News
Children's Museum to be built in Grant Park
by Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 12, 2008
What Mayor Daley wants, Mayor Daley gets--even if it involves Grant Park and invading a local alderman's legislative turf.
... Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) stood with Reilly.
"If we wish to ignore aldermanic perogative, so be it. Then, we must act as one to save Grant Park. ... Racism, economic elitism, cronyism and a not-in-my-backyard attitude are rotten red herrings that muddy the waters of feasibility and aldermanic perogative. We have a duty to extinguish these loathsome fears and shed them from the debate," Waguespack said.
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Listen to Scott on WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight on April 30, 2008.
Chicago's Independent Caucus
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Patrick Botterman Loved Taking on the Machine
by Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times, Mar 12, 2008
Patrick Botterman wasn't your typical political consultant. For one thing, he wasn't in it for the money...
Suburban Democratic Campaign Manager dies of heart attack
Posted by Dan Mihalopoulos, Chicago Tribune Clout Street, Mar 11, 2008
Patrick Botterman, veteran Democratic political operative and Wheeling Township Democratic committeeman, dies at age 44
Chicago Tribune, Mar 12, 2008
Wheeling Township committeeman, political operative often aided underdog...
Botterman recalled for galvanizing Democrats in suburbs
by Ashok Selvam, Daily Herald, Mar 12, 2008
Harper College Trustee Dies
by Amie Shak, Daily Herald, Mar 11, 2008
Patrick Botterman
by Mark Brown, Chicago Reader, Mar 11, 2008
Patrick Botterman, political strategist and Harper trustee, dies
by Mario Bartoletti, Arlington Heights Post, Mar 11, 2008
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Bloomingdale Trail News
Bloomingdale Bike Trail controversy precedes the actual trail
by Joyce Dominick, Medill News Service, May 17, 2008
Right now the abandoned elevated rail line along Bloomingdale Ave. innorthwest Chicago is frequented by restless teenagers and theoccasional transient. But there's a plan to transform the deterioratingtracks into a three-mile paved bike trail with benches, lighting, andfencing. <more>
"Instant Park" appears on Milwaukee Avenue
The Trust for Public Land, Friends of Bloomingdale Trail reclaim local green space
For Immediate Release; Constance Buscemi, constance.buscemi@cityofchicago.org; Sept 6, 2007
The Trust for Public land celebrated parks andpromoted the need for more parks in America's cities by convertingpublic street parking spots into temporary public parks.
In Chicago, The Trust for Public Land (TPL), along with Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, created an "instant park" at 1801 N. Milwaukee Ave. to call attention to their work with the City of Chicago, the Chicago Park District and other supporters to create more parks and green space for Chicago's neighborhoods - particularly the Bloomingdale Trail.
"The Bloomingdale Trail is an ambitious project, and one that will bring new green space to many Chicago communities," said Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd). <more>
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New Street Sweeping Signs and Schedule
Please check the city street sweeping schedule to determine when street cleaning will take place in your neighborhood. New signs implemented by the Mayor's Office for street sweeping contain the same information, but are now multi-colored.
Visit 32nd Ward Street Sweeping for the schedule.
Street sweeping signs posted on your block are enforced from April 1 to November 30, weather permitting.
To avoid parking tickets, do not park on the streets scheduled to be swept between 9am and 3pm.
Wealsoask residents and businesses to clean curbs and alleys aroundtheirrespective homes and businesses. It helps keep neighborhoodsclean!
 No Parking Monday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. |  No Parking Tuesday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. |  No Parking Wednesday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
 No Parking Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. |  No Parking Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
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Residential Parking Community Meeting
Chicago's Residential Permit Parking program is designed to restrict parking on designated residential streets during specified hours to provide residents of densely populated areas with reasonable parking near their homes.
The 32nd Ward currently has 15 separate parking zones for 70 zoned streets. In order to ease the permit application process and make parking more available to 32nd Ward residents, the 15 zones will be consolidated into 6 regional zones. This will only affect streets that are currently zoned for residential parking. Streets in Lincoln Park and Ukrainian Village already have unified zone parking and will not be affected by this change. The new zone numbers will take effect on July 1, 2008, the start date of the calendar year for city stickers and permit parking stickers.
Please click here for the proposed zoned map.
Two meetings will be held in Wicker Park and Bucktown to discuss the unification of zones, as well as the possible change of hours on the signs:
February 14th, 2008 - Wicker Park/Bucktown Library, 1701 N. Milwaukee 6pm-7pm
February 20th, 2008 - St. Mary of the Angels Church, 1850 N. Hermitage, Parish office, 2nd floor 6pm-7pm
If you cannot attend one of these meetings, but would like to learn more or voice your opinion, please contact our office at 773-248-1330, or email us at 32ndward@gmail.com