Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2014-471

• Record #: R2014-471
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 6/25/2014
• Final action: 6/25/2014
• Title: Congratulations extended to South Shore neighborhood on reciept of "Neighborhood of the Year" award at the Neighborhoods USA 39th annual conference
• Sponsors: Holmes, Natashia

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2014		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
6/25/2014	84327	City Council	Adopted	Pass

A RESOLUTION

To congratulate the South Shore neighborhood on winning "Neighborhood of the Year" at the Neighborhoods USA 39^rh Annual Conference.

WHEREAS, a variety of volunteers in the South Shore community have taken part in a collaborative effort to revitalize certain areas of the community, and specifically have made efforts in the creation of a community garden at the intersection of 75^fh & Coles Avenue;

WHEREAS, the community gardens on 75^rl1 & Coles Avenue, We Mean Green Neighborhood Peace Garden and the Hospitality Garden, began in 2010;

WHEREAS, this community project initiated by residents of Chicago's South Shore neighborhood is bringing peace and civility to a blighted intersection through a positive outdoor activity;

WHEREAS, neighborhoods from all over the world, including Japan, competed in the Neighborhoods USA 39^,h Annual Conference on Neighborhood Concerns from May 2P^l through 24th;

WHEREAS, the South Shore Neighborhood won the first place award for "Revitalization in a Single Project" based on the two community gardens on the intersection of 75'¹' & Coles Avenue;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this twenty-fifth day of June 2014, do hereby congratulate the South Shore neighborhood and the community gardens on 75^lh & Coles Avenue.

 

Natashia L. Holmes Alderman, 7th Ward