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2025

June

6/13/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: June 13th, 2025

• Lakefront high-rise meet & greets, The Barry 100th anniversary resolution
• New businesses – HOLY FADE! and Neva Hangry
• Dine Out on Broadway this weekend, Alderman Lawson’s Kids Bike Parade
• Pride Fest, Lakeview Coffee Stroll
• E-Scooter & Divvy Bike rules, early trash pickups 311 complaint
• Ethics Committee hearing
• Resolution calling for hearing on antisemitic hate crimes
• Diagram of Wrigley Field security enhancement project
• New 44th Ward Donations Hub
• Congratulations to recent graduates
• CLVN flower plantings
• Father’s Day guide, Juneteenth office closure

6/6/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: June 6th, 2025

• Festival, farmers market, and parade guide
• Pride month – Lakeview East and Northalsted chamber guides to LGBTQ+-owned businesses
• Pride Parade update – route map, parking restrictions, CTA reroutes, and safety information
• Public safety update – 900 W Waveland shooting suspects Community Alert
• New businesses – Red Raven Salon, Club Pilates Lakeview, Dream Creek
• Southport Summer Jam, Adopt & Shop
• Call for donations – Chicago Furniture Bank, Chicago Animal Care & Control, and Meals on Wheels Chicago
• Transit town hall held by State Senator Sara Feigenholtz
• City Council update – Ernst & Young letter
• Wellington Greenway
• Wilton/Belmont lot RFP reminder
• 44th Ward Community Plan feedback last call
• Remembering CPD officer Krystal Rivera

May

5/30/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 30th, 2025

• Memorial Day Weekend
• WOOGMs Parade, Belmont Sheffield Music Festival
• Boat and beach safety information
• Chef Tee sings 7th Inning Stretch, Music Box Theatre wins $1.2M grant
• 4th Annual Kids Bike Parade, Dine Out on Broadway dates
• Nettelhorst French Market, Low Line Market, Wrigleyville Night Market
• New business announcement – Roggenart
• Gwen Ford-Nino named Chicago’s Crossing Guard of the Year
• Reflection on AAPI Heritage Month, article on history of Lakeview’s Japanese community
• List of local AAPI-owned businesses

5/23/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 23rd, 2025

• 44th Ward Senior Luncheon, spring Shredding Day
• Leon Jackson case update
• Alderman’s Year 2 in Review
• City Council update – short-term rental ordinance passes, introduction of safety and infrastructure agreement with Chicago Cubs
• Reflection on 20th anniversary of concerts at Wrigley Field
• Belmont Sheffield Music Festival this weekend, WOOGMs Memorial day parade Monday
• Burling Park summer children’s classes, activities
• Memorial Day hours

5/16/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 16th, 2025

• Alderman’s Year 2 in Review
• Brookdale senior meet & greet, intern’s graduation, and CFD opening pitch at Wrigley Field
• Public safety update – Murphy’s Bleachers shooting statement, Leon Jackson court advocacy, and 19th District Youth Explorers program
• CLVN Spring Plant and Flower Sale
• New business opening – Felix
• Development proposal at Briar Street Theater (749 W Briar)
• City Council update – unanimous committee passage of short-term rentals ordinance
• Infrastructure survey reminder
• Memorial Day hours

5/9/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 9th, 2025

• Pope Leo XIV
• Retirement of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
• 44th Ward Free Shredding Event – May 17th
• Public safety update – Leon Jackson court advocacy
• Third LVHS teacher receives Golden Apple award
• Statement on CTA President search
• Statement on CPS CEO search
• Passage of Green Social Housing ordinance
• Raised crosswalk at Roscoe and Elaine
• Local infrastructure survey
• Call for 44th Ward volunteers
• Belmont/Sheffield Music Festival
• Mother’s Day guides

5/2/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 2nd, 2025

• OEMC heat resources & safety tips
• Thank you to Earth Day cleanup volunteers
• Public safety update – firearm arrest, Leon Jackson re-arrested
• Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce guides for Cinco de Mayo, Kentucky Derby
• Open RFP for CTA-owned site at Wilton and Belmont
• AAPI Heritage Month, Japanese Culture Center
• Chicago Pride Parade seeking volunteers
• CLVN Spring Plant and Flower Sale
• Teacher Appreciation Week, Mother’s Day

April

4/25/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: April 25th, 2025

• Earth Day Park District cleanups volunteer opportunities
• Hawthorne Elementary civics class
• Statement on Senator Dick Durbin’s retirement
• Public safety update – graffiti reporting, 19th District children’s donations drive
• 50th anniversary of Howard Brown Health resolution presentation, 44th Ward shredding event
• Center on Halsted Legacy Wall exhibit
• SSA #27 reconstitution – Chamber requesting signatures
• Last week of Amnesty Month 2025 for City Stickers
• Remembering CFD Captain David Meyer

4/18/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: April 18th, 2025

• Easter
• Earth Day – Chicago Environmentalists resources, Park District cleanups, free compost bins
• New business opening – Rendang Republic
• Public Safety update – robberies and safety tips, statistics
• CPD donation drive, beat facilitator application
• City Council update – personal services businesses ordinance, transit funding resolution, Stan Hollenbeck resolution
• Lakeview Earth Day electronics recycling event
• City’s Electric Vehicle and Mobility Infrastructure Framework
• Good Friday office closure at 2:00pm

4/11/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: April 11th, 2025

• Cubs Home Opener, Monday night game
• Street sweeping update, new ‘Tommy’s Tips’ section
• Public safety update – sexual assault offender charged
• 44th Ward property tax exemption workshop, blood donor event
• ELVN / Chicago Board of Education event
• New business opening – 3SixtyVibes yoga studio
• Jumping Jack inflatable playground block party program
• Electronics recycling at Lakeview Earth Day Celebration
• Upcoming beat meetings, Passover

4/4/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: April 4th, 2025

• Opening Day at Wrigley Field – today (info page, local businesses guide)
• Street sweeping season begins, schedule
• New business openings – Hotel Chocolat, Stolen Saddle
• CPD hosting car seat safety events, observe officer training
• LVHS updates, purchase ad space and Golden Apple Award nominees
• Property tax exemptions
• E-Scooter/Divvy bike reporting
• Night game information, Cubs schedule, military flyover

4/3/2025: 44th Ward Special Alert: Cubs Home Opener – Tomorrow

March

3/28/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: March 28th, 2025

• Opening Day at Wrigley Field – Friday, April 4th
• New Indonesian restaurant – Rendang Republic
• Willie Wright update – guilty plea and statement
• 19th District CPD initiatives – security camera registration, cell phone donation
• Nettelhorst School fundraiser with Shake Shack
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel teams going to State
• 44th Ward Property Tax Exemption Workshop
• City Sticker fines & fees Amnesty Month
• $250k Community Development Grants open for application
• Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation licensing assistance event
• Street Sweeping reminder, end of Ramadan

3/21/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: March 21st, 2025

• North Side Small Business Forum
• Update on Lakeview Landing construction
• Sent hemp regulations letter to Illinois state legislators
• Meeting with Interim CTA President Nora Leerhsen
• Lent fish frys guide
• Opening of Levant Coffee Bar
• City of Chicago Remote Small Business Expo
• Street sweeping schedule, potholes reporting reminder

3/14/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: March 14th, 2025

• St. Patrick’s Day, guide to participating local businesses
• Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting awards
• CPD Clark street alert, St Patrick’s Day street closures, bus reroute
• North Side Small Business Forum
• 3257 N Halsted update
• Ban on fur sales
• Chicago Board of Elections survey
• Illinois Secretary of State Real ID ‘Supercenter’ now open
• Street sweeping update, schedule
• Purim holiday
• Women’s History Month, remembering Iva Toguri, Lakeview women-owned businesses guide

3/7/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: March 7th, 2025

• St. Patrick’s Day, Women’s History Month Lakeview guides
• Public Safety update – CPD Clark street alert, safety tips flyers
• City Council resolution honoring the life of Todd ‘Mack’ MacGillivray
• Update on 3257 N Halsted hotel proposal
• SSA #17 survey
• CTA launching frequent bus network along 20 bus routes
• LVHS Debate Team, Varsity Boys Basketball Team accomplishments
• Community events – OLMCA Lenten Fish Fry, Nettelhorst Kids’ Makers Market, Tubman Elementary community volleyball

February

2/28/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: February 28th, 2025

• Annual Wrigley Field Community Meeting
• Public Safety – Tommie Hoskins case update, CPD training survey closes March 1st
• Resolution honoring 50th Anniversary of Howard Brown Health
• City Council vote against $830M bond proposal
• Lakeview East Dive Bar Classic, Annual Meeting
• Secretary of State REAL ID info
• Roscoe/Sheffield intersection closure reminder
• Infrastructure & Community Plan surveys reminder
• Ramadan
• Office closure Monday, March 3rd (Pulaski Day)

2/24/2025: 44th Ward Special Alert: February 24th, 2025

• Special alert for closure at the intersection of Roscoe/Sheffield due to CTA construction

2/21/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: February 21st, 2025

• Feedback requested for 2025 44th Ward Community Plan
• Volunteer snow shoveling program
• New business opening – Birdman Ramen
• CPD car seat safety events, carjacking safety flyer
• Spoke at 19th Police District Council meeting on 911 response
• Passage of Alderman’s Commercial to Residential Conversion Ordinance
• City Council updates – $830M bond proposal, Rule 59 vote, ethics ordinance
• Reminder to attend Annual Wrigley Field Community Meeting
• 44th Ward infrastructure survey
• Roscoe/Sheffield street, sidewalk closures
• LVHS – choir performance tomorrow, teachers nominated for Golden Apple Award, debate team wins conference title

2/14/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: February 14th, 2025

• Valentine’s Day guides for Lakeview East, Northalsted, and Nettelhorst fundraiser
• Draft & feedback requested for 2025 44th Ward Community Plan
• 925 W Belmont project update
• 19th Police District Council meeting next Wednesday
• Center on Halsted community events – foster care & adoption and art gallery opening
• 44th Ward infrastructure survey
• State Senator Sara Feigenholtz transit/CTA survey
• Illinois state flag contest – last day of voting
• Presidents’ Day office closure reminder

2/7/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: February 7th, 2025

• Lunar New Year parade in Uptown
• Chicago’s transition to renewable energy
• Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day guides for local businesses
• CPD training survey
• NAMI Chicago free mental health services
• 2025 Wrigley Field Community Meeting details & flyer
• Valentine’s Day Artist Market tomorrow
• Dog Day at the Music Box Theater adoption event Feb 22nd
• Signed onto ordinance banning participants in January 6th attack from obtaining City jobs
• Last weekend of Chicago Restaurant Week
• Website construction page, CTA construction alerts
• Office closures Wed, Feb 12th and Mon, Feb 17th

January

1/31/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: January 31st, 2025

• Hawthorne named Top 25 Magnet School of Excellence (one of three in Illinois)
• Super Bowl & Valentine’s Day guides for Lakeview East
• Holocaust Remembrance Day, visit to Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
• Public safety – carjacking update, event with Cook County State’s Attorney’s office
• Winter Wine Walk on Feb 28th
• Wrigley Field Community Meeting on Feb 27th
• Club Pilates hosting free community classes ahead of opening a Lakeview location this summer
• Update on missing persons case

1/24/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: January 24th, 2025

• Immigration legal resources
• New businesses – Cumin Restaurant and SweatHouz
• Public safety update – recent commercial burglaries, safety tips for businesses
• CPD collecting pet food donations
• Survey on Halsted corridor
• Lake View High School German Market
• Businesses along Halsted and Broadway eligible for facade/security rebates
• Eleven new businesses coming to Lakeview

1/17/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: January 17th, 2025

• Snow shoveling reminder
• City of Chicago severe cold resources
• Public safety update – carjacking arrests
• Statement on resignation of CTA President Dorval Carter
• Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Statement on amendment to Welcoming City ordinance
• Statement on Chicago credit rating downgrade
• Center on Halsted community events
• Congratulations to Candyality, Avaspi for winning Chicago Star award
• Illinois state flag vote
• MLK Day 44th Ward office closure

1/10/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: January 10th, 2025

• Chicago Restaurant Week – 44th Ward participating businesses
• New City Clerk parking pass registration process
• Public safety – CPD 2024 Year in Review report, business safety tips, Willie Wright case update
• Center on Halsted health and city resource fair
• Halsted business owners survey
• Christmas tree recycling
• Reminder to clear snow and ice

1/3/2025: 44th Ward Newsletter: January 3rd, 2025

• 2025 guest parking passes reminder
• CPD car seat safety events reminder
• 2025 CPD beat meetings schedule announced
• Lakeview Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce ‘Coffee & Commerce’ event
• Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce events calendar
• New ‘Business Corner’ section of newsletter
• Last day of holiday hours

2024

December

12/23/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: December 23rd, 2024

• Last newsletter of the year
• Menorah lightings in Lakeivew
• Christmas tree recycling
• 2024 highlights: community engagement, supporting local businesses, infrastructure & development, and legislation
• Happy holidays from the 44th Ward team!
• Holiday hours reminder

12/20/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: December 20th, 2024

• Christmas/Hanukkah & New Years Eve local businesses guides
• Reminder – parking passes price change
• CPD car seat safety events
• Statement on passage of the 2025 City budget, no vote
• Statement on CPS Board special meeting
• Reminder – submit survey feedback on Community Plan
• New business opening – Matcha En
• Holiday trash/recycling pickup schedule
• Wrigley Field hockey events thru January 4th
• 44th Ward office holiday hours reminder

12/13/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: December 13th, 2024

• Winter clothing, toy drives
• Community Plan Open House recap, survey, news article
• Lakeview Dog Park tile & brick sponsorship program
• Ivy’s Christmas Trees giveaway
• City budget statement
• Shared Cost Sidewalk Program
• Wrigley Field street closures due to hockey events
• Anticipated guest passes price increase
• 44th Ward holiday hours reminder
• Congratulations to Lake View High School athletes

12/06/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: December 6th, 2024

• New business openings – Blue Bayou, To Korean Cuisine
• Grand opening, Advocate Illinois Masonic new Dental Center
• Public safety – package theft, mail check theft tips
• Community Plan open house December 11th, online survey
• Dignity Diner winter clothing drive
• City Budget update, public letter to the Mayor
• 44th Ward office holiday hours details

November

11/26/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: November 26th, 2024

• Thanksgiving meal for seniors, hosted by 19th District CPD
• Snow removal guidelines/volunteering, 44th Ward winter services, snow parking rules
• Giving Tuesday, donating to local schools
• Lake View High School fundraiser
• Small Business Saturday
• Toys for Tots parade, Western Ave street closures
• 44th Ward holiday toy drive
• Seminary two-way conversion
• 44th Ward Community Plan kickoff open house, RSVP form
• Northwestern vs Illinois at Wrigley Field
• Thanksgiving office schedule

11/22/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: November 22nd, 2024

• Local business Thanksgiving catering guide
• Tree lighting
• Caesar’s Killer Margaritas turkey giveaway
• Remembering police officer Enrique Martinez
• Trans Day of Remembrance
• 3257 N Halsted hotel proposal
• World AIDS Day event at AIDS Garden
• Statement on Mayor’s proposed $150M property tax increase, alcohol tax
• Community Plan open house announcement
• State of Illinois unclaimed bank accounts program
• Holiday Toy Drive
• Winter services info, office Thanksgiving hours

11/15/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: November 15th, 2024

• Veterans Day
• Statement on unanimous vote to reject $300M property tax increase
• Statement in opposition to alcohol tax
• Chamber resources – Thanksgiving guide, Nov 19th tree lighting ceremony, Wrigleyville Wonderland, and Local Business Gift Card Program
• Seminary conversion to two-way street
• Smoke detector giveaway
• CFD Holiday Fire Safety Guide
• Recycling guide
• Remembering Billy Lawless
• Northwestern vs Ohio State at Wrigley Field

11/08/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: November 8th, 2024

• Statement on 2024 General Election, 44th Ward turnout, and thank you to election judges
• Illinois State Board of Education awards Hawthorne ‘Exemplary’ status
• New business opening – Fly is Fundamental clothing store
• City Council – budget hearings, call for special meeting to oppose property tax increase
• Marathon feedback follow-up meeting
• Veterans Day office closure

11/01/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: November 1st, 2024

• Early voting, Election Day voting details
• Haunted Halsted, Trick or Treat on Southport, Lakeview East Little Monsters Crawl
• Statement calling for CPS Board President to resign
• Statement on West Ridge shooting of Orthodox Jewish man, anti-semitism
• Statement on Mayor Johnson’s budget/property tax increase proposal
• Introduction of two ordinances – regulation of short-term rentals and propane use on the public way
• Voted for Safe Streets Ordinance – passed committee
• Honorary Rich Pfeiffer Parade Way sign unveiling
• Greenstar Brewing at Uncommon Ground wins gold medal

October

10/25/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: October 25th, 2024

• Halloween events
• Early voting details
• Halloween pup crawl, 44th Ward shredding event
• 19th District Community Conversations, distributing ‘we call the police’ and ‘no loitering’ signs
• Chicago Marathon feedback open letter
• Upcoming street resurfacings
• 2025 daily residential parking permits available starting Monday

10/18/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: October 18th, 2024

• Chicago Marathon feedback request
• 44th Ward vaccine clinic, flu shot information
• 44th Ward shredding event
• CPD request for clothing donations for victims of domestic violence
• Jarrod Barnes case update, beat meetings
• Nettelhorst School custodian update
• Property tax appeal workshop
• Local early voting opens Monday
• Northalsted Halloween Parade street closures

10/11/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: October 11th, 2024

• Yom Kippur, Chicago Marathon
• 44th Ward Vaccine Clinic & Shredding Event
• CPD year-to-date recap, beat meetings
• Response to Chicago Board of Education resignations
• Response to recent mailers related to Clean and Affordable Buildings Ordinance (CABO) & survey
• New business openings July-September
• Autumn Fest at Gallagher Way
• Office closure Monday, October 15th for Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ day

10/04/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: October 4th, 2024

• Shofar in the Street, High Holidays
• Le Petit Marcel grand opening
• CPD summer statistics, community conversations
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month events
• Shop for Schools fundraiser by Lakeview Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce
• Fall Taste of Northalsted
• Chicago Marathon, Park District budget survey, FEMA financial assistance
• Early voting info

September

09/27/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: September 27th, 2024

• Rosh Hashanah
• Hawthorne named a National Blue Ribbon School
• CPD Senior Barbeque, Domestic Violence Awareness month resources
• Statement on CPS CEO Pedro Martinez
• Openings of Konbini & Kanpai and Crave Cookies, tax credits for businesses
• Updated website page on City Stickers, 383 parking passes
• Chamber of commerce events, guides for Oktoberfest and Halloween

09/20/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: September 20th, 2024

• Public safety update on recent incident
• Reflection on acting chairmanship of Zoning committee
• City Council update on public safety technology, ethics, and extreme weather
• Opening of Zaleng Thai Taco and Bar and Katsu Shack
• Website updates
• Chicago marathon, Chamber of Commerce college football bar guide

09/13/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: September 13th, 2024

• 9/11 Remembrance
• Early voting
• Expansion of 311 program
• Child car seat safety event
• Free mental health resources for women and girls
• Annual Lakeview East Festival of the Arts, Race to Wrigley, East Lake View Neighbors Oktoberfest, flu/COVID vaccine clinic for seniors, school board candidate forum

09/06/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: September 6th, 2024

• Labor Day, annual senior picnic, WOOGMS parade
• Grand opening of Oak and Honey
• Chicago Police Board applications
• City Council – passed increased funding for open spaces (parks, school grounds)
• Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) licensing event
• LVHS gym renovation fundraiser

August

08/30/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: August 30th, 2024

• First day of school at Tubman, Nettelhorst, Hawthorne, and Inter-American
• Dept of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection informational webinars for businessowners
• Kids Bike Parade

08/23/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: August 23rd, 2024

• Map of city bike infrastructure
• Free fire safety trainings and senior fire safety home assessments from the Chicago Fire Department
• Small business community development grants

08/16/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: August 16th, 2024

• DNC safety information
• Catalytic converter marking event with CPD
• Request for feedback on 925 W Belmont proposed development
• Grand opening of Seoul Taco, Flamingo Tea, Te’Amo, Fred Astaire Dance Studio, and Lash & Company, and Duke of Perth re-opening
• Lakeview Community Garden 10-year anniversary

08/08/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: August 8th, 2024

• Naturalization Ceremony at Wrigley Field
• Mustache Crawl and Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce raise $20,000 for charity
• 925 W Belmont proposed development public meeting
• Chicago Furniture Bank, National Alliance on Mental Illness survey

08/02/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: August 2nd, 2024

• Alderman Lawson’s 20th anniversary with the 44th Ward
• Weed removal at Diversey Harbor
• Shared bike and scooter reporting
• Better Streets for Buses initiative
• Inspector General’s survey on 311

July

07/26/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: July 26th, 2024

• Grand opening of Istmo
• Southport Neighbors Association native plants program
• Public safety updates on assault case (guilty plea and sentencing) and hate graffiti case (placed on 24/7 home electronic monitoring)
• DNC safety plan
• Statement on Redefine the Drive

07/19/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: July 19th, 2024

• Southport Art Fest, Dine Out on Broadway
• City Council – passage of ‘Hate Littering’ ordinance, update on ADU ordinance
• Installation of new traffic signal at Belmont/Sheffield
• Property Tax Reassessment Seminars

07/12/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: July 12th, 2024

• CPD giveaway of anti-theft car locks
• Grand opening of Crave Cookies, Little Village Cafe, Steingold’s Bagels and Nosh Clark location
• Public meeting announcement for 925 W Belmont proposed development
• Scooter corrals pilot program

07/03/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: July 3rd, 2024

• Statement on Pride Parade incidents, priorities for next year, and request for survey feedback
• 4th of July, NASCAR

June

06/28/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: June 28th, 2024

• Pride Parade update – public safety plan, logistics details
• Getting to Zero 2.0 initiative to support HIV diagnosis & treatment
• City Council – approval of 3627-3633 N Sheffield development, passage of the Dark Stores Ordinance to combat storefront vacancy
• Public safety update on 44th Ward court advocacy program
• Grand opening of La Perla

06/21/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: June 21st, 2024

• Lakeview Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce Aldermanic Business Forum
• Pride Parade CTA reroutes
• Support for local businesses during the DNC

06/14/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: June 14th, 2024

• Kids Bike Parade, Dine out on Broadway, Pride Parade route map & logistics details
• Grand opening of Big Gay Sal’s Pizza, Jennivee’s Bakery
• Installation of protective bollards at Belmont entrance to the Lakefront Trail
• Op-Ed on Redefine the Drive project
• City Council – held subject matter hearing on ADU ordinance, voted to pass ‘quiet zone’ ordinance around Family Planning Associates to protect reproductive rights
• Launch of website ‘services directory’

06/07/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: June 7th, 2024

• Pride Month
• City Council – committee passage of ordinance to implement fines, temporary suspensions for lobbyists improperly donating to mayoral campaigns
• Groundbreaking of 835 W Addison affordable housing development
• Graduation ceremonies at Nettelhorst, Hawthorne, and LVHS, workshop with environmental groups
• Grand opening of Billy Goat Tavern
• Pride Parade planning update

May

05/31/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 31st, 2024

• Memorial Day and veterans’ resources, WOOGMS parade
• Public safety update on arrest in assault case, 44th Ward court advocacy program
• Update on city reopening mental health clinics
• Graduation ceremony at Harriet Tubman
• Refurbishment of Belmont CTA station
• Porchfest Lakeview

05/23/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 23rd, 2024

• Public safety update – arrest made in shooting near Wrigley Field
• City Council – in Zoning committee, passed measures to increase density downtown, cut red tape for businesses, and increase funding for preservation of historic landmarks
• Statement on CTA leadership and RTA board nomination
• Update on 925 W Belmont proposed development (side by side comparison)

05/17/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 17th, 2024

• Town Hall & Hattie Callner Apartments senior luncheon
• 44th Ward Year in Review
• Public safety update on 44th Ward court advocacy program, package theft tips

05/10/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 10th, 2024

• Nettelhorst Bike & Roll to School Day, 44th Ward paper shredding event
• Public safety update on assault case, 44th Ward court advocacy program, other recent incidents, and CPD giveaway of anti-theft car locks
• Update on meeting with CTA President Dorval Carter
• Update on 3627-3633 N Sheffield proposed development

05/03/2024: 44th Ward Newsletter: May 3rd, 2024

• Public safety update on arrest in sexual assault cases, expansion of 911 mental health response teams, free Hyundai/Kia anti-theft software upgrades, and upcoming beat meetings
• Opening of Crumbl cookies, Belmont Sheffield Music Festival, 44th Ward paper shredding event

2023