Uptown Update

• New Area Code; New Numbers To Dial

  From Ald. Gene Schulter's weekly email newsletter:
  
  Effective Saturday, November 7, 2009, all local calls will have to follow new dialing procedures; this means that all local calls in the (312 or 773) would be required to dial 1+ the area code+ telephone number. If [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:47pm EST
  

• 68% Of Property Taxes To Wilson Yard TIF? That's Low

  
  

  A reader writes:

  From my PIN, but would love to do a compare/contrast:

  COUNTY OF COOK 2.3786534110%
  FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY 0.2923164433%CITY OF CHICAGO 5.3190129288%CITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARY FUND 0.5846328866%CITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL BLDG & IMP FUND 0.6706083111%CITY OF CHICAGO SPECIAL SERVICE AREA #34 [...]

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:39pm EST
  

• Get To Know Your Neighbors

  A reader sends in the following scan and info showing one of our neighbors who resides at Sunnyside & Magnolia:
  "Another dubious Top 5 List for Uptown. Would really like to know what we citizens can do to hold subsidized property managers and owners accountable for" [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:19am EST
  

• Something's Gotta Give

  The once beautiful mural on the west side of TCF Bank at 1050 W. Wilson has seen better days. Our readers who board the train on Wilson have surely seen the various tags covering the bank, most recently the vulgar phrase that was thankfully covered up [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:17am EST
  

• Holiday Wreaths Available to Your Business

  

  The Holiday Season is just around the corner! Uptown SSA #34 -- in conjunction with Business Partners, The Chamber for Uptown -- is undertaking an inaugural Season's Greetings Wreath Program along with other festive initiatives during the holidays. In past years, SSA#34 arranged and [...]

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:41am EST