We won’t shop, if they chop

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Sign our petition; forward to everyone you know Please help us Save Open Space by signing our petition to Meijer and Menards today. No matter where you live, we can use your help (the wider the support, the stronger our voice).

And, please forward our petition to everyone in your network and encourage them to sign.

 

 

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Join in the fight for responsible economic development on the south side

We ask one and all supporters to join us from 1 to 3 pm this Sunday Feb.12th on the east side of 91st and Western.

Yes, we really do need you!

Do you want responsible economic development on the south side? Now is the time to do everything you can to let Meijers, Menards, Sterling Bay Developers, political leaders and the media know that destroying 45 acres of green space in our urban neighborhood is not responsible economic development. Please join the effort to have your voice be heard.

Bring signs, friends, family. Spread the word! Fox News Chicago and other media have

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UPDATE: Please spread the word that this effort is far from dead, in fact it is ramping up. Watch for an update in The Beverly Review to be published soon on the Forest Preserve District of Cook County’s position on acquiring the land (hint, hint, it’s not off the table). FYI: 30 letters with 550 signatures on petitions went out today Feb. 3, 2012 to Meijer, Menards, the Governor, State Reps and Senator, Mayor Emanuel, Alderman O’Shea, President Preckwinkle and the County Board members, Pritzker, and others.

P.S. We are looking for some help from someone with “research skills” and comfort with numbers. Contact benjamin@fotfp.org or sos@thebia.org if you know someone that can help (a professional, an eager college student looking for an internship, etc.).

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Make your photo today! Maybe on Sunday with your SuperBowl crew?! Be part of the action and help Save Open Space. Send entries to sos@thebia.org.

Download a sign here!

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We achieved our $3,500 goal … stay tuned for more AND thank you!   – 1/26/2012We are happy to report that we achieved our fundraising goal! Many thanks to all of you that have already donated. We will be devising the next steps on our strategy immediately and calling on each of you to help Save Open Space.

If you have not already made a donation, or would like to make another, please donate today. We need funds to purchase more signs, banners, and advertising. Together we will preserve the Evergreen Golf Course land and make it a forest preserve.You can donate online or you can mail your donation (please note Save Open Space on your check) to:

Friends of the Forest Preserves
28 E Jackson Blvd, Suite 1102
Chicago, IL 60604

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Check out Alderman O’Shea’s strong letter to President Preckwinkle in support of Save Open Space (here’s the article that’s referred to in the letter).

It’s not over until it’s built!

Learn more about the proposed development of the Evergreen Golf Course and what you can do to help save the land.

Friends of the Forest Preserves joins forces with the Beverly Improvement Association to preserve hundreds of old growth oak trees on the old Evergreen Golf Course site on the boarder of Chicago in Evergreen Park.

About half of the 100 acre site is slated to become a shopping center with a Meijer and Menards, along with many other smaller establishments. The issue is simple, a couple blocks down the street is the failed Evergreen Plaza mall. We say, we won’t shop, if you chop; build the development on nearby by vacant commercial land.

 

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Donate today!

Friends and the BIA are working together to preserve the golf course land. Funds will be segregated in an account limited to this campaign. All contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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The Beverly Improvement Association in connection with Ald. Matt O’Shea and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County invites you to enjoy skiing in the Dan Ryan Woods on Sunday afternoons in the winter. This will only be held when there is sufficient snow to ski, about 4 inches on the ground. There is no charge for this event. Skiers can meet at 1 p.m. at Beverly Bike and Ski, 9121 S. Western Ave., where Paul Weise, the owner, will have hot chocolate ready to take the chill out of the air.

The Woods are absolutely gorgeous in winter so even if you do not want to ski, come walk and see what a great treasure that we have in our own backyard. Encourage friends to join you. Cross country skis, boots, and poles as well as snowshoes can be rented from Beverly Bike and Ski for $15 for the day and $25 for the weekend.

If you want someone to show you how to cross country ski, call Paul Weise at 773-238-5704 and he will call one of the regulars to make sure that you have someone to go with you. Neighbors, although not certified as instructors, will be able to show you how easy cross country skiing is. Don’t spend the winter cooped up with cabin fever. Get out and enjoy yourself.