West Chesterfield moves up on leader board State Farm neighborhood assist

From The Chicago Neighborhoods

We got an e-mail recently from West Chesterfield's Michael LaFargue

• THANK those who have voted! and ask PLEASE VOTE TODAY, TOMORROW, THURSDAY and FRIDAY!
  
  UPDATE!
  We have moved up on the Leader Board to #145. We need to be at #40.
  
  VOTE:
  GO TO: www.neighborhoodassist.com
  SIGN UP: name, personal email…
  SEARCH: type in West Chesterfield
  VOTE: Today *
  VOTE: Daily **
  
  Please help the West Chesterfield Community Association Inc. win a $25,000 State Farm "Safety" Surveillance Camera Grant!
  
  Only the "The forty (40) Causes earning the highest number of votes by 11:59:59 P.M. ET, Friday, August 25, 2017 will be designated the winners"

Also there was a press release attached to this e-mail which includes reference to Cook County Judge Raymond Myles who had been murdered this past spring. The private surveillance camera network of West Chesterfield was instrumental in capturing his killers.

Chase Mission Main Street Grant nominees need YOUR vote

Last year, Dat Donut won the Chase Bank Mission Main Street Grant.for small businesses.

The 2015 round of voting has begun, and several businesses in 60619 have submitted their entries.

You can vote for all of them, but only one vote for a specific business from your individual Faceboook Account. To find businesses in our area, click this link and type in 60619 (or other ZIP Code)

Top vote getters as of last Wednesday, 4pm include Piece of the Pie, Brown Sugar Bakery, and Do-Gooder Consulting.

Disclaimer: Do-Gooder Consulting is owned by JP Paulus, a writer here at The Sixth Ward.

Please vote for all of our businesses. We know it's possible for an area resident to get a grant!

Voting ends THIS Friday. We encourage you to also share links on your Facebook page and tag your friends!

• Aaelite Towing Service, LLC.
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Transportation
• 9 votes
  

    VOTE NOW

• Bonfire Grill LLC
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Restaurants / Bars
• 123 votes
  

    VOTE NOW

• Brown Sugar Bakery & Cafe
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Restaurants / Bars
• 49 votes
  

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• Do-Gooder Consulting
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Professionals & Business Service Providers
• 41 votes
  

    VOTE NOW

• DT Sports Group LLC
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Other
• 0 votes
  

    VOTE NOW

• Kay Ray's World of Learning Academy & Community Center
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Education & Training
• 24 votes
  

    VOTE NOW

• Kingdom Elegance
• Chicago, IL, IL
  60619
• Other
• 3 votes
  

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• Lure Chaussures, Inc
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Retailers
• 1 vote
  

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• medical professionals for home health care inc
• chicago, IL
  60619
• Healthcare
• 87 votes
  

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• ORIGINAL SOUL VEGETARIAN
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Restaurants / Bars
• 26 votes
  

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• Small Business Micro System Solutions
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Professionals & Business Service Providers
• 0 votes
  

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• Tea & Crumpets
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Education & Training
• 2 votes
  

    VOTE NOW

• The Peace of Pie, Inc
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Other
• 166 votes
  

    VOTE NOW

• Whatsoever Things Are Lovely
• Chicago, IL
  60619
• Other
• 16 votes

- See more at: https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/vote/businesses?sort=b.dba&direction=asc&page=2#sthash.UdIYwSSL.dpuf

- See more at: https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/vote/businesses#sthash.O7eLNLLa.dpuf

YOU helped a local couple in their adoption process!

We wrote about John and Nicole Anthony on October 10 regarding the adoption resources contest they were a part of. We encouraged you, our readers, to vote for them via Facebook.  They won that contest, thanks in part to your help!

Nicole and John Anthony of Chatham with their 3-year-old Golden Doodle Maestro, whom they adopted from a friend in Washington who was breeding and selling puppies to fund an in-vitro fertilization procedure. The Anthonys considered in-vitro fertilization before deciding on adoption, which they say is less expensive and more reliable option.



(photo by DNAinfo/Lizzie Schiffman)



Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20121127/chatham/community-rallies-facebook-contest-support-couples-dream-of-adoption##ixzz2De1sldcq

Lizzie Schiffman of DNAinfo.com interviewed me (JP Paulus) to talk about how the blog impacted voting. She did a great job withthe story.

You can find the article here, entitled "Facebook Contest Helps Couple Get Closer to Dream of Adoption "

Congratulations to the Anthonys on winning and helping their next steps to building their family!   And thanks to Lizzie and DNAinfo for the write-up. We will post more on them in the future, as they report on our neighborhoods!

I am Englewood logo contest...

Now this is what I'm talking about. It looks like there is finally a call by the neighborhoods to brand themselves. In this case it's Englewood who had been represented negatively by The Chicago Neighborhoods and Slightly Insulting Chicago Posters. Now it's great to see Englewood start to take matters in their own hands:

The Invest In Englewood Advisory Council is actively seeking a locally designed logo for Englewood. The logo will be used for all marketing materials for the Invest In Englewood Campaign which is being managed by the Greater Englewood CDC.

The Invest in Englewood Campaign is a comprehensive initiative whose mission is to rebrand, rebuild, and revitalize the economy of Greater Englewood by building on existing community assets and facilitating collaboration between residents and other key stakeholders.

The contest is for students of Englewood in grades 7th- 12th who live or go to school in the Englewood neighborhood. We are working to create signage, banners, yard signs, t-shirts, etc. and hope to have a symbol/logo that represent the pride, hope, and opportunities that lie within Englewood. We are accepting submissions until November 28th.

Download attached form for contest details.

The Invest In Englewood Advisory Council is actively seeking a locally designed logo for Englewood. The logo will be used for all marketing materials for the Invest In Englewood Campaign which is being managed by the Greater Englewood CDC.

The Invest in Englewood Campaign is a comprehensive initiative whose mission is to rebrand, rebuild, and revitalize the economy of Greater Englewood by building on existing community assets and facilitating collaboration between residents and other key stakeholders.

The theme that will be use for many of these materials will be Rebrand. Rebuild. Revitalize. We hope the logo/symbol will represent these three important elements of the campaign. For more details call 866-845-1032 or email your submissions to abutler @ greaterenglewoodcdc . org!

We need everyone's help in order to REBRAND. REBUILD. REVITALIZE Englewood!

And again, we're going to make another call for more people who are artists or graphic designers to make logos or brands for their respective communities. Hopefully we will all see what the residents of Englewood can eventually come up with.

Flyer is below, if you want to spread the word!

Help a local couple in the adoption process with a "like" and a comment

I adapted the following from a friend (& neighbor)’s Facebook status…the contest is today and tomorrow ONLY. Your like (“vote”) will them win a prize that will get them resources to fund the adoption (i..e 1-on-1 counseling and a books). Please vote ASAP – it’s the FIRST couples that get 75 likes which will win! ) So please take a moment and take a look

To all my friends, as many of you may or may not know Nicole and I (John Anthony)  are planning on using adoption to build our family. Sadly like most African American couples we do not have tens of thousands of dollars laying around to facilitate an adoption. However we would like to give you all an opportunity to join us on this journey in building our family. Today at 11:59 AM and going until 5:59PM Thursday, all you have to do is "like" the organization Resources4Adoption. Here you can see the tools we have the opportunity to win, and bring us closer to building our family. Please help us out and like them. The first two to 75 likes wins. I will post more information tomorrow morning. Please help us out. Thanks.

1.    Go to https://www.facebook.com/visionnehemiah?fref=ts#!/resources4adoption/app_190076381016644 and hit “like” (there is MORE – see below)

2.    IMPORTANT – in the COMMENTS section AT THE BOTTOM put down “We support John  Anthony” (that’s how they register votes)

We wish them the best in this venture!

3.   

RAGE needs your vote to help them rebrand

Former Leon's BBQ 59th & Racine

UPDATE 8:32 PM Forgot to note voting will continue until  Oct. 11th!

RAGE has been promoting this contest they hope to win. This is what's at stake:

 Do you have a good idea for improving your community? Share your plan to creatively move your community forward and you’ll be eligible for a $2,500 grant.

This is what RAGE hopes to do with the grant:

The funds will help us created and distribute memorabilia that highlight our love for Englewood such as: Bracelets, bookmarks, t-shirts, yard, window signs, stickers stating, I AM ENGLEWOOD, Good is in Englewood, Peace in Englewood, etc.

We will also like to create art pieces to display on the vacant retail shops & homes throughout the area. We will like to create “Welcome to Englewood” signs in order to offer a sense of pride and value. We will take photos of residents & use these as billboards highlighting positive stories & images. (For example, My name is blank, an attorney and I AM ENGLEWOOD). This will not only spark hope in the young people here in our area it will show the city as well as America that GOOD exist in Englewood.

You can read the post at RAGE's official website. Click this link to vote and best wishes to RAGE for entering this contest and hopefully they will succeed.

The spaces in between

[VIDEO] There is a contest organized by Place Making Chicago which allows any group to show how they have temporarily remade vacant space. We could be talking about an unoccupied building or a vacant lot. Do we have any entries from our part of town.

There are some lots I wish we could turn into something more production. My first thought was the site of the late Rhodes Theater, but we could also keep our eye on that squatter house we've been keeping our eye on located at 64 E. 95th Street.

Any other vacant spaces you wish to be remade into something more productive?

Hat-tip Gaper's Block.

City business plan competition extended to July

For those of you with business plans and hopefully seek the opportunity to win some cash money in the process. The deadline has been extended to July 6, 2012 at 4:30 PM:

Do you have a great business idea? The City wants to hear it.

The Chicago City Treasurer’s Office is proud to announce the launch of the annual Business Plan Competition. The competition is open to start-up and existing small businesses throughout the city.

To compete for a chance to win cash for your small business, submit your two-page executive summary (official executive summary template can be found at www.jvschicago.org/duman) detailing your business and what makes it unique. Ten finalists will then be selected to submit a full business plan. Three winners will be selected based on their ability to clearly and concisely articulate their business idea, the creativity and practicability of their marketing and sales strategy, and the overall viability of their business.

The winners will be announced on October 5 at the Chicago City Treasurer’s Small Business Expo – 725 W. Roosevelt Road - 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. In addition, the winners will present their winning business plans at the Expo.

On June 27th there will be a business plan workshop at the Chatham Business Association located at 806 E. 78th Street from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

Imagine Englewood If essay competion: Why Englewood needs a youth center

Today recieved this e-mail about an essay contest sponsored by Imagine Englewood If. Below is the text of that email and an entry form for those Englewood residents who are interested in being part of this contest. The above quote is from someone who is involved in this contest:

Jamal is a 15-year old student at Paul Robeson High School in Englewood. His words were not coached. They came from the heart of a young man who lives at the epicenter of the violence that has taken a foothold in his community. In fact, Jamal was the inspiration for the "Pocket Change 4 Youth" Campaign for a Youth & Family Community Center. He now serves as Youth Co-Chairperson of the “Pocket Change 4 Youth Essay Contest”.

Kinda’ busy? We understand. That’s why we have extended the contest to March 31st. Please take a moment to sponsor someone you know, or consider entering the competition yourself. In these turbulent times, it is one way to signal your support to the children of Englewood who strive for peace in their community. Remember, the essay theme is, "Why Englewood Needs a Youth Center" and the contest is open to anyone who lives, attends school, or works in Englewood. Attached you will find the Essay Contest Entry Form (flyer on front, entry form on back). It includes vital information about the competition to help guide participants through the process.

Awards will be presented on April 7th at “Open Mic Nite”, a teen summit and teen café, which marks the beginning of a direct action campaign to rally support for the center. All ages are welcome. For more information, contact Imagine Englewood if at 773.488.6704, fax: 773.488.6705; email: jhill705 [@] sbcglobal.net; website: www.imagineenglewoodif.org.

This is the entry form that I uploaded onto Scribd.

Black Enterprise Homeownership Contest

Here a contest for First Time Homebuyers

Here is where you sign up http://www.blackenterprise.com/homeownershipcontest/

Creative Floral : Contest ends THIS Saturday

We wanted to let you know that Creative Floral and Gifts is having a contest, that ends this Saturday. You can win a $75 gift basket, and can also pick up a free Football schedule.

Creative Floral and Gifts' contact info:

343 E 79th ST

Chicago, IL 60619

phone: (773)-846-2929

fax: (773)-846-2934

The business is located in the southeast corner of 79th & Calumet, across the street from Chatham Food Market.

If you can't make it during business hours (approximately 9am - 5pm Tuesday - Friday, 9am - ~ 1pm on Saturday), please call Carole Hobson at the above number.

Whether you call or visit, tell her JP sent you. You probably won't receive anything, but we'd all love to know if this blog helps make a positive difference.

We have talked about Creative Floral in this blog entry, as well as others.

p.s. If you know of a business that should be featured here, please let us know. Include links ot any photos. Thanks!

Chicago 2016 is hosting a "Why Chicago" video contest

I just got this email this afternoon:

Hi,

I’ve been reading your posts on the Chicago 2016 effort, and I want to invite you and your readers to help America win the Host City privilege by participating in a new video contest. Some of the earliest submissions have been passionate, funny, whimsical and even moving. Check them out here.

Starting today through November 25, 2008, you can visit www.Chicago2016.org/contest to upload (or just vote) on user-generated videos that capture the spirit of Chicago and tell the world why the Windy City should host the Games in 2016. Finalists will be selected by a panel of judges based on a combination of popular vote and the following criteria:

• Originality

• Creativity

• relevance to the "Why Chicago" theme

• production quality

The Grand Prize winner will receive a trip for two to Vancouver for a behind the scenes tour of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and have their video featured on NBC 5 News Today.

Second place will win $5,000 worth of video production equipment of their choice

And you don’t have to upload a video to win. One lucky voter will be chosen at random to win a trip for six to the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) headquarters in Colorado Springs to see the USOC's world-class training facilities, watch Olympians and Olympic hopefuls train and participate in a U.S. Olympic sport experience.

I hope you can participate, either by creating a video, voting, or letting others know about the “Why Chicago” campaign. Please feel free to get in touch with any questions – thanks!

-Steve

If you're interested I'll forward the e-mail to you. But here's the company website that Mr. Steve Elwell represents at Hill & Knowlton.