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Humboldt Park Quality of Life Plan May 2005 Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation | LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program QUALITY-OF-LIFE PLAN MAY 2005 HUMBOLDT PARK : Staking Our Claim PLANNING TASK FORCE Humboldt Park Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation worked in partnership with the Jim Lemondides Greater North-Pulaski Development Corporation Madeline Roman-Vargas Wright College/Humboldt Park Vocational Near Northwest Neighborhood Network/Humboldt Park Empowerment Carol Lee Lopez Nobel Elementary School Education Center Partnership, West Humboldt Park Family and Community Development Obed Lopez Citizens Health Organization Anne Russett Youth Service Project Council, Nobel Neighbors and 42 other organizations to develop this quality-of-life plan. The organizers gratefully acknowledge the following Commander Robert Lopez Chicago Police Department 13th District Enrique Salgado Division Street Business Development Association people for the time, energy and resources given to this process. Jim Lundeen Nobel Neighbors Julie Samuels Openlands Project Deputy Chief Maria Maher Chicago Police Department Area 5 Patrol Division Officer Cathy Sandow Chicago Police Department 25th District Task Force Members Maggie Martinez Block Club Federation John Stultz Garfield Area Partnership Commander Dan Alvarado Chicago Police Department 25th District Eliud Medina Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Dan Valliere Chicago Commons-West Humboldt Kathy Anderson West Humboldt Park Family and Community Alderman Emma Mitts 37th Ward Efrain Vargas Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation Development Council Lydia Molina Growing Pride Ray Wang North Central District Health Council Joy Aruguete Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation (Chair) Luis Monterrubio Department of Planning & Development Laura Weathered Near Northwest Arts Council, Humboldt Park Commander Salvador Avila Chicago Police Department 14th District Dean Morris Nobel Neighbors Economic Development Corp. Mary Bonome Department of Planning and Development Jennette Moton K.A.F.T. 4 Unity Neighborhood Organization (Co-Chair) Norman White Department of Planning & Development Doris Brown Chicago Commons-West Humboldt Park Keith Muhammad K.A.F.T. 4 Unity Neighborhood Organization Ferdinand Wipachit Phoenix Military Academy Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr. 27th Ward Jane Norton Hispanic Housing Development Corporation Xichel Woods Erie Family Health Center Michael Burton Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation Alderman Billy Ocasio 26th Ward Junirose Zaide Norwegian American Hospital Guilibaldo Criollo Youth Service Project Eduardo Padro United Blocks of West Humboldt Park Carmen Curet Youth Service Project Miguel Palacio Association House of Chicago NNNN/HPEP Housing Action Team Members Joyce Fernandes architreasures Idida Perez West Town Leadership United Erica Alcibar Metropolitan Tenants Organization Sol Flores La Casa Norte Bettye Pulphus 37th Ward John Bartlett Metropolitan Tenants Organization Floyd Gardner Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Lori Ramos Centro San Bonifacio Michael Burton Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation Vicki Hadaway Casa Central Niuris Ramos Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Mark Fick Chicago Mutual Housing Network Abigail Harlan Morse Tech/YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago Lowell Rice Greater North-Pulaski Development Corporation Sol Flores La Casa Norte Willie Harvey 11th District Men’s Club Kelsa Rieger West Humboldt Park Family and Community Min. Frankie Freeney Nobel Neighbors Officer Brian Hoffman Chicago Police Department 25th District Development Council Hector Gamboa Spanish Coalition for Housing Sherry Hooker Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation Officer Yvonne Robinson Chicago Police Department 11th District Lauren Gutterman La Casa Norte Bill Howard West Humboldt Park Family and Community Officer Milton Robles Chicago Police Department 13th District Juanita Irizarry Latinos United (Co-chair) Development Council Daisy Rodriguez Erie Family Health Center Teresa Lambarry Spanish Coalition for Housing Juanita Irizarry Latinos United Gabriela Roman Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Teofilo Lopez Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Commander James Jackson Chicago Police Department 11th District Lucy Roman Youth Service Project Reid Mackin West Humboldt Park Family and Community Cheryl Kelly Bickerdike Affordable Housing Committee Sabina Romanowska Wright College/Humboldt Park Vocational Development Corporation Education Center Laura Malyj Cole Taylor Bank © 2005 LISC/Chicago Nita Marchant Pro Center Erick Blanco Charter One Bank Crime and Safety Sub-committee Maggie Martinez Block Club Federation Kate Johnson ACCION Chicago (Americans for Community Martin Castillo Parents and Neighbors in Action Association Pablo Medina Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation Co-operation In Other Nations) Harry Egipciaco 1100 North Harding Block Club Ofelia Navarro Spanish Coalition for Housing Frank Lugo Integrated Technologies Providers Reinalda Egipciaco 1100 North Harding Block Club Eduardo Padro United Blocks of West Humboldt Park Reid Mackin West Humboldt Park Family and Community John Hobbs Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation Antonio Ramon JPMorgan Chase (Co-chair) Development Council Jose Martinez Parents and Neighbors in Action Association Julie Samuels Openlands Project Nelida Martinez Viva Family Center Head Start Maggie Martinez Block Club Federation Seccuocoria Stanley Neighborhood Housing Services Monika Moreno Integrated Technologies Providers Jennette Moton K.A.F.T. 4 Unity Block Club Margaret Starou Resident Sam Pearson Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Kelsa Reiger West Humboldt Park Family and Community Barbara Watkins United Blocks of West Humboldt Park Antonio Ramon JPMorgan Chase Development Council Niuris Ramos Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Lucy Roman Youth Service Project NNNN/HPEP Employment Skills Action Team Members Lowell Rice Greater North-Pulaski Development Corporation (Co-chair) Dena Al-Khatib Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation Enrique Salgado Jr. Division Street Business Development Association (Chair) Health Committee Teresa Connell STRIVE Inc. Pete Schmugge North-Pulaski Armitage Chamber of Commerce James Alexander Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute Renee Daye Youth Service Project Maria Elena Arpin Infant Welfare Society Antoinette Jackson Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Education Committee Rob Bisceglie Infant Welfare Society Marcos Jacome Health Alternatives System, Inc. Pat Daniels Nobel Neighbors Bob Browne Resurrection Health Care/St. Elizabeth and St. Mary of Barbara Krzewinska Humboldt Park Vocational Educational College Minister Frankie Freeney Nobel Neighbors Nazareth Hospitals Zenaida Lopez Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Carol Lee Lopez Nobel Elementary School Eddie Correa Casa Central William Molina Greater West Town Development Corporation Idida Perez West Town Leadership United Jamie Delgado UIC Community Outreach Intervention Project Jane Norton Hispanic Housing Development Corporation (Chair) Kelsa Rieger West Humboldt Park Family and Community Frank Diaz, Jr. Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Laura Oswald Erie Neighborhood House Development Council Vicki Hadaway Casa Central Miguel Palacio Association House of Chicago Gladys Rivera Lowell Elementary School Heather Hastings Resident Rocio Restrepo Association House of Chicago Ferdinand Wipachit Phoenix Military Academy Carol Lee Lopez Citizens Health Organization (Co-chair) Enid Rivera Illinois Department of Human Services Obed Lopez Citizens Health Organization Sabina Romanowska Wright College/Humboldt Park Vocational Education Focus Groups Omar Lopez CALOR Education Center We would also like to thank and acknowledge the principals, Jess Lynch North Central District Health Council Xichel Woods Erie Family Health Center teachers, school staff, parents and students from Lowell Miguel Morales Co-op Humboldt Park Elementary School, Von Humboldt Elementary School, Nobel Elementary Miguel Palacio Association House NNNN/HPEP Economic Development Action Team Members School, Phoenix Military Academy and Morse Tech Elementary School Idida Perez West Town Leadership United Dena Al-Khatib Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation who participated in our Education Focus Groups including group Sylvia Peters Chicago/Cook Co. Community Health Council Maddi Amill Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration facilitator, Alisú Schuoa-Glusberg. Lori Ramos Centro San Bonifacio Daisy Rivera West Town Leadership United Bettina Savage Nobel Neighbors Jessie Mumm Humboldt Park Economic Development Corp. Nancy Rivera West Town Neighborhood Health Center William Torres Oxygenating Garden Onix Rosado Clergy Daisy Rodriguez Erie Family Health Center Jimmy Simmons Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Rita Rodriguez Casa Central Quality-of-Life Plan Editing Committee Graciela Suarez West Town Leadership United Madeline Roman-Vargas Wright College/Humboldt Park Vocational Doris Brown Chicago Commons West Humboldt Park Julian Tysh Humboldt Park Economic Development Corp. Education Center (Chair) Bill Howard West Humboldt Park Family and Community Mary Williams West Humboldt Park Family and Community Joan Sheforgen PrimeCare Development Council Development Council Stephanie Sommers Center on Work and Community Development Jennette Moton K.A.F.T. 4 Unity Neighborhood Organization Sherrelle Withers Chicago Department of Planning and Development Dan Valliere Chicago Commons Gabriela Roman Near Northwest Neighborhood Network Steve Vanderpoel Streamwood Behavioral Health Center at St. Mary Youth Participants of Nazareth Hospital
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