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Tax Credit reform legislation
Unprecedented tax credit reform legislation is pending at both the national and state levels. If you would like to see these come to pass, we strongly urge you to contact our legislators.
For a summary of Illinois HB4823 and SB2559 click here.
To contact Illinois Representative Sandra Pihos to ask her to support SB2559:
email: community@sandrapihos.com
phone: 217 782-8037
To contact Illinois Senator Dan Cronin to ask him to support HB4823:
email: senatorcronin@aol.com
phone: 217 782-8107
For a summary of H.R.3715 and S. 1743 click here.
To contact U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to ask him to support H.R.3715:
go to: http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
phone: 202 224-2152
To contact U.S. Representative Peter Roskam to ask him to support S.1743:
go to: http://www.house.gov/formroskam/email.html
phone: 202 225-4561
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September 2009 - Significant at-risk architectural gems in Wheaton should be landmarked
Just south of Roosevelt Road lies a unique turn of the century residential district known as "The Colony." Designed by renowned architect Jarvis Hunt this historic neighborhood is on the brink of being lost. Click here to read more about this, as well as another famous property at risk: "the Ferris Bueller" house in Highland Park. |
Fall 2008 - Wisconsin Main Street revitalization plan links preservation
and sustainablitly (pdf)
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July 2009- Historic downtown creates setting for Jazz Fest
Vocalist Tammy McCann conquers Glen Ellyn
By Howard Reich, Tribune critic, July 13, 2009
"The third annual festival, located along several blocks of the historic Main Street shopping district, offered a case study in how to present a civilized, aesthetically appealing jazz soiree. Because of the narrow confines of the street, the stage area retained an intimacy rarely encountered in outdoor performances. Here was a sterling instance of a community using its built environment to ingenious effect, the low-slung buildings forming a de facto amphitheater well suited to the intimate art of jazz." Read more... |
March 2009 - Village Government Candidate Surveys 2009
For the last several elections, Citizens for Glen Ellyn Preservation has put forward survey questions to candidates for our Village Board so that they could express their views on important issues. Given the overwhelmingly positive response from both residents and candidates to these previous surveys, this spring we offered the same opportunity to candidates for the Park District Board. Eight candidates are running for four positions. Of these, four new candidates, Melissa Creech, Jay Kinzler, Julia Nephew, and Jeff Dickson, and three incumbents, Keith Schoen, Bill Taylor and Jeff Jourdan, responded by the deadline of Wednesday, March 4, 2009. One incumbent candidate, Ron Aubrey, did not take part. The two candidates for Village President, Gary Fasules and Mark Pfefferman responded to an 8 question survey by the deadline of March 7, 2009.
Park Board Survey (pdf)
Village President Survey (pdf)
Also of interest:
Results of Most Recent Park District Survey of Public Opinion (pdf)
Read the Park District Capitol Projects 5 Year Plan (pdf)
November 2008- Did you miss Blue Vinyl?
If you missed seeing the CGEP/Glen Ellyn Library showing of Blue VInyl, a documentary about the environmental hazards of vinyl building material and would like to borrow the DVD, email Linda Gilbert, lhglbrt@aol.com.
Read what the Candidates for Fall of 2008 Village Board elections
had to say about important community issues (pdf)
A survey provided by CGEP gave all candidates running for Village President and Trustee the opportunity to express their opinions and ideas on a number of topics that are important to our mission of safeguarding the character of our community through historic preservation, planning and sensible growth. Since there have not been any forums during which residents could directly ask questions of the candidates, this year’s survey is particularly useful to voters. There are 3 candidates running for Village President and 7 candidates running for 3 positions as Trustee on the Village Board. Surveys were delivered to the candidates’ homes and electronic versions were forwarded as well. Three candidates did not respond.
The REAL facts about Ackerman Woods: Corrections to the Park District 'fact' sheet
6/4/08 - Trees safe after Glen Ellyn park district reversal, Daily Herald - But, we're not out of the woods yet! Read the article...
12/16/07 - New Look for the Main Street Recreation Centers
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