Sat. Dec 4th 10:00 Meeting at Family Focus

We will meet on Saturday, December 4th  (Tentative Agenda)

1.WEST SIDE SCHOOL: Bonnie Lockhart and Jerome Summers will be invited to the December 4th meeting to report on the West Side school.

2. HUD The Consortium will write a letter to the City of Evanston and HUD in order to explain that there errors made by Brinshore in preparing  the bids. If a response is received, we will make a report.

3. SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE MOVE: The Consortium will write a letter to Cong. Schakowsky opposing the moving of the Social Security office from Green Bay Road to Main Street.

4. ZONING ORDINANCE RE CHURCHES: The Consortium will support the Black ministers in their opposition to the changes in the Zoning Ordinance that have been proposed by Ann Rainey who wants to close the store front churches on Howard Street.

5. LIBRARY: The Consortium will support the efforts of the Evanston Public Library Friends to get a library on the West Side.

6. MEMBER PHONE LISTS; A number of the EPL Friends are real estate brokers and it was proposed that EBBA should prepare a list of the type of work done by each member. The real estate brokers will use the EBBA list to locate contractors to handle repairs and maintenance on properties controlled by the realtors. We will also post this list on the website.

  

Robin Rue, President 

Bennett Johnson, Asst. Secy. 

City Approves 311 Call Center

The budget which was  passed last Monday night included a new customer care call center which will track resident concerns, questions and complaints. The cost is $700,000 read more in the Patch which is an online news paper. The Patch 

Sat. Nov. 20th -Obtaining Business from City of Evanston

Meeting 10:00AM Saturday, November 20th at Family Focus.

We will have a presentation from a business consultant that

will provide information best business practices and methods

of financing your company.

Lloyd Shepard has arranged for the next seminar by  the

his department to deal with how to obtain business from the

City of Evanston.

Robin Rue, President

Bennett Johnson, Asst. Secretary

Sat. 13th Meeting Update

The City Manager, Walter Bobkiewicz, will not be

able to attend the meeting on Saturday. He is

sending, Sarah Flax from the Department of Planning

and Lloyd Shepard, Director of Business Development.

We need to find out how the City of Evanston intends

to provide more business opportunities to minority and

women-owned businesses.

David Jackson is bringing someone who will give us a

clearer understanding of Brinshore Development, LLC. 

Strategy Meeting - Sat November 13th

The City Manager has been invited to our meeting at 10:00 AM Saturday, November 13, 2010.

We will begin discussion of developing a strategic plan for the organization.

 We look forward to your ideas