Advisory Council Meeting Tonight at 6:30

Come join us tonight at the fieldhouse for the January Advisory Council meeting. We'll be holding elections, introducing a draft of a new HPAC logo and discussing some other issues. The agenda is posted below.

Also, feel free to come a half hour early for a potluck to celebrate the new year and chat with the other Advisory Council members. Please bring something to pass if you can.

Hope to see you tonight!
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Humboldt Park Advisory Council (HPAC)

Meeting of January 19, 2012 - 6:30 p.m.

AGENDA

I. Welcome and Introductions

II. Approval of Minutes

III. Reports

a)         Park Supervisor

b)        Treasurer

c)          Secretary

                   - Introduce draft of HPAC logo and discuss

IV. New Business

a)         Banners placed on Park fences

b)        Summer concerts

c)          Chicago Cyclocross Cup race

d)        Proposed amendment to voting eligibility requirements

VI. Announcements

VII. Executive Board Election

a)         President

b)        Vice President

c)          Treasurer

d)        Secretary

e)         Sergeant at Arms

VII. Adjourn

The next HPAC meeting will  be held on Thursday, February 16^th, 2012

Humboldt Park Circa 1940

A cool, old image of what is now the field house on a postcard from 1940. I was searching for images of the Boathouse and found this on a blog with lots of great old Chicago images.

Christmas Tree Recycling & 2012

Happy New Year everyone from the HPAC!

Hope you've all had a great holiday season and wish you all the best in the year to come.

Now that Christmas is over I want to remind you all that you can recycle your real Christmas tree by dropping it off in the parking lot of the Humboldt Park Boathouse on Humboldt Boulevard between Division and North Avenues. There's a designated area in the lot, marked by signs. The trees end up as mulch that the Park District uses in planting beds, etc.

Also...an early reminder that our next meeting is Thursday, January 19th at 6:30 p.m. in the field house. We're having a potluck to celebrate the new year, so feel free to drop by a little early to grab some food and chat. Of course, bringing a dish/beverage is not required but please do if you're able to. As a reminder, no alcohol is allowed on Park District property.

Bloomingdale Trail Community Meeting Tonight

There will be a community meeting for the Bloomingdale Trail tonight from 6-8 pm at the Saint Mary of the Angels School Auditorium - 1810 N. Hermitage Ave. If you're not familiar with the Bloomingdale Trail yet, it's an exciting new project to convert the elevated Bloomingdale rail line into a linear park that runs from Humboldt Park to Wicker Park/Bucktown. The Trail is expected to be a creative new recreation spot and it's attracted a lot of attention and support so far, which is why it's important that the members of the communities it will serve get out in the early stages to learn about the project and have our ideas and concerns heard.

Hope to see you there!

The Bloomingdale line as it looks today - from bloomingdaletrail.org