By Carol Flynn In honor of the Beverly Area Planning Association’s (BAPA) 75th anniversary, articles about BAPA’s history will be featured in The Villager throughout 2023. This month, BAPA’s role
By Carol Flynn In 1921, the Rock Island Magazine carried a feature story describing the communities along its Blue Island commuter line. The Beverly Hills/Morgan Park area was declared “one
By Grace Kuikman For the past three decades, Sid and Grace Hamper have been tireless stewards of one of Beverly/Morgan Park’s most cherished institutions, the John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (VAA) collection of 19th and 20th
By Liam Millerick BAPA Property Preservation Services The residents of Beverly/Morgan Park have done an excellent job preserving the old and historic homes within our neighborhood. BAPA is revitalizing it’s
By Maureen Gainer Reilly A few months back I became the BAPA Board President, carrying on a bit of a family tradition. My dad, Bill Gainer, was BAPA President back
Event includes Memorial Day Parade, Post-Race Festival, Kids Area and More Dig out your tube socks, sweat bands and jogging shorts — Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) is reaching
By Willie Winters “When a community comes together, good things happen.” After reading former BAPA executive director Chuck Shanabruch’s article in the April issue of The Villager, I was reminded
By Charles Shanabruch In 1980, the Beverly Area Planning Association’s stated mission was to sustain the Beverly/Morgan Park neighborhood as a “quality, stable, integrated community.” Sociologists had projected that the
By L. Patrick “Pat” Stanton The summer of 1971 marked the change of BAPA from a reactive to a proactive role in the Beverly/Morgan Park community. Because of my role
About half of BAPA’s budget comes from annual memberships from neighborhood residents and businesses.
The Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) is a not-for-profit, community-based alliance of more than a dozen civic and business groups dedicated to serving the historic Beverly Hills/Morgan Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Beverly Area Planning Association
1744 W. 99th Street
Chicago, IL 60643
773-233-3100
