the ball rolling with stories about previous projects and local ideas and look forward to hearing about your success stories.

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