Central Street Neighbors Association Est. 2007

The following article, written by Jeff Smith and printed in this past week's Evanston Review "Opinion" section, articulates what I believe is the general consensus of many citizens who are continually labeled as anti-developers. Thank you, Jeff, for your continued efforts.

Choose Change That Respects Residents' Choices

For my money, the most stimulating and inspiring event you can treat yourself to this weekend is a live interview of best-selling author-political consultant David Sirota by fellow writer Ben Joravsky, at 2pm on Sat., June 21, just a hop-skip from Evanston at Loyola University's Simpson Multipurpose Room, 6333 N. Winthrop, Chicago. The event is free and open to the public, courtesy of sponsorship by Northside Democracy for America.

Nationally-syndicated journalist Sirota has

After a long, chilly, and even snowy winter that kept us inside and pushed spring's opening bell back several weeks, it now seems like there's a backlog of stuff to do nearly every day around here. This weekend's no exception, and if you don't get out, you have no excuse. Here's some of the community options for this weekend:

I was fortunate to attend the exciting 2008 Chicago Green Festival at Navy Pier on May 17-18. Over 350 businesses and organizations exhibited, demonstrating the large existing amount of economic activity related to "green" business, as well as the enormous potential in that area.