AGENDA

HOLS board meeting

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Zoom Meeting

Who’s at the table?

Ransom 

Ashley

John

Allen

Tom

Paige

Joe

Adam

Old business

1. Approve previous meeting minutes: 

   1. Approved by all members

New business

1. Treasurer’s report

2. Banking: motion of Tom and Paige to change address of bank account to 2270 w Leland

   1. Over $2K in funds currently, little spending now due to pandemic

   2. Tom working with Wintrust to get access

State of Neighborhood Event

1. 10/10/20 at 10:30 am

2. Zoom Meeting-Account has been purchased for unlimited access

Honorary Guests:

Alderman Vasquez and Alderman Matt Martin

Congressman Quigley

House reps Ann Williams and Greg Harris

State senators Heather Steans and Sara Feigenholz

Cook County Commissioners Bridget Gainer and Bridget Degnen

Dick Durbin is a maybe

3. Co-sponsoring with Lincoln Square North Neighbors and Greater Rockwell Organization

4. Baker Miller 20% off for all attendees

Slides and Content?

Focus will be on speaker’s faces more than slides, but we can send slides to attendees

1. Use chat to provide links, etc. regarding what is being discussed 

2. 32 registrations so far via Eventbrite (not including Facebook livestream)

Committee Reports

Planning & Development

1. Ainslie-Lincoln will be getting a mural. Process is moving quickly. 

2. Plans to create an art-centric area for the neighborhood to extend

3. New businesses aren’t opening for the most part due to pandemic worries

Outreach/fundraising

1. Annual event has added a new member, no additional fundraising

2. Farmer’s Market has been going well, some management be applied to keep things safe regarding Covid restrictions

Census

1. -40% of city hasn’t completed census, deadline is end of month. 

   1. HOLS should send out a message to push for completion

   2. Census is important for Lincoln Square and the whole city of Chicago for Federal funding and representation

Beautification

1. Clean-up scheduled for October 17th

   1. Hoping both aldermen can attend

   2. Possibly reach out to other leaders and make it a large event

   3. 10:00-2:00pm are designated times at the moment

2. Hoping to create a clean-up in November

   1. Street cleaning ends by November, but leaves still falling in past years due to global warming

   2. Events like this can be done fairly easily with social distancing and mask wearing

First ward council meeting was last week. First since February.

Alderman Martin looking to possibly set up “block captains” to look out for their respective blocks, report issues

1. Can HOLS contribute? 

2. Could lead to increased membership, donations. 

Anything else?

Everyone is excited for the State of the Neighborhood event! 

Adjournment