Bowmanville Community Organization

Special Bowmanville Community Notice 9-22-2011

Rosehill Cemetery – Nature Preserve

The city has been in protracted negotiations with the owners of Rosehill Cemetery for nearly 10 years in an effort to acquire undeveloped land along Western Avenue for a nature preserve. Last week Alderman O’Connor issued a letter and re-zoning map to residents of the Bowmanville community to keep us abreast of a deal that is now forthcoming. According to current plans, the city hopes to close on the transaction in November 2011. The proposed 20.5 acre Nature Preserve – to be called the West Ridge Nature Preserve – will be designed and developed in 2012 by a process to be led by the Chicago Park District with citizen input.

Included in the plan is a zoning change affecting the southwest portion of the cemetery, which includes land along Bowmanville Avenue. This opens up the possibility of development of a senior housing facility in the future, with exact uses still bound by a longstanding cemetery covenant. No project is underway for the land targeted for re-zoning at this time.

The BCO GreenSpace committee, along with the BCO Planning & Development committee, already has a list of items or concerns to be considered if and when a planned development emerges for the land. We will continue to gather input to influence that process. One goal of the BCO GreenSpace committee remains as it has been – to acquire of as much of that land as possible for dedicated green space open to our community.

While it is very important for you to contact Alderman O’Connor directly with your feedback (773-769-1140 or ward40@cityofchicago.org), you can also submit your concerns to planning@bcochicago.org to ensure that the BCO can continue to help advocate for the interests of our neighbors.

The text of the Alderman’s letter and map can be viewed in full at this link: http://www.aldermanoconnor.com/4967/proposed-rosehill-nature-preserve/

Alderman Letter about Nature Preserve

Rosehill – map for rezoning

COMMUNITY NOTICE

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September 20, 2011

TO: All Members: Bowmanville Community Organization

FROM: Nominating Committee: Bowmanville Community Organization

RE: 2011-2012 Slate Announcement

In accordance with the Bylaws of the Bowmanville Community Organization, Article XI, Section II, the Nominating Committee submits the following slate of candidates for a one (1) year term of office for the year 2011-2012 to be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Bowmanville Community Organization on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at ScooterWorks Chicago, 5410 N. Damen Ave.

Officers

*Note: the nominee for president has indicated he is available through January 2012. Help from members of the community and board will be needed to identify a volunteer willing to step into the president role beyond that time.

Contact planning@bcochicago.org for more info.

Directors

Nominating Committee for 2012

Board Members: Noelle Braun-Etheridge, Claire Shingler, Barbara Wolke, and Board Alternate: Jeff Graves

General Membership: Donna Bakke, Maria Gullo, Laura Novy, Carrie Mitchell and General Membership Alternate: Betty Redmond

Respectfully Submitted,

2011 Committee members: Jeff Graves, Betty Redmond, Laura Sabransky, John Paraoan, Barbara Wolke, Carrie Mitchell, Kelly Chester, Laura Novy, Dena van der Wal (withdrawn), with support from many generous volunteers.

September 10-2011

 Order Your Spring Bulbs Today

 View this also on the BCO website http://bcochicago.org

 You’ll be helping keep Bowmanville’s community gardens beautiful, too!

Choose from a glorious variety of 18 spring flowering bulbs – from daffodils, tulips and crocus to windflowers, hyacinth and iris. Each variety is sold in separate bags and each bag is $6. You’ll be keeping our community blooming too, because with every bag of bulbs you buy, a portion of the sale will benefit the Bowmanville Community Gardens.

This fundraising effort is jointly sponsored by the Garden and GreenSpace Committees of the Bowmanville Community Organization — working together to keep our neighborhood green and beautiful!

 Click here for the BCO Fall Bulb Sales Brochure

Ordering is easy…

 1. Download the brochure pdf and print out.* Click on the picture or the link

 2. Choose from 18 different bags of spring flowering bulbs. Each bag is $6. (Number of bulbs per bag varies, depending on type of bulb.)

 3. Fill out the order form with your name, street address, phone number and email address. List each bag separately along with the quantity desired.

 4. Figure the total cost of your order. Add the total number of bags and multiply by $6 per bag: ___ total # of bags x $6 each + $_____TOTAL ORDER

 5. Make check or money order payable to: BOWMANVILLE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.

 6. Mail (or drop off) your completed order form and check or money order to: Anne Boyle, BCO GreenSpace Committee Chair, 2159 W Balmoral Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625.

Ordering deadline: Wednesday, September 21, 2011    (Your completed order form and check or money order must be received by 5 pm)

Bulbs will be available for pickup during the BCO/RPMS Fall Festival on Saturday, October 15, from 2-4 pm (on Ravenswood at Balmoral) and at other select locations to be announced.

 This fundraising effort is being held in cooperation with Dutch Mill Bulbs, a Pennsylvania company that has been offering flowering bulbs for fundraising for more than 50 years. Bulbs are guaranteed to bloom — or you’ll get a free replacement!

 * If you are unable to download or print, brochures are available at 2159 West Balmoral (on the corner of Leavitt and Balmoral)— they’ll be on the porch (entrance on Leavitt). Just take one!

Bowmanville Community Notice  Sept 10, 2011

The BCO Board of Directors wants YOU!  We are looking to fill a number of vacancies on the BCO Board with Bowmanville residents who will bring energy and ideas into the community process.   We invite you to nominate yourself or a friend or a neighbor you think would be an outstanding candidate for the BCO’s Board of Directors or Officers.

If you have any questions about the BCO, the nominating process or the responsibilities involved, call the BCO hotline at 866.837.1006

Thank-you. The 2011 Nominating Committee:

Jeff Graves, John Paraoan, Laura Novy, Carrie Mitchell, Laura Sabransky, Barbara Wolke, Betty Redmond