Central Street Neighbors Association

Valerie Nelson and Beadazzled, 2002 Central St., continue to add to the texture of our neighborhood by hosting a series of intimate jazz performances within the friendly confines of the popular beading and jewelry store. On Monday, February 8, from 7-9 pm, the Rose Colella Trio will be serving up their smooth and sometimes sultry interpretations, while select jewelry is on sale. What better way to craft a homemade valentine bracelet than to the accompaniment of some live jazz? A donation of $8 is suggested, more than worth it.

Rose Colella, a Chicago-based jazz vocalist, is a graduate of Roosevelt University with a BM in Jazz Voice, and currently teaches Jazz Voice at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. The Rose Colella Trio released their first album entitled "Small Hours" in June 2009. Click below to hear their rendition of "On the Street Where You Live," with a couple of tasty soloes in the middle.

REMINDER

I am wondering when the Mayor's Budget Task Force will be inserted into the current budget process? If, as I suspect, they are focused on a longer-term outlook for the City of Evanston, I hope that there will be some assurance that our short-term decisions are in alignment with any forward looking recommendations.  
 
It would certainly be nice to have some communication regarding their progress and intentions. 

The Budget Workshop tentatively scheduled for Saturday, January 30th at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center has been cancelled.
 

Evanston’s forestry budget is bigger than Skokie’s. It’s bigger than Wilmette’s.   It’s bigger than Highland Park’s. It’s bigger than Lake Forest’s. In fact it is bigger than all four combined. Only by adding Oak Park’s budget do the combined five city forestry budgets exceed Evanston’s by a comfortable margin.

Please be advised that a feral cat colony has been identified at a specific address located in the 1900 block of Grant St. The Evanston Animal Control Bureau will be conducting an on-going animal control abatement process, focusing on the feral cat population at this address. The propensity does exist for area domestic cats to wander onto this property.

Yesterdays rallies served many purposes in bridging alliances between wards to show that the Evansto Library System is a connection of people, places and ideas. People of all ages joined together in support of neighborhood libraries.
Libraries serve an muliple purpose in todays world. They are not just places that house books, they are or can be the heart of a neighborhood. They are places where people can go and no one asks them for anything.