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Take Part in the U.S. Census -It’s Your Civic Duty
Make your presence in the community count. The 2020 United States Census is right around the corner, taking place on April 1, 2020. The Census provides critical data that lawmakers, business owners, teachers, and many others use to provide daily services, products, and support for everyone in our community. Every year, billions of dollars in […]
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Art Banner Exhibit Deadline Approaching: February 1, 2020
Calling all artists.Submissions now being accepted online.Deadline: February 1, 2020. Home, there’s no place like it, and the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission (WCCAC) hopes the chosen theme evokes emotion and inspires creative expression for the concept, physical structure and/or larger community in which the artist feels a sense of belonging. “Home is the place […]
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Cultural Arts Commission Seeks Community Input
What type of art should be included in West Chicago’s Public Art Master Plan? As cities across the country have learned, the addition of public art in communities offers many benefits. West Chicago residents responded with strong agreement to some of these benefits, and added several others of their own, in a survey administered by […]
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At Home with Merle Burleigh – January 15, 2020
“I think I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree. ” Many have the same emotions as expressed in the poem by Joyce Kilmer. This is always evident when Kramer Tree Specialists makes a presentation at a Chamber event. The audience truly listens and usually has many tree-related questions and responses. Again this […]
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Public Art Survey Results – Who Does Public Art Benefit?
In response to a survey conducted by the City of West Chicago’s Cultural Arts Commission for community feedback in a multi-step survey process to create a Public Art Master Plan, the following charts will provide the results of Question #2, Who Does Public Art Benefit? Below the charts are additional comments made by respondents: The […]
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Request for Qualifications: Phase III Engineering Services Prince Crossing Road Resurfacing Project
From North Avenue (Illinois Route 64) to Geneva Road (DuPage County Highway 21) Section Number 19-00083-00-RS The City of West Chicago is accepting Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) from Consultants for Phase 3 Engineering Services for the Prince Crossing Road Resurfacing Project, until 10:00 a.m. local time on Monday, January 27, 2020,at the office of the […]
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At Home with Merle Burleigh – January 8, 2020
It is a new year and a new decade. Each brings changes. Last year saw many changes in our community-new superintendents, new pastors, churches, new businesses, closing of businesses, new organizations and different leaders of organizations, plus marriages, births, deaths and divorces. My contact list looked like hen scratches in the barnyard with all the […]
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Warrenville Artist Nick Gurley to Show Work in West Chicago’s Celebration of Art
The month of January brings Celebration of Art to Gallery 200 at 103 W. Washington Street, with an Opening Reception scheduled for Friday, January 17, 2020 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. The art show and sale is sponsored by People Made Visible, of which Gallery 200 is a division. Artists known to the community through […]
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Local Business Owner and Arts Advocate Announced as 2020 Art Banner Juror
Online Submission Form A familiar face for many in the West Chicago community, Ryan Hammer, co-owner of Kindred Coffee, has been announced as the art juror for the 2020 Art Banner Exhibit, Home. All media are welcome, with no limitation to technique or subject matter, as long as it relates to the theme. Each selected […]
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West Chicago Resident Carrie J. Little Graduates from the 2019 National Association of REALTORS® Leadership Academy
Carrie J. Little, a REALTOR® for 18 years from West Chicago, Illinois has graduated from the 2019 National Association of REALTORS® Leadership Academy. Little is designated managing broker/owner of CarMarc Realty Group and a continuing education instructor in multiple states. She opened CarMarc Realty Group in March of 2017 in West Chicago as a boutique […]
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Gallery Theater to Present Skylight in February
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Gallery Theater presents a play about the one who got away. Skylight, by David Hare, is directed by Justin Schaller. On a chilly, fall evening in London, restaurateur Tom Sergeant visits an old flame, Kyra Hollis, after having lost his wife to cancer. He hopes that he can rekindle […]
Read MoreAt Home with Merle Burleigh – January 1, 2020
The community of West Chicago has a giving spirit and it is so very evident during the holiday season with many organizations, families and individuals reaping the benefits. Kramer Tree Specialists once again donated and decorated the holiday decorations for the Community Tree at 306 Main Street. St. Michael’s United Church of Christ donated 250 […]
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