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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Blue Island Public Works is hosting an “e-waste” recycling day on Saturday, June 5, 9am – 1pm.

Any broken, used, or unwanted electrical or electronic appliance – except televisions – will be accepted.  It is important to recycle old electronics as many contain hazardous substances and are not biodegradable.  Recycling is our best option!  This ensures that they are handled in a responsible manner and useful materials are returned and reinvented as new products.

So spread the word!  Leave your televisions at home, but bring anything else you can plug in to the Blue Island Public Works Facility at 3153 Wireton Rd [map].

Call 708-597-8604 with any questions.

The Urban Forestry Board will planting trees at two locations this weekend!

On Saturday, May 15 you are invited to help the Blue Island Historical Society plant and dedicate a new tree in front of the Society’s home at the Albee house, near the Veterans Memorial Stone located at the corner of Maple Avenue and New Street.  Come learn about the history of this unique stone and why the first tree was chosen to be planted here by the Urban Forestry Board.  Planting begins at 10am with a dedication scheduled for 11am.

Also on the 15th work begins on a new parkway landscape on Vermont Street, east of Western Ave.  The Forestry Board has selected this site for their first streetscape project.  Work begins at 8:30am on digging and site prep, with planting scheduled for 11:30.  The Forestry Board returns here on May 22 at 8am to plant fowers, grasses, and shrubs.