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Cleaning the Neighborhood

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(witContinue the historic mission of the Edgewater Community Council's committee: Edgewater Beautiful - to encourage practical beautification efforts through sound practices.

This target area will involve all of those activities necessary to keep Edgewater clean, and recruiting the necessary community participation and resources to accomplish it, and will: 
a) Work with Streets and Sanitation to sponsor and actively recruit for their Clean & Green Spring and Fall events. 
b) Work with the various block clubs to support and encourage their local cleanup efforts 
c) Work with the Chambers of Commerce, the Development Corporations, and the Special Services Areas (SSAs) in their efforts to clean the commercial districts. 
d) Work with neighborhood Institutions (Loyola University, Senn High School, etc.) in their efforts to help clean the area immediately around them.

Cleaning the Neighborhood - Timeline Goals
Benchmarks:
2010 10% Fast Food Restaurants in Edgewater sign on to cleaning plan - Goal Met

Activities
Earth Day: EESP is a lead collaborative partner, with the 48th Ward, Sen Steans office and Loyola, on the annual Earth Day Clean & Green events in Edgewater.  
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Partnering with Loyola student scientists, EESP sponsored a number of surveys that have provided the community, businesses and public officials information on where resources should be focused and improvements made.  (e.g. Survey of mid level building recycling; audit of trees & their health on major streets; survey of cleaning programs at fast food outlets, etc.)

Committee Members of Cleaning the Neighborhood
Members                                                       Name                                 Email
Chair                                                                             Allen Stryczek                      astryczek@sbcglobal.net
CONSULTED PARTICIPANTS
  • Rae Ann Cecrle, SSA #26 President, and Business Owners
  • Bill Curtin, Loyola University, Director of Environmental Services 
  • Pat Heneghan, 40th Ward Streets and Sanitation Supervisor
  • Conrad Suerth, 48th Ward Streets and Sanitation Supervisor

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Donate
The Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project (EESP) is an all volunteer group - and a partner of the Overhead Project, a 501(c)3 non profit group.(EIN 46-4457047). Donations to EESP are tax deductible under IRS rules.*
Use the button above to donate via a secure PayPal link.

 You may donate directly via check:
​Make checks payable to the Overhead Project, Inc./EESP Partnership.  Mailing address: Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project; Unit 1E; 1516 W. Thorndale Ave; Chicago, IL 60660.
​                                 Thank You!
​*Check with your accountant if you have any questions.



Donations are welcome and fund various sustainable projects:
  • Educational presentations & speakers on sustainable issues. 
  • Grants for corner & circle beautification;
  • Energy efficiency assistance;
  • Radon monitoring devices;
  • Spring Clean & Green events;
  • Tree audits & trimming events;
  • Recycling & ReUse Projects
  • Social Media Outreach
and other environmental projects.
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