The public will have 2 opportunities this month to contribute to the comprehensive plan by attending a special community planning event. These events will be held in the evening, and are open to all members of the Blue Island community.

For more details, please contact Jessica Simoncelli via email or call (312) 386-8631.

Workshop #1
Date: Monday, June 20th, 2011
Time: Registration – 6p; Program 6:30-8p
Location: Salvation Army, 2900 W. Burr Oak

Workshop #2
Date: Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Time: Registration – 6p; Program 6:30-8p
Location: Blue Island Recreation Center, 2805 141st Street

On Friday, Nov. 19, be a friend of the Blue Island Library by shopping at CARR home-garden-holiday, 2357 York St., and enjoying dinner at Island’s Cafe, 13000 Western Ave.  Both will donate 10% of their receipts between 6pm-8pm to the Friends of the Blue Island Public Library when you present this receipt – click to download and print two!

Head back Uptown on Saturday, Nov. 20 and Shop Hop in Blue Island to support Angel’s Touch as they work to assist working-class families in times of need.  CARR, Restaurante Tenochtitlan, 12947 Western Ave., Stefanelli & Sons, 13012 Western Ave., and Flowers by Cathé, 13022 Western Ave. have all pledged to help Angel’s Touch reach out to families and individuals who need assistance. Shop or dine between 10am and 6pm while presenting these coupons – click here to download and print!

A big thanks to all Blue Islanders and our visitors who continue to support our town!

To schedule your one-on-one session, please email your request to younussuleman@mail.house.gov

Click here for the District Business Week schedule. If you are interested in exhibiting at the Procurement and Employment Opportunity Fair, click to download the response sheet. Responses are due August 24.

For details about Pace’s RideShare program and about alternate fixed route service options, please call (847) 364-7223.

The Passenger Notice for the Route 397 Elimination will be available for review online at pacebus.com through 8/28/2010.

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

From the Press Release:

“Blue Island, Illinois

• Award Winners: Fay’s Point, LLC and OKW Architects, Inc.
• Project Partners: Henderson Bodwell; Kestrel Design; Kinsella Landscape; Krause Construction; Marlin Environmental; R.I. Johnson; and The Structural Group

Located between the confluence of the Calumet-Sag Channel and the Little Calumet River, Fay’s Point is 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 design solution was driven by the goal of creating a walkable, water focused community, imbedded in a restored natural landscape. It includes many eco-focused amenities such as walking trails, canoe launches, boat docks, river front terraces, and bird watching platforms which engage residents and provide opportunity for others to interact with the river.

In addition, 11 acres are dedicated as open natural space, over 1,000 feet of the Little Calumet River bank was restored to the highest environmental standards, including expanded and enhanced wetlands, and mature stands of trees were protected as the site was redeveloped.”

Learn more about Fay’s Point ‘here‘.

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.

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

Please send your basic information to Carol Reihel or call 708.396.7004. CLICK HERE for a printable form. 

Be sure to include any promotions you’d like to offer.  “Example: Stefanelli & Sons, a phone number and text like ‘Gift Baskets from $25.00′ ‘Mention WDDE TV for $5 off until December 22nd’, or any other promotion they’d like to make, like refreshments, free cookie, etc.”