Fay's Point, Blue Island 2010 Green Ribbon Award Winner

Congratulations to Fay’s Point, LLC, OKW Architects, Inc and partners, on their recent Green Ribbon Award from Friends of the Chicago River in the 1st Annual Blue Ribbon Awards.

1 of 7 inaugural winners, Fay’s Point was recognized “as an excellent example of how residential development can utilize the river to enhance the quality of life for the residents— wild and human alike”.

The Blue Ribbon Awards, which ”recognize environmental leaders and the ecological precedents they set”, are part of the Friends’ new Chicago River Blue program that educates, encourages, and rewards river-sensitive developments and redevelopments that take people, wildlife, and clean water into account.  Chicago River Blue provides guidelines, ideas, examples, vendors, on-line resources, and an annual award to make sensitive river-edge development accessible to everyone.  Download the Press Release

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On Thursday, June 3, Congressman Bobby Rush in cooperation with the US Small Business Administration is presenting a District Business Loan Day.

Business owners will be able to apply on site for a loan from $5,000 to $25,000. Applicants must bring a photocopy of their driver’s license, their Federal tax ID number, and a business check. The event will take place at Raday Lodge, 3220 W. 145th Street in Midlothian, from 5:30pm – 8pm.

For more information and to RSVP, please call Congressman Rush’s office at 708-385-9550 ext. 12 or email younus.suleman@mail.house.gov.

On Thursday January 15, the Blue Island Chamber of Commerce and Industry presented its awards for Man, Woman and Business of the Year. Congratulations to this year’s winners who include:

Business of the Year:  A&R Security
Woman of the Year:   Cathe Adamski (Flowers By Cathe)
Man of the Year:         Don Peloquin (Mayor of Blue Island)

The Mayor, along with MetroSouth CEO Arnie Kimmel received the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship Award from the Blue Island/Crestwood Rotary. $1,000 was donated in each of their names to further the mission of Rotary.

Colors were presented by the ROTC of DD Eisenhower High School under the direction of Master Sergeant James Kirkland the cadets were:
Chavez, Alexandria
Fernandez, Guadalupe
Pasierb, Alexander
Walters, Mike
Heuser, Brian
Palmer, Sharris