Who We Are
Central Street Neighbors Association (CSNA) is a non-profit membership group formed to promote and preserve the vitality and quality of life of the Central Street Neighborhood in Evanston, Illinois.
The Central Street Neighborhood
The "Central Street Neighborhood" extends to the Evanston city limits on the north and west, the lakefront on the east, and on the south, Golf-Emerson Rd. and McCormick Blvd. (west of Green Bay) and Colfax (east of Green Bay). Residents of the Neighborhood may join CSNA as voting members; supporters who live outside the Neighborhood boundaries may join CSNA as Associate members.
CSNA's Purpose and Core Beliefs
CSNA's purpose is to promote the social welfare of the Central Street Neighborhood and, secondarily, the larger Evanston community within which the Neighborhood thrives and with whom it interacts. CSNA believes in:
• Fostering a closer community of neighbors;
• Preserving the unique character, amenities, and ecology of the Neighborhood;
• Educating the larger community about the Neighborhood;
• Fostering a housing mix that is affordable for a diverse population;
• Preserving and developing natural green spaces, including but not limited to parks, trees, and appropriate landscaping;
• Preserving the viability and human scale of the Neighborhood business districts;
• Restoring and improving the Neighborhood by accentuating and amplifying its unique character and strengths; and
• Promoting livability and sustainability.
What Does CSNA Do?
To accomplish its purpose, CSNA will:
• Collect, publish, and serve as a clearinghouse for data and information about and concerning the Neighborhood;
• Facilitate the education of people who live in the Neighborhood and in the larger community on historic, sociological, demographic, environmental, and other aspects of issues concerning the Neighborhood;
• Provide a voice and forum for Neighborhood residents;
• Act as a liaison to governmental bodies, institutions, schools, businesses, prospective businesses and investors, and other Evanston community groups and neighborhood associations;
• Encourage and facilitate an active citizen awareness of and participation in decisionmaking on all issues concerning the Neighborhood and its facilities and amenities, including land use and development, zoning changes, environmental policy, traffic patterns and safety, mass transit, bicycle and pedestrian accessibility, and public improvements; and
• Work in collaboration with existing neighborhood, community, environmental, arts, and preservation groups to promote and preserve Neighborhood aspects and facilities which contribute substantially to the quality of life in the Neighborhood, including but not limited to its architecture, arts, ecology, and social vitality.
Leadership
Officers, Directors and Committee Heads
President: David Staub
Vice President: John Walsh - Nominating
Secretary: Marge Anderson
Treasurer: Joe Hill - Finance
Directors:
Carl Bova
Jim Hughes - Communications
Margi Hughes
Peter Sanchez
Mark Sloane
Jeff Smith
Mary Lou Smith
Debbie Weixl
John Zbesko
CSNA Board Election Ballot December 11, 2008
“The Board of Directors shall be comprised of the officers of CSNA plus not less than 6 nor more than 10 current voting members of CSNA” “CSNA shall have the following officers, serving one-year terms: President, one or more Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer. The President and Vice President shall be elected by the membership and the Secretary and Treasurer shall be appointed by the Board of Directors.”
The CSNA Nominating Committee has proposed the following slate of Officers and Directors to be subject to a record vote of the membership.
1. Vote once for the entire slate or vote individually for each candidate plus any write-ins:
□ I vote for the entire slate as proposed by the Nominating Committee
2. Vote individually if not voting for the entire slate:
Officers (one year)
- □ Jeff Smith – President
□ John Walsh - Vice President
Board Members (two year term)
- □ David Staub
□ Carol Bild
□ Sue Bednar
□ Mary Lou Smith
□ Carolyn Wangelin
□ Marge Anderson
3. Write-in candidates: (two year term)
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Name Office
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Name Office
The following board members were elected for two year terms at the 2007 Annual Membership Meeting. They will remain on the board until the 2009 election: Joe Hill, Margi Hughes, Mary Rosinski, Jim Hughes and Mary Therese Staub.
Success Stories
This page still under construction.
CSNA in the News
Central Street Plan Approved, Evanston Roundtable, 2/6/2008
Central Street Zoning Delayed, Evanston Roundtable, 1/23/2008
Downtown: Time to bar the door?, EvanstonNow, 11/7/2007
Apprehension Builds Over Future Development on Central Street, Evanston Roundtable, 10/31/2007
Tower Vote May Be Delayed, Evanston Roundtable, 10/17/2007
Tower Downtown Plan Slip Together, EvanstonNow, 10/11/2007
First Downtown Planning Meeting Draws 150, Evanston Roundtable, 6/27/2007
Plan Commission Forwards Central Street Plan to Planning and Development Committee, Evanston Roundtable, 6/27/07
Central St.: Development v. Overdevelopment, EvanstonNow, 6/27/2007
Residents share downtown plan ideas, EvanstonNow, 06/22/2007
Board OKs master plan for Central, EvanstonNow, 6/14/2007
Committee Postpones Vote on Affordable-Housing Fund Guidelines, Evanston Roundtable, 5/1/2007
Where should affordable housing go?, EvanstonNow, 4/25/2007
Central Street Plan Goes to Plan Commission, Evanston Roundtable, 4/21/2007
Opinion: Neighbors Oppose Binge Development, Evanston Rountable, 3/7/2007
Blog Entry: Neighbors fight theater condo plan, EvanstonNow, 2/12/2007
CSNA July 4, 2007
CSNA.. .ready to march July 4, 2007
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