Neighbors Helping Neighbors: It’s Just What We Do
Neighbors Helping Neighbors: It’s Just What We Do As we all keep our social distance it’s more important than ever that we are a community of neighbors helping neighbors: check on one another, follow the common–sense rules for keeping yourself and others safe, and remember to support local businesses. Thank you to all medical people, first […]
Eat, Drink and Shop Local
Eat, Drink and Shop Local Our restaurants and stores need your business! Purchase gift certificates, order carryout meals from restaurants, shop online. Dollars spent helping our business neighbors helps our community stay strong. BAPA is updating local business info www.bapa.org. If you have a business update, email info to Brittany Wiley, BAPA Business Liaison, bwiley@bapa.org. Food and Drink For […]
House, Business, Charity: It’s all At Home for This Couple
Dale Ludwig and Greg Owen-Boger have been Beverly/Morgan Park neighbors and business owners for two decades, but it wasn’t until a few years ago they became involved in community life. Now active and involved neighbors, they’ve recently made a move that brings together the essentials of running their business, meeting the needs of homeless […]
Village Viewpoint, April 2020
By Mary Jo Viero BAPA Executive Director I have always loved this neighborhood. As a child I loved living on Vanderpoel and walking to school. I loved my first apartment on 111th Street. I loved taking the train downtown to my first real job. I loved moving back to the neighborhood with my husband to raise a family. Each different stage in my life showed me different […]
Western Avenue Revitalization Project Plans Progress at UrbanMain Workshop
By Cathriona Fey BAPA Community Outreach & Improvement On the last Saturday of February volunteers representing various businesses, organizations and residents from the Beverly/Morgan Park community gathered to continue planning efforts for the Western Avenue Revitalization Project. This community-led initiative is part of National Main Street Center’s UrbanMain program. UrbanMain offers technical assistance and support for community-driven economic development plans in under-resourced older and historic neighborhood commercial districts in order to restore economic […]
THINGS TO DO IN THE APRIL GARDEN
By Barbara Gyarmathy Garden Club of Morgan Park Beverly Hills Spring has returned! Hopefully you had some time over the winter to ponder your sleeping garden, browse gardening magazines and spring catalogues or even read an article or two about adding native plants and practices to your gardening routine. We are excited to go outside and get started, but we need to wait, to […]
On The Spot: 3 ‘Foodies’ Name Favorite Neighborhood Sandwiches
By Claire O’Malley Our neighborhood isn’t known for having fancy restaurants with white tablecloths and waiters in tuxedos, but you can certainly find a lot of great sandwiches here. Which sandwiches are the best? Because of how many sandwiches there are I knew I would have to narrow down the field. Since I don’t have much culinary experience, I asked […]
Biz Spotlight: Two Mile Coffee Bar Plans Second Location
By Kristin Boza Two Mile Coffee Bar, 1766 W. 95th St., revolutionized the 95th Street Metra train station for a unique family-operated coffee experience. Created and co-owned by Nate and Sonia Hollister and Gretta and Patrick Dertinger, Two Mile is ready to expand to a second location in the space previously occupied by B-Sides Coffee + Tea, 9907 S. Walden Pkwy. B-Sides Coffee + Tea […]
BAPA and 19th Ward Set Agenda for Smart Tech Seniors
Over the last two years, BAPA and the 19th Ward have sponsored free technology focused workshops for area adults that were hosted by Smith Village and Mercy Circle and led by expert Claire DiCola Richards. The programs were well attended and provided much needed information in an everchanging world of technology. BAPA and the 19th Ward recently surveyed seniors who participated in the workshops for feedback on their experiences. More than 60 percent of survey respondents were satisfied with […]
Scam Alert: Helpful tips to avoid becoming a victim
By Gary Jenkins BAPA Safety Program Coordinator Telephone, email, and text message scams are a very present danger in the high-tech world in which live. Scammers and thieves are utilizing both sophisticated and not so sophisticated methods to defraud and steal from unsuspecting people. Currently, scammers are taking advantage of these times of anxiety and uncertainty of […]