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| News From Our Business Districts |
January '09 |
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Dear Neighbor,
The Edgewater Development Corporation strives to attract new businesses to Edgewater, shape developments in our business districts to best serve the entire community and give voice to a community vision for our business districts. Read on to hear about some of our recent work or visit our web site to read more about us.
Sincerely, Edgewater Development Corporation 773-506-4016 |
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New Business
Zanzibar has opened on Bryn Mawr and serves a variety of sweet and savory treats. The menu includes coffee drinks, croissants, quiche, soups, salads, sandwiches, cakes, pastries, and ice cream. This cozy spot is located a 1036 West Bryn Mawr on the corner of Bryn Mawr and Kenmore. With its friendly staff, good food, and fireplace, this neighborhood destination welcomes the community to experience the warmth of another Edgewater gathering spot. The Café is open mornings to early evenings and is available for holiday parties, birthdays, showers, and meetings. The owners and staff look forward to welcoming their neighbors at Zanzibar. For more information, you can reach them at (773) 334-8302.
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Go Green Corner
 Do you want to do something yourself to "Go Green"? Both individuals and businesses can take steps today Go Green. This not only helps our environment but can help you save money.
Take your own ecofootprint challenge and learn more about eco footprints here.
Learn more about other innovative ideas to make your business green here. |
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As part of our efforts to advance improvements to the Red Line and all of our transportation infrastructure, we encourage you to take part in the moving beyond congestion campaign. Sign up to receive regular updates on their efforts to improve capital
funding and to learn how to contact your legislators to voice your
support for a state capital plan.
The Moving Beyond Congestion Strategic Plan showed that there is a dire need to make capital investments to maintain, enhance, and expand the transit system. With uncertainty in gas prices, a struggling economy, a desire to better protect our environment, and record-high ridership, the need to invest in transit has never been greater than it is today. Without a strong capital program, the transit system can not be the truly world-class system that our region needs. |
News You Can Use
LPAC HOSTS A FORUM ON THE IMPACT OF THE OLYMPICS
 The Lincoln Park Advisory Council (LPAC) will sponsor a forum on the Olympic Games and their impact on our park.
The forum will take place on Wednesday, January 14 at 6:45pm at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
There will be two speakers, Gyata Kimmons, Director of Community Relations for the Chicago 2016 Committee and Dr. Allen Sanderson, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago.
The Nature Museum is located at 2430 N. Cannon Drive, just north of Fullerton Avenue. The session is free to the public and will go from 6:45pm to 8:45pm. There will be ample time for audience participation and Q&A. Street parking is usually available on Cannon Drive. The CTA bus #151 runs along nearby Stockton Drive.
For more information, contact LPAC Board Secretary, Tom Tresser at 312-804-3230 or tom@tresser.com. |
Business Opportunities at O'Hare
 The City of Chicago Department of Aviation will be issuing a number of Requests for Proposals, "RFPs", for concessions opportunities at O'Hare International Airport within the next several months. Each RFP will have an Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, "ACDBE", participation goal. In order to satisfy the ACDBE participation requirement for an RFP, the respondent's certification must be complete at the time the proposal is submitted. If you believe that your company qualifies as an ACDBE and may be interested in responding to future RFPs but is not ACDBE certified, please do not delay in beginning the certification process.
Information regarding ACDBE certification may be obtained by contacting
the City's Department of Procurement Services, Certification Unit at
312-742-0766. You may also go to www.cityofchicago.org, select "Doing
Business with the City", then "MBE WBE DBE", or click here which will take you to the City's on-line ACDBE application.
If your business does not qualify as an ACDBE, you will find a list of
certified ACDBEs at the following website: http://www.dot.state.il.us/ucp/ucp.html
If you have any questions, please feel free to call Diana Miller,
Unison Retail Management, at 773-894-3905.
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Off-Street Parking for Rent  Winter is here and the winter parking regulations are in effect, making on-street parking a trickier proposition. In addition, the City has now sold the rights to operate the City's parking meters to a private concern, and, as a result, reports indicate the parking meter rates will increase. No fear, as you can rent off-street parking at 1127 W Granville - literally steps from the Granville Red Line Station. The parking lot is located to the rear of the building and the rent is very reasonable, only $100/month.
If you are interested, please call Bob at (312) 656-0156. There is one space remaining to rent on a first come, first served basis. | |
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