Planning & Development
BCO launches a Block Captain/Block Club Program!
Click here to go to the membership page for more information
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2010
The P&D committee regularly meets the last Monday of each month.
Call the BCO toll free line and leave a message for Jeff to get details for the next meeting.
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2009
Special Planning Open Meeting
Let them Eat Chocolate
5306 N. Damen Avenue
April 30, 2009 7:00 p.m.
The BCO is hosting an open meeting to brainstorm and discuss commercial development along Damen and Foster. All community members are invited to attend. The committee also seeks more neighborhood volunteers – both residential and commercial – to contribute to this important project.
1) Damen-Foster Commercial Development Project: The planning committee is launching an initiative to recommend strategies to develop and improve the commercial corridors along Damen Avenue and Foster Avenue. The committee hopes to develop a plan that is beneficial to local residents and businesses. We will look at challenges of development in this recession and create a realistic plan based on current and future economic scenarios. The committee will seek the input of residents, local business owners, community development experts, and the alderman.
2) Project Safe Sidewalk: There are a number of sidewalks in disrepair throughout the community. The committee plans to identify and catalog those that are badly damaged and in need of repair and will work with the community and the alderman to get them fixed. If you would like to help on this project, or if you know of a damaged sidewalk to report, please contact the planning committee at planning@bcochicago.org.