Welcome to Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference: information and doings- Our Guide to finding WHAT'S UP AND CHANGING WITH HPKCC, HOW WE ARE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY Conference elected new board members, officers. Asked for more protective guarantees and a landmark district for Woodlawn Ave., engages schools, conducted its confab of community organizations, co-convened a meeting on closure of District 021 police. Visit the HPKCC homepage, "ABOUT." HPKCC CURRENT & QUICK FINDER. Whole site Navigator. Site home. General Meetings. HPKCC meetings (this page, below) Hot Topics and Community Issues home (find what we're thinking!) Members' home and information page with more on what we're doing. Recent Releases HPKCC convenes community organizations Oct. 15 2011, next March 10 ****HPKCC ASKS UC to present "constructive and substantial plan to protect" Woodlawn Ave. BREAKING: HPKCC LETTER ENDORSES LANDMARK DISTRICT HPKCC was among group convening mtg Nov. 2 on police district closing. HPKCC gives a word of thanks to Howard Males. HPKCC joined Friends of Blackstone Library in opposing proposed library cuts in the proposed 2012 budget- as revised still opposing reduced cuts in in the FOB page See release in pdf & HPKCC longer release (not including response to modifications Read about the Schools Committee Networking Dinner and what it tells about our local schools in the Schools homepage. Congratutions to First Unitarian, 2011 Membership appeal letter. Form- we will gladly take memberships for 2012. Article in June 2011 Reporter on saving Harper Theater shows how preservation and development can work together. Find all articles in June 11 Reporter (and previous). view June 2011 Reporter issue (Vol. 17, No. 2) in pdf. May 2011 Reporter FLASH, HPKCC ANNUAL MTG. was held SEPT. 18. Members elected 8 new directors (1/3 of board), learned that asthe state of finances is sound and robust, received updates from several elected officials and from our president and had a good time. Re-elected: Jay Ammerman, Anita R. Hollins, Gail Isenberg, Jack Spicer. Returning: Nancy Baum. New (congratulations!) Paul G. Durica, Allison H. Hartman, Patricia A. Martin. Next annual meeting about 3rd Sunday in Sept. 2012. The current officers were re-elected October 6. OFFICERS AND BOARD Contact us at hpkcc@aol.com or phone 773 288-8343. 1525 E. 53rd St. #907, Chicago, IL 60615 Website www.hydepark.org. A 501c3 Illinois not for profit. Sign up to "find out about it": hpkcc.chicago@gmail.com. FACEBOOK. Committees/Committee Contacts CURRENT FOCUS AND THE CONFERENCE IN ACTION-latest doings See also From the Board and the President's desk- ongoing reportage HPKCC MEETINGS AND EVENTS. Call for board nominees for September 18 Annual Meeting 2011 2011 Membership appeal letter HPKCC Board meets 1st Thurs 7pm HPBank 4th fl. February 2. HPKCC PRESS RELEASES AND PUBLICATIONS: HPKCC convenes community organizations October 15, 2011 (summary) Woodlawn Ave. Corridor (more on that topic in own page) SUPPORTS LANDMARK DISTRICT for Woodlawn Ave. (NEW) Opposition to library cuts release: HPKCC Supports Chicago Libraries ALD. CANDIDATE RESPONSES TO HPKCC QUESTIONS. More about Book sale again a smashing success! (even more in 2011) JAN. 2011 REPORTER. Feb. 5 forum report. MAY 2011 FLASH. June 2011 REPORTER. South Lakefront Corridor Transportation Study held the first and second of several opportunities for public input and information April 13 2011. See our report in pdf. Their site http://www.cityofchicago.org/transportation. Email southlakefront@cityofchicago.org, Brenda McGruder, CDOT, 30 N. LaSalle St., Ste. 500, Chicago, IL 60602, 773 312-744-6139, fax 312-742-2422. Information in a March 30 Red Eye- http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/cta/redeye-cdot-seeks-input-on-south-side-transit-improvements-20100329.0.5389613_story. Report of 2nd meeting is in CTA page. MEMBERSHIP FORM: Join, support our work. (note). Deductible as per law. 2010 MEMBERSHIP LETTER. Becoming a member, member services, chairs, updated dues schedule MEMBERSHIP FORM (printable) ABOUT HPKCC . MORE About HPKCC. Mission. Early HISTORY and involvement in Urban Renewal INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE (printable in pdf) 2011 Membership appeal letter Committees/Programs. Details...HPKCC news and members homepage THE CONFERENCE REPORTER index/navigator to issues. NEW! MAY 2011 FLASH AUGUST 2010 ISSUE in pdf. JANUARY 2011 ISSUE. View June 2011 issue (Vol. 17, No. 2) in pdf. CURRENT FOCUS AND THE CONFERENCE IN ACTION. Article in June 2011 Reporter on HPKCC role in saving Harper Theater shows how preservation and development can work together. Supporting stronger protections ("transition language") AND landmarking for Woodlawn Avenue HPKCC HELPS NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB TEENS LEARN THE CITY VIA TRANSIT See letter/release. Report on the September 12, 2010 Annual Meeting. Schools- join the Schools Committee- mtg. tba. About from Jan. 2011 Reporter- see in Schools home. RESPONSES FROM ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES/ BY HPKCC. Read about our co-sp'd 4th Ward Ald. candidates forum. Hosting meeting of community organizations Oct. 15. Go to these linked pages for latest committee and Conference reports, actions, news: HPKCC and its development committee weigh in on opening Harper Avenue, Shoreland project HPKCC completes commissioned structural study of Harper Theater Condos Committee holds seminar on important requirements [link to view 2010 law in pdf] Schools Committee holds and plans networking dinners and principal meetings, investigates school/out of school enrichment, shows intern teachers the neighborhood. Friends of Blackstone Library hosts lecture series, participates in Art-RAGEOUS summer reading programs. SPAF takes on documentation of Woodlawn District after overseeing Harper Theater structural study See a report from our urgent update seminar for condo associations. And in the FLASH (coming 2nd wk of June 2011) Visit report on HPKCC's April 19, 2010 "Keeping YOU and Your Computer Safe" seminar. Programs updates/descriptions/page links (below) NEW! Our FACEBOOK fanpage

The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference is a 501(c)3 not for profit Neighborhood Association since 1949- 62 years!	The Conference publishes the quarterly Conference Reporter for members and friends, and maintains hydepark.org. Access Reporter issues. Join the Conference to get Reporters at your door first class mail. HPKCC is a membership based and supported organization. Anyone who shares our interests may become a member by paying and remaining in good standing with annual dues payments. Members get the Reporter and other informational services, discounted fees at events that charge, and receive (one) vote at the Annual Meeting in September. See above for links to appeal, membership form, and informational brochure. We have about 150 members at present and would love to include you. Also, most of our work is done in our open committees. . Dues schedule. Individual $20, Family $30, Senior $15, 501c3 Nonprofit Organization* $75, Business* $100. Contributions at any level are welcome. Since HPKCC is a 501c3 nonprofit in good standing, contributions are deductible as per law. Please print and fill in the Membership Form in its entirely (we need current email addresses, also current contacts for condo and coop associations) and mail to HPKCC, 1525 E. 53rd St. #907, Chicago, Illinois, 60615. Questions? hpkcc@aol.com or 773 288-8343. Membership chairs (selected June 2010): Jane Ciacci and Irene Freelain. *New categories adopted July 2010. *THE "NONPROFIT" CATEGORY OFFERS A SPECIAL RATE TO 501c3s. The January 2010 Reporter and May Reporter Flash are out and worthy of your dues support. See January in pdf. Features include HPKCC Monitors Harper Court Development Profits from Used Book Sale Help Support HPKCC Programs From the President's Desk...Did George Rumsey Really Retire from HPKCC? Development Impact on the53rd Street TIF Budget Friends of Blackstone Opens New Lecture Series HPKCC Schools Committee Holds Fourth Annual Networking Dinner and plans Recognition Ceremony A Hyde Parker You Should Know: Chuck Thurow Come to the Garden Fair Lectures for a Taste of Spring Follow up with the May 2010 "Reporter Flash" for members August 2010 Conference Reporter. Features: Hyde Park Used Book Sale is ON! Dreams of Spring--The Fall Garden Fair, President- Harper Court- Boon or Boondoggle? HPKCC Helps Club's Teens Learn City via Transit, Elm Park Playlot..., HPKCC Schools Committee Plans Upcoming Activities, Toward a Hyde Park Village, Summertime at Blackstone Library, Save the Date-Annual Meeting and Election, Qumbya and Co-operative Living, Join the email list and fan us on facebook, Board-programs-contacts. January 2011 issue, which features responses by aldermanic candidates and features on schools, board news. May 2011 Reporter FLASH. May 13-14 Garden Fair, Board News to date 2011. June 2011 Reporter issue. Role of the HPKCC Board in harper Theater & Harper Court Development Chicago Theological Seminary Buildings and the Woodlawn Avenue Corridor From the President's Desk Development in Hyde Park-South Kenwood News from the Board Membership Appeal Letter Call for Nominations Hyde Park Used Book Sale 2011 The purpose of the Conference is to attend to the civic needs of the community; work toward an attractive, secure, diverse, and caring community; and to promote participation of residents, businesses, institutions, and organizations in programs and activities that advance the interests and concerns of the community. It serves the community as a watchdog, independent voice, and clearing house in the community's ongoing conversation and decisions about those matters which affect and define community life.
Officers (Executive Committee) elected October 6, 2011 (Officers reelected):President Jane Ciacci Vice Presidents (1st) Brenda Sawyer (2nd) Anita Hollins Secretary Gail Isenberg Treasurer Mark Granfors Board (additional) (new Sept. 2011 terms effective Oct. 6: Durica, Hartman, Martin; Returning: Baum; Re-elected Ammerman, Hollins, Isenberg, Spicer) Jay N. Ammerman, Nancy Baum, Jane Comiskey, Darryl Crawford, George W. Davis, Michael Doss, Paul G. Durica, Camille Hamilton-Doyle, Allison H. Hartman, Timika Hoffman-Zoller, Patricia A. Martin, David Nekimken, Gary Ossewaarde, Jack Snapper, jack Spicer, Ismail Turay, Emeritus: George Cooley Nominating Committee (members Jay Ammerman, Anita Hollins, George Rumsey, Jack Snapper Membership co-chairs: Jane Ciacci, Irene Freelain Finance chair: Mark Granfors Editorial chair: Jane Ciacci	UPCOMING HPKCC MEETNGS & EVENTS- informational seminars!! Other meetings Monthly HPKCC board meetings- are open to the public. 1st Thursdays at 7, 1525 E. 53rd 4th floor March 1... HPKCC convenes its second meeting of representatives of community organizations March 10, 8:30 am to noon at St. Thomas the Apostle Church. If this applies to you and you have not been contacted, email Jane Ciacci, janeciacci@aol.com. The HPKCC Schools Committee meeting has been changed to March 8, Thursday, 9:45 am, United Church 53rd Blackstone, Blackstone entry. nbbaum@sbcglobal.net. February 4, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Help decorate drop boxes for the 2012 February "Have a Heart for Public Schools Supply Drive", sponsored by HPKCC Schools Committee. Questions: contact haveaheart2012@gmail.com. Friends of Blackstone Library Despres Family Lecture Series- 4904 S. Lake Park. 4th Wednesdays at 6:30. Blackstone Library lectures and panels- see in Friends of Blackstone, Culture and Arts Calendar We strongly encourage members and residents to attend the presentation and review meetings on the Harper Court/53rd-Lake Park plans, other development proposals. 53rd TIF meets 2nd Mondays alternate months (Sept., Nov. Jan., Mar., July, 7 pm, Kenwood Academy Little Theater, 5015 S. Blackstone- use flagpole entry. Next is November 14. Current focus and The Conference in Action Woodlawn Avenue Corridor and U of C Planned Dev. changes and MOU with city. Statement printed in Herald Oct. 5, 2011: (see on this issue Woodln Cor. page) "The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference takes the future of the Woodlawn Avenue Corridor very seriously. We hope the university will present at the October 6 meeting some constructive and substantial plan that will protect this community asset." President Ciacci backs Ald. Hairston at news conference calling for contract transparency and time to study, concern about outsourcing services. Read in 5th Ward Newsletter. Representatives from Vermilion/Harper Court Partners answered board questions. We asked questions of our aldermen at the June 2 board meeting (follow up to candidate forum). Board actions May 2011 Our key projects at the moment are nourishing community; the collaborative community concerns impacting development including Harper Court (See Harper Court home and Vermilion presentation) and the future of Harper Theater, school improvement; neighborhood revitalization conditions and priorities; informational programs for residents, underwriting programs at our endangered nonprofit services; the fall Used Book Sale; and building collaborations that further education or focus and drive forward realization of community vision (affordable housing, transit oriented development, openness and transparency in planning and community life, and our mission in general. We also serve as umbrella to worthy organizations and causes. Annual reconstituting officers and committees following recent board election. A CONVENING OF REPS FROM AREA ORGS OCT. 15. Recent: Held a schools networking dinner-- schools electrified with their intiatives, success. Supported public libraries against cuts. And we DO THINGS- like 2 garden fairs, and a used book sale each year, forums, collaborations, sell whistles, and attend a lot of meetings and make personal contacts! Helps the Neighborhood Club do things that also support our mission. Being set up: a condo and association owners forum on subjects including FHA mortgage certification, assessments, foreclosures. HPKCC's Development, Preservation, Zoning committee met with Chris Dillion of Vermillion May 2 on plans for Harper Court, which are undergoing refinement and preliminary leasing, nearing signatures for start. Positions/actions recently adopted: October 2009: Support for the South Lakefront Transportation Corridor Improvement Study; the principles pursued in the Shoreland renovation and Del Prado rezoning projects. Continuing: Principles for Harper Court Area redevelopment, support for reuse of Harper Theater building, support for the Op Shop pop up arts venue. April 2011 President Jane Ciacci joined Ald. Hairston (5th) and others in a press conference questioning a quicky contract to privatize and take citywide the blue cart recycling pilot with little transparency-- this seems to be a pattern between departments and city council. Concern was also expressed about local jobs. May 2011. Board guest was Chaz Rasul, director of the U of C Neighborhood Schools Program. News and advice were shared on a host of topics including the Harper Ct. Farmers' Market (with a new home), new options for the Woodlawn Corridor (the board approved suggesting historic district status), letter of congatulations that was sent to 1st Unitarian on its 175th, letter encouraging same to consider renting Fenn House for S.H.o.P., Record of our Kenwood Park Usage Committee went to Special Collections (which is organizing the Conference collections), decision to have a summer party, a Reporter FLASH was sent out on the Garden Fair, to be followed by a full issue on development sites and issues (hot off the press now), we're starting a Constant Contact, we sought involvement in review of a wetlands project in Washington Park, approved a letter of support for naming for Nancy Hays in Jackson Park, Elm and Harold Washington Park news, good news from Treasure Island on space use for the Used Book Sale, South Lakefront Corridor Transit Study, our meeting with Harper Court developers, action on membership. Grant: June 3, 2010- to Hyde Park Neighborhood Club for its Summer Teen Program. HPKCC endorses, serves as fiscal agent for SPAF commissioned study of the Woodlawn-University corridor. HPKCC and its development committee weigh in on opening Harper Avenue, Shoreland project HPKCC completes commissioned structural study of Harper Theater Condos Committee holds seminar on important requirements Internet Safety Seminar held, next planned for October 16 Schools Committee holds networking dinners, investigates school/out of school enrichment, shows intern teachers the neighborhood. Garden Fair holds successful spring sale, planning fall's; Used Book Sale being organized

Programs and Committees

	HPKCC is a founding member of the new Coalition for Equitable Community Development. CECD website. About that organization relevant to HPKCC interests.
	The Chicago Academic Games League [CAGL] is a teacher/parent collaboration, a program merging substantive math with athletic models of teams, games, and tournaments. Each year, from October through April, students and teachers from Chicago public schools around the city meet once each month for a Saturday tournament at the Lab School. Schools are self selecting; teachers and parents are volunteers, but CPS underwrites school tuition; students participate of their own volition - not for grades or credit. The program is geared to grades 5 through 8, and the core of the games is pre-algebra. The program is now managed by the University Community Service Center, with c. 8 schools involved and growing. Contact Wallace Goode.
	Condos and Co-ops Governance issues and seminars. Occasional seminars and forums are offered with Atty. John H. Bickley III of Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit. Our page also has helpful information. Chairman- being recruited, for now contact hpkcc@aol.com. Watch for a forum to be announced soon. The Illinois General Assembly passed changes in May 2010- view 2010 law in pdf. April 19, Monday, 7 pm. The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference Condos/Co-ops Plus Committee presented a Public Seminar on issues of importance to Association boards and owners, by Attorney John H. Bickley III. Included registration with FHA, financial management, management of assessments and collections. Extensive handouts by Mr. Bickley and the law firm of Kovitz Shifron Nesbit available to attendees. Report will be posted as available in the Condos Co-ops section. Report from forums of November 6 2007, December 8 2008 in Condos/Co-ops page. Since you need to know: High-rise Life-Safety Ordinance. Taxes and rebates.
(Committee page)	Development, Preservation and Zoning Committee page. Includes July 2009 report on the approach and this year's actions of of our Committee Dev.-Pres.-Zoning homepage- navigate to analyses and positions on several developments Chair Gary Ossewaarde Visit Hot Development specific and Hot Development general discussions and links pages Article in June 2011 Reporter on saving Harper Theater shows how preservation and development can work together. The HPKCC Development, Preservation, Zoning Committee monitors and seeks proactive community input in neighborhood and localized development and use changes. The committee reported on our highly successful online Harper Court Web Survey at a TIF meeting and subsequently comments on the Harper RFP guidelines. Our records and discussion of the Harper Court-53rd Lake Park site and Harper Theater. We stand for broad, open community planning. HPKCC's Development, Preservation, Zoning committee met with Chris Dillion of Vermillion May 2 on plans for Harper Court, which are undergoing refinement and preliminary leasing, nearing signatures for start. Now backs a landmark district as well as stronger language and other protections for Woodlawn Avenue.
	The Hyde Park Disabilities Task Force remains watchful on several fronts and works collaboratively. It's a multi-organization initiative including with ward offices and the city. Its Business Information Packet for interacting with persons of all abilities. Contact: Lenora Austin. We interface with several active groups in the neighborhood and with the Mayor's Office including on correction of intersections/curb cuts. We seek to ensure respect for and respect for laws regarding persons with disabilities or other abilities (including seniors), whether by residents, businesses, or our infrastructures of physical accessibility, outdoors or in. Visit Accessibility Hot Topics discussion and link page. HPDTF chair is Lenora Austin, for HPKCC George Rumsey.
	Sustainable Environment Task Force. Meetings are temporarily suspended while we hone goals and programs the Conference as a whole will promote and develop liaisons and partnerships and encourage what others are doing. Visit Sustainability Committee page and Documents and our Green page and calendar. Visit also Quality of Life Hot Topics for discussion and links. Contact Gary Ossewaarde.
Friends of Blackstone Library	FOBL is the most recent committee of the Conference. It builds support for the Library, provides public programming, and raises support or capital and other needs of the oldest and historic branch of the Chicago Public Library system. Its most recent accomplishments are the restoration of the historic Oliver Dennett Grover murals and initiation of the Despres Lecture Series. Chair Brenda Sawyer. FOBL. Story of Blackstone Branch. Friends of Blackstone website: http://friendsofblackstone.wordpress.com/ JOIN THE FRIENDS AND AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CONFERENCE! HPKCC SUPPORTS PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Original release against cuts incorporating open letter from Friends of Blackstone Library. Despres Family Lecture Series - see FOB page for next lecture Kids- Sign up to read books and get cool prizes this summer "Reading is Art Rageous." Artists- sign up to talk to the kids about your life as an artist- elcarter@chipublib.org. Lots of other programs also.
	More information, reports on trends in our community! Planning is starting for the next forum on condo associations. What's Right/Wrong with Hyde Park HPKCC 2005 forum, after which we held many community planning forums. Most recent: Feb. 18 2009 Hyde Park Challenging the Next Decade. More schools forums coming, including our awards ceremony and lecture Feb. 23 2010. For information contact Gary Ossewaarde at hpkcc@aol.com. Past and coming forums.
	51 years!! A wonderful celebration was held May 31, 2009. Learn about its 1st 50 years in the April 2009 Reporter (in pdf). Spring sale May 18-19 2012. Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference is thankful for the work of the Committee and for its major contribution to the funds of the Conference and its neighborhood beautification projects and grants. Visit the Garden Fair website for details. Committee page. Liaison and information about: rumsey@aol.com. Volunteer with Sue Purrington, 773 363-4368. See also in the May 2011 FLASH.
	NPAC is under the fiscal agency of HPKCC, works with the HPKCC Parks Committee, and is a recognized advisory council to the Chicago Park District. (There are several other park councils in the area). Nichols Park Council homepage. Workdays usually mid-late Sunday afternoons spring-fall, in the wildflower meadow or formal garden. Call Carol Schneider, 684-2619. Next May 8 4-6 pm. NPAC meetings 2nd Thursdays 7 pm-Nichols Park Fieldhouse, with Park District. Fieldhouse/gym programs fill fast! and such a bargain! President Stephanie Franklin, 773 955-3622. Sec./minutes/HPKCC liaison Mark Granfors.
(Committee page)	Parks homepage + index-navigator to the parks & gen. pages. Parks Committee. Jackson Park Website Parks council meetings sched./calendar Thanks from Nichols and our committee to everyone who helps make 4th on 53rd a great success. Chair Gary Ossewaarde- hpkcc@aol.com or garyossewaarde@yahoo.com. Visit Park Issues. Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics was a matter of major neighborhood concern. The Parks Committee's letter on the Olympics. and about. Kenwood Park controversy, how successfully resolved. About park and council. Rebuilding our parks. (Report in December 2007 Reporter) Park volunteer workdays. Burnham: 1st Sat mornings (but call because of conflicts -gw.davis@ezi.net). Jackson 2nd and 4th Sat through November 10 am-1 pm from Darrow Bridge- 773 486-0505. Washington 3rd Sats (plus 26th Arbor Day) and including April 19 Earth Day) 9-noon- , 773 203-3418. Nichols call.
and the Southside P reservation Action Fund	Preservation operates under the HPKCC development committee and SPAF. HPKCC serves as fiscal agent for new Southside Preservation Action Fund, which has received a generous grant from the Driehaus Foundation- See SPAF. Our first appropriation was for research on the role of Walter Gropius in design of several Michael Reese Hospital (area slated for the Olympic Village and afterwards mixed income housing). More projects are in the pipeline. We endorsed the process and principles for a new plan for restoration and reuse of the Shoreland Hotel and a zoning change for the Del Prado. We continue to support adaptive reuse of the Harper theater, are concerned about impacts of city ordinances and other financial pressures on our large and mid-sized buildings, community planning, parking and more. Ways to apply for national register and city designation, tax advantages. Frequently asked questions See our history, preservation pages for latest happenings and significance. Preservation Beat, Preservation Hot Topics Urban Renewal and Timelines.
	Committee homepage. Chair Nancy Baum. Schools Hot Topics. HPKCC Schools Committee. About, including printable pdf brochure. Shortened. The committee next holds its Networking Dinner for principals and assistants, LSC and parent-community support groups Thursday, September 29 6 pm at Ray School, 5631 S. Kimbark. The Schools Committee urges attendance at: Blacktone Libarary Despres Family Lecture Series September 28, 2011, Wednesday, 6 pm. Jacqueline Edelberg, author of How to Walk to School. With a panel that includes Friends of Ray School and Friends of Shoesmith. 4904 S. Lake Park. MARCH 10- SHOWING "A RACE TO NOWHERE" AT KENWOOD ACADEMY. Over 300 attended and asked thoughtful questions. A follow up forum will be scheduled wisth the principals for spring. We held a most encouraging report-from-schools networking dinner Sept. 29, 2011. HPKCC Youth Programs Database is at http://www.hydepark.org/schools. Download and share this database about afterschool and other activities and opportunities. This was a major project of the committee. We also maintain a larger, topical and continuously-updated resource base in Afterschool. We learned more about it and the CPS initiatives to expand arts and other opportunities in the schools at our Schools Next Networking Dinner late Sept or early Oct 2011 tba Schools Directories. Contacts, in own page. Schools Committee Prospectus for an Asset-building coalition for our youth. The committee will be producing a new simplified schools contact directory and cntinue to act as a resource and issues facilitator for schools in conjunction with Hyde Park Schools. The mission of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference Schools Committee is to provide community support for the schools and to provide a place where Local School Council and other school support group members can get together to share information. We want every to be one to which school parents are willing and proud to send their children and every child has access to programs in and out of school that provide the assets and promises that empower them to be come successful adults. We seek new members. Schools Committee meets January 4 2011, 7 pm, United Church, 1448 E. 53rd St. Blackstone side. Learn about our Biennial Recognition Ceremony with information forum and program (including public drum-up for participation in upcoming LSC elections), speaker Jacqueline Edelberg, neighborhood school renaissance expert, who with Ruth Kurland wrote How to Walk to School about the turnaround of Nettelhorst School in Chicago (http://www.howtowalktoschool.com) and Kenwood Jazz Band. Recent activities include visits to community and other enriched schools, a tour of the neighborhood for intern teachers, promotion of involvement in SIPAA planning and LSC elections, and planning our fall networking dinner for LSCs and principals Read wha we found out about locla schols at our Networking Dinner 9-20-11 in the Schools homepage.
and accessibility	TTF: The HPKCC Transit and Mobility Task Force. Visit the Transit Task Force committee homepage Chair James Withrow is willing to meet with individuals with ideas for improvements. Transit web pages home. Accessibility Hot Topics. We occasionally meet or hold public forums Our strongest interests remain the Gold Line Metra upgrade, optimizing CTA and UC-CTA routes for this and nearby communities, strategic access and accessibility including linking to and within retail and throughout the neighborhood for various constituencies/segments of the population needing this, transit-oriented and green/smart development, and regional mobility. We are encouraging bike sharing and other ways to make getting around optimal for all means of getting around and for good interfaces between people using different modes. We are also the folks for parking and infrastructure issues. Metra and pot. CTA fare increases upcoming- extremely worrisome. Chairman James Withrow has a large blog on all these matters: http://alwaysintransit.typepad.com/hyde_park_urbanist/2008/11/gray-gold.html Mr. Withrow is no longer available. Please contact the office.
Hyde Park	Hyde Park Used Book Sale. Columbus weekend (2nd weekend October (2012 prob. 13-15th) yearly, Saturday-Sunday 9-6. Monday 9-2. Presented and managed by HPKCC as a fund-raiser for our programs; Sponsor: Treasure Island Foods, Inc. See in the linked page the "thank you letter." Co-chairs Jane Ciacci (773 419-1384) and George Davis.
and Safety	Learn about HPKCC's WhistleSTOP and community safety action program. TO INFORMATIONAL FLYER ON WHISTLES. Visit also HPKCC's concerns and actions in Community Safety. Tips for staying safe and emergency contacts are in Public Safety and CAPS beat. Whistles are starting to be sold again at Treasure Island- details coming. Chair Camille Hamilton-Doyle. Contact us at hpkcc@aol.com. Visit report on HPKCC's April 19, 2010 "Keeping YOU and Your Computer Safe" seminar. Poisonous Houseplants (in pdf, from On the Safe Side -Timika Hoffman Zoller) Note: some dispute the seriousness of exposure to aloe vera and poinsettia. Chair Camille Hamilton-Doyle Safety Chair Timika Hoffman-Zoller

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