Buena Park Neighbors

What:  Meeting to discuss new proposal by Sedgwick Properties Where:  The Clarendon Field House at 4501 N. Clarendon Ave. When:  Thursday December 1 Time:  7 pm Who:  The Uptown Coalition for Responsible Development  Sedgwick Properties has submitted a revised plan for the Columbus/Maryville site on Montrose and Clarendon. Their original plan was overwhelmingly voted down [...]

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On Halloween night in Buena Park our Safe Trick-or-Treating event we call Buena Pumpkins was a huge success, with over 1,000 people in attendance. This family-friendly event keeps growing every year and this year was no exception. Buena Circle Park was packed with people, as were both sides of Kenmore from Irving Park to Montrose. [...]

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Do you like your pumpkins spooky or funny? Join us at Awake Cafe (736 W Irving Park Rd) from 5pm-6pm Before you head to the Buena Pumpkin Neighbors Safe Trick-or-Treating, or wherever you plan to celebrate Halloween, join us for our annual free pumpkin decorating. We will supply paint and stickers. No pumpkin to decorate? [...]

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14th Annual Buena Pumpkin Neighbors What:  Buena Pumpkin Neighbors Safe Trick-or-Treating When:  Monday, October 31, 2011 Where:  Buena Circle Park (Buena and Kenmore) Time:  6:30 pm to 8:30 pm This is Buena Park Neighbors’ most famous event. Every year hundreds of children have the time of their lives invading the domiciles along Kenmore and Buena demanding confectionery delights – or else…. Many folks [...]

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BPN Clean and Green Date: September 24, 2011 Time: 10 am Where: Dollop Coffee We will be conducting our Fall Clean and Green on September 24th. Come on out and spend a few hours with your neighbors as we pick up trash and landscape several neglected parkways. We’ll meet at Dollop Coffee & Tea at [...]

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Some 60 Buena Park residents and neighbors attended our General Meeting in the fifth-floor solarium at Thorek Memorial Hospital on September 12th–what a terrific turnout! Guest speakers joining us were 46th Ward Alderman James Cappleman, The Chamber for Uptown Executive Director Paula Barrington, and Thorek CFO Ned Budd. We also elected our BPN officers for [...]

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Buena Park Annual Meeting September 12th Thorek Memorial Hospital (fifth floor) 7:00pm Buena Park Neighbors will be holding its annual meeting on September 12th at Thorek Memorial Hospital. We will be electing officers as well as sharing our plans for the upcoming year. We will be having presentations from Alderman Cappleman, Paula Barrington of The [...]

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Buena Park Neighbors in conjunction with the Chicago Park District will be presenting a free concert in the park on August 18th. Caliente is the featured band for this concert and the music will start at 7:00pm and run to 9:00pm with a 15 minute intermission in between. We’ll have free popcorn provided by RCN and free treats and drinks from Awake [...]

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Buena Park Neighbors will be presenting our second annual End of Summer Pub Crawl on Saturday August 27th. You can buy your wrist band at any of the participating bars prior to the event and the day of. The cost is only $10.00 and that will entitle you to: Food and drink specials offered by [...]

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Buena Park Neighbors recognizes Mike Zeno of 715 W. Hutchinson as a winner of our beautification award.  We appreciate the work and creativity that has gone into making this yard so lovely.  Stop by and check it out for yourself.  Maybe you can get some ideas for your own yard.  Thanks again Michael.

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