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Chair: Stephanie Franklin (773 955-3622).
VISIT THE
NICHOLS PARK WEBSITE HPKCC
is proud to host. Includes workdays, events.
WORKDAYS- see Nichols Park Website home page. (This
and the subpages will be available later during hydepark.org
relaunch, and then they will develop their own website.)
Call Stephanie
Franklin, President, 773 955-3622, or email
with comments and questions .
Dues $10 per year, but all are welcome at the monthly
meetings, 2nd Thursdays, 7 pm, Nichols Park Fieldhouse,
1355 E. 53rd St. Second contact Van
Bistrow, 773 667-1808. Meetings this spring are
virtual.
Nichols Park Advisory Council, the recognized
advisory body under the Chicago Park District, is a
self-sustaining program committee of the Hyde Park-Kenwood
Community Conference. This page is maintained by HPKCC
as one of the many services we provide to one
of the city's most active park advisory councils,
serving the needs and residents of the "central
park" of Hyde Park, at the center of the neighborhood.
It is responsible for maintainence of several garden
and meadow areas in the park and oversees the 4th on
53rd St. Parade and Picnic and following George Fraklin
Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Park July-September.
Officers:
President Stephanie Franklin
Vice President Van Bistrow
Secretary rotates, presently Dave White
Treasurer Caprice Lindsay
At-large Camile Hamilton-Doyle
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Other Useful Links
These websites are maintained for teh present
by Gary Ossewaarde of the HPKCC Board.
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Preparations
are well under way for Hyde Park’s 29th annual (2020) 4th
of July Parade. In the past, you registered to march. Hopefully
you are planning to do so again.
As always, the parade is on July 4th and kicks off at 11:00 am sharp!
We assemble in the Hyde Park Bank Parking lot and march an approximate
1 mile route to Nichols Park.
More details to come, closer to the event for those that register
in advance, but we ask that groups plan to be at the parade site
no later than 10:30 for registration and line-up. And we will have
supplies on hand for those who wish to participate in the bike brigade
decorating.
Please register to march on our Eventbrite page (if you cannot find
it by typing in 4thon53rd, go to http://hydeparkchamberchicago.org
or to http://4thon53rd.com
to find link) so that we can send you updates and determine where
to place your group in the marching order.
Additionally, while it is free to march in the parade, there are
a number of expenses related to the parade, the Picnic in the Park
that follows and the 10 week Summer Sunday Concert Series in Nichols
Park. Total production costs for these events are around $30,000.
We are working hard to fundraise so that we can continue to grow
and provide this event free of cost to the community. If you are
able, please consider becoming a sponsor or making a donation to
these events. You can find additional information on our website
at 4thon53rd.com
or email the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce contact@hydeparkchamberchicago.org
for more details.
Finally, we'll need volunteers for a number of tasks including planning,
decorating, filling balloons, staffing games, bouncy houses and
our registration table. If you are able to help, please consider
volunteering. You can sign up here or by emailing the Chamber.
And finally… really, don't forget to follow our FB page or
tell your favorite businesses “thank you” for supporting
Hyde Park’s 4th of July and for keeping this community tradition
thriving.
Thank you,
Tommy Inglis
4th on 53rd Commitee
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