You can also view this issue at www.biketraffic.org/biketraffic/BT1004/
or download the PDF at www.biketraffic.org/biketraffic/BT1004.pdf.
It's not like you need a pair
of sharpened No. 2s to become one: just go to biketraffic.org
and click on "volunteer."
Talk about "No Volunteers Left Behind": more than 1000 people gave their time and talents to the efforts and programs of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation in 2004, managing and grunting and processing and designing and editing and greeting at our offices and a dozen area events. All because they want better bicycling and more livable communities. And also because it's flat-out fun.
Volunteer opportunities are mutliple-choice and there are no wrong answers; filling in your name is worth 7000 points. If becoming a brain surgeon were this easy....
OK, that's just scary.
Talk about "No Volunteers Left Behind": more than 1000 people gave their time and talents to the efforts and programs of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation in 2004, managing and grunting and processing and designing and editing and greeting at our offices and a dozen area events. All because they want better bicycling and more livable communities. And also because it's flat-out fun.
Volunteer opportunities are mutliple-choice and there are no wrong answers; filling in your name is worth 7000 points. If becoming a brain surgeon were this easy....
OK, that's just scary.
A bold, simple vision for Chicagoland bicyclists, pedestrians, everybody
The
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation will chart a bold, new course over the next
six months. In my new job as Chief Strategy Officer, I hope to engage you,
other members, the board, the staff, and allied organizations in that quest.
Bicycling works for many of us right now as individuals, but the big health, transportation and environmental benefits for our communities don't kick in until trips by bike increase five times above current levels. Only when trips by bike reach 5% of all trips made in a community can you see, hear and feel the impact on traffic congestion and health costs.
Much of our work has been directed towards bicyclists' survival: promoting helmet use, staking claim to a few feet of pavement, getting bicyclists out of the door zone. But the potential is so much greater. We should continue working on keeping bicyclists alive during their ride home, but bicycling will grow five-fold only with dramatic changes to our environment. Our guiding vision needs to be far more grand.
I propose the following: On the street we want, two seniors or two sixth graders can ride carefree, side by side, chatting. On a street that meets this one simple measure, lots of other people will be bicycling. Cars roll slowly past, quiet and cautious. Residents are happier and healthier. Merchants are varied and busy. And the sidewalks are full of shoppers, passersby, and friends and families out for a stroll, feeling safe, relaxed and free.
Realizing
this vision in our communities requires partnering with the many other groups
who also stand to benefit: pedestrians, transit users, the disabled, local
business, health advocates, seniors, green space advocates, and youth. We
want to transform streets on a daily basis the way that Bike the Drive transforms
Lake Shore Drive once a year--maybe not car-free, but with a very different
valuation of different road uses than what we see out there now.We're kicking the tires on programs that give us a broader appeal and political base. Can we convert some roads into trails on weekends? Will communities respond to individualized alternative travel marketing? Do neighborhoods want to define and use their streets as playgrounds or parks? Can we transform local commercial streets into civic spaces where communities thrive and interact? How do we deploy marketing and high-tech enforcement to stigmatize as well as stop speeding and aggressive driving? How do we involve children and young adults in reshaping their streets and the ways they use them?
The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation has grown in effectiveness and influence over the last twenty years. We've amassed significant organizational assets. We've won many trails, bike lanes and parking racks. We have strong relationships with decision-makers, reliable technical expertise, and thousands of committed members and volunteers. 2005, our twentieth anniversary, is the time to commit these assets to the next level of community transformation.
This will be challenging and fun. Call, write, or email me your ideas. I want most to hear from you which ideas you think will gain momentum, and which will directly create the street environment we want.
Contact me by phone at the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation office (312/427-3325x222) or at randy@biketraffic.org if you'd like a periodic email update on strategic progress.
Randy Neufeld is the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation's Chief Strategic Officer.
Safe Routes Sprouts Home Grown Successes
Schools find savvy, simple ways to get kids out of cars
As diverse as Chicagoland schools are, communities working to make a safer walking and biking environment around their schools often face some common concerns about child safety, bike theft, or the unwillingness of kids to cooperate. Safe Routes to School offers tools to address these concerns, but most importantly it empowers parents, teachers and administrators to use their strengths--creativity and knowledge of their kids--to help us develop elegant solutions that expand the Safe Routes toolbox.
"Ride my bike to school? It'll get stolen!"
Introducing a new route: Lock Libraries
Murphy Elementary in Northwest Chicago has the majority of kids within walking and biking distance. Many do walk, but only one student biked to school on a regular basis. Assistant Principal Zelenka and the students offered a most reasonable explanation: theft. We suggested a solution: locks.
The city had already put in bike parking on school property, and Safe Routes to School was ready to see kids use it. If students can't afford decent locks to ensure their bikes will be there when they get out of school, why not offer a simple and inexpensive way to alleviate that problem? Safe Routes to School donated 10 U-locks to the school and bike-friendly Zelenka became a librarian. Students were able to check out locks on a two-week basis so they could ride to and from school without worry of theft. The response? A waiting list of student cyclists. Safe Routes to School dropped off five more locks, a checkout sheet and locking poster, which now graces the front door of the school.
"Walk to School? I'll get snatched!"
Introducing a new route: Walking School Bus
Though not even statistically close to the threats that car-child pedestrian crashes or child obesity related health problems pose, kidnapping consumes the minds of kids and their parents. How to minimize the crashes, maximize physical activity and ensure safe passage to school? Form a Walking School Bus!
Safe Routes to School and Namaste Charter School embarked on this mission a month ago, mapping out five routes within a radius mile of the school. Now kids can walk with their parent and designated parent "bus driver" to school. Safety vests and Walking School Bus posters designate the buses to other parents and students who join in along the way. If you've ever thought of mentioning "quality time" in association with your car ride to school, put down your car keys and step outside. Hand in hand, your kids will show you quality time on this walk. Plus, it'll get their brain juices flowing before the school day.
"Walk or bike to school? Why would I want to?"
Introducing a new route: Outta school early!
Traffic problems around your school because of "drop-off" and "pick-up"? The ubiquitous use of these terms themselves-- instead of ped- and bike-friendly "arrival" and "dismissal"--undescores how most kids in many areas get to school in Chicagoland. Why aren't kids walking home? Because an adult's willing to drive them.
Safe Routes to School and District 130 in Blue Island have teamed up to tackle the traffic issue. Rather than institute unwelcome drop-off and pick-up restrictions, we'll let the children pressure their parents into letting them walk home. How do you get that to happen with the apathy that abounds? Let the walkers and bikers out three minutes early, suggested Superintendent Dr. Mike Korziak. That incentive might fall flat to your ears, until you remember feeling giddy as a fifth grader with the prospect of an extra minute for recess...Eureka! At Paul Revere Elementary and Middle School, the number of kids walking doubled in two days. Ah, the power of a persistent child!
There are more successful, innovative Safe Routes to School programs in Chicagoland than I've got space to write about. Read more of them at biketraffic.org/saferoutes or contact me at liz@biketraffic.org or 312/427-3325x240.
Liz Wuerffel is the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation's Safe Routes to School Program Manager.
Travel Writers
In honor of Walk & Bike to School day, my 5th grade class at Mitchell Elementary in Chicago did a 15-minute freewrite on walking to school. To get us going, we read The Listening Walk by Paul Showers, which lists the sounds a girl notices while walking with her dad and dog. Their "listening walk" pieces follow.
When I sometimes walk, I like it because I hear birds sing and I could get ready for sitting the whole day. I talk to my mom or if I see friends they walk with me all the way to the building. I see the beautiful dark wonderful grass next door to my house. I hear the birds chirping as I pass by. I hear my sister stepping on some rocks and I grab the shiniest one of them all. By the time I am there, I can hear the bell ring to go in! --Dulce Proa
On my walk to school, I go to the park in the morning. I play there with my neighbors. When we're at the park, we always play on the swings first. The lady that walks me and my neighbors is their aunt. When we cross Grand Ave., me and my friend always race. Most of the time I beat her. This morning, after we crossed Grand Ave., we walked past this place and it stunk so bad it was disgusting. My friend's aunt said "That's where they make olives," but I like olives a lot and this stuff stunk so bad. Sometimes I run to school with my friend. It's so fun. This morning it was really windy when we were by Holy Rosary Church. I almost got blown away. But it felt so good. It was a nice strong cold breeze so it felt really good. --Erika Rollins
I like walking because it's fun hearing the birds chirping and the cars beeping and the teachers talking. I hear the kids yelling and me running and the kids playing and my sister walking. The thing I like most of all is when I play pole to pole. You get exercise and it's fun. --Joseph Rodriguez
On the way walking to school I hear people chewing candy. I hear cars going brhhhhhh and if they are going fast and put the brakes on they squeal. I hear birds chirping and singing. I hear wind blowing on the trees and leaves going shhhhhh. I hear people laughing and screaming. When I am silent, I hear people talking, tapping shoes and book bags going up and down. I hear buildings being knocked down. --Alexis Avila
When I walk to school, I hear kids screaming. I hear the birds chirping. I hear the wind blowing. I hear the leaves shuffling. I hear the sound of my mom's shoes. I hear the sound of my jacket as I walk. I hear the sound of crayons in my bookbag. I hear people talking on their cell phones. I hear my mom talking to my brother. I hear kids running. I hear cars driving. I hear teenagers whispering. --Selena Alvarado
Rocco Zucchero
Sr. Environmental Planner, Illinois Tollway Authority
It's
hard to believe, but the Illinois Tollway is thinking about bicycles. On
that topic, their senior environmental planner--Rocco Zucchero--is filled
with great ideas. Rocco has a master's degree in Urban Planning from the
University of Illinois at Chicago and he started his thinking about bicycling
when working with the environmental unit of the Illinois Department of Transportation
(IDOT) in Schaumburg. There, it was routine for Rocco to refer to the Chicagoland
Bicycle Map when reviewing planned road projects to help assess the project's
environmental impact. After 13 years with IDOT, Rocco moved to the Illinois
Tollway in 2000 and continues to develop creative ideas.Can we anticipate bikeways along tollways? Listening to Rocco Zucchero you know that we can. For example, the Illinois Tollway is currently working with the Forest Preserve districts in Will, Cook, and DuPage counties to provide opportunities to eliminate the physical barriers caused by the planned I-355 extension. This will connect municipalities that might otherwise be separated by a limited access roadway. Underpasses and overpasses are envisioned. If you travel along the existing I-355 toll-way you will notice that the Illinois Prairie Path (an off-road bike trail) passes over near Lombard. This is an early beginning. Rocco says the best way to encourage cycling is to eliminate barriers that lie between where one is and where one wants to go.
Have you seen the new oases being reconstructed along the Illinois tollways? Have you ever thought that it might be nice if you could bike to one of them? Well, this thought has occurred to Rocco. Why shouldn't these restaurants, coffee shops and restrooms be available to cyclists? According to Rocco, everything the Illinois Tollway does should evaluate the need for current or some future access. Future plans call for the extension of the I-355 toll-way south. Why not a bikeway along with this new construction? Keep thinking Rocco!
Just what does an urban planner have to worry about? Almost everything, it would seem. If you're building a new road these are some of the things you must consider: 1.) Noise and its effect on the environment, 2.) Cultural resources--will you find archeological remnants as you dig? 3.) Biological Resources--the plants and animals in your path, 4.) Will you pass near or through wetlands, rivers, lakes, or streams? 5.) What effect will the traffic have on air quality? 6.) What will be the landscaping requirements of the job? 7.) How can bikeways fit into the plans?
As Rocco Zucchero says, you must use a little common sense to see the big picture before you start construction. In fact, he calls IDOT's new "Context Sensitive Design" common sense design. "Do it once, do it right," says Rocco..
Bike to Purses! Bike to Beer!
Forest Park sees a lot to like in Shop by Bike
Downtown
Forest Park, like all shopping districts, wants people to visit its eclectic
mix of shops, bars, and restaurants. The Forest Park Chamber of Commerce
and sixteen businesses along Madison St. have put a new spin on this effort:
they're encouraging folks to leave the car at home and pedal their way to
town."This is an innovative and unique way to keep people shopping locally,” said Laurie Kokenes, executive director of the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce. "We look forward to seeing people out on the street and staying healthy by biking while they shop.”
The program, which started September 11 and runs through October 30, works like this: Bike-riding shoppers get a punch card at participating businesses. A $5 minimum purchase gets their cards punched, with one punch per purchase and six punches per card. Completed cards are entered into a raffle which boasts 31 prizes, including a Giant Sedona comfort bike from Dan's Bike Shop in Berwyn, and $500 in Madison Street gift certificates in various amounts, donated by the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce.
The Village of Forest Park has embraced Shop by Bike. Madison St. suffers from a dearth of bike racks. But hearing the buzz surrounding this program, the Village has promised to double the amount of bike racks on Madison immediately.
Shoppers have a lot of reasons to bike to Madison St. You can buy a bouquet of flowers at R. Quitsch Florist, learn how to make sushi at Flavour Cooking School, buy an antique stained glass window at Krenek's Antiques or have a cold Guinness on tap at Healy's Westside. Check out biketraffic.org for a full list of participating businesses.
"We're really excited to be a part of this program”, said Cecilia Hardacker, owner of Two Fish Art Glass and the first merchant to join the promotion. "Anything that brings people to Forest Park is a good thing, but this program is especially inventive. I'm hoping people will continue to shop by bike here even after the program ends.”
Lacking a lock, and maybe a basket to carry home the new vase? Dan's Bike Shop in Berwyn offers a 20 percent Shop by Bike discount on all of the accessories you need to make shopping successful. Dan's will also give a $15 discount on all bike tune-ups of $50 or more.
Shopping by bike is healthy, fun, and parking is pain-free. If this doesn't spur you to jump on your bike and head for the Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor, we don't know what will!
Pamela Brookstein is the West Suburban Coordinator for the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation. Contact her at 312/427-3325x242 or pamela@biketraffic.org.
Two-Way Connections
As communities connect to Old Plank Road Trail, bicycling is connecting with them
Bike trails and paths are hot in the south suburban villages of Frankfort and New Lenox. This is quite a change from thirty years ago when village residents campaigned against the construction of the 20-mile long Old Plank Road Trail (OPRT) But rapid development growth in the towns from new residents seems to have altered public opinion since the OPRT was completed in 1997. The OPRT has now garnered nothing but praise, and is fast becoming the east-west transportation and recreation backbone of the south suburbs.
In a recent survey, Frankfort residents ranked "bike trails" second to "quality of schools" as things they like about their village. This strong support led Frankfort Village to update its bicycle trail master plan with the ultimate goal of providing trail access within half a mile for every resident.
New Lenox, just to the west of Frankfort, is also working to develop a network of bicycle and walking trails that will utilize the OPRT as its major east-west link. In June 2002, the village approved a master bike/pedestrian plan that would link schools, parks and subdivisions with existing neighborhoods and trails. New Lennox also received a $200,000 Illinois First grant to build two trails, the Schoolhouse Road Trail and the Crystal Cove Trail, both of which will link to the OPRT.
Plans for both villages are also encouraging subdivision developers to integrate paths and trails into their new construction plans. A number of short, disconnected sections of trail have already been built in new subdivisions, and these will become better connected as infill subdivisions are completed.
The villages are aiming to create a network of trails using a mix of dedicated off-road trails, dedicated on-road bike lanes, shoulder lanes, and shared routes. The plans use sidewalks in neighborhoods and subdivisions, but calls for paths and trails to be used as connectors between neighborhoods, subdivisions, schools, and parks.
And as new housing developments have grown larger, towns are doing more infrastructure planning based on mega-blocks of a square mile or more. As such, the bike path is emerging as part of the transportation network that will connect these new mega-blocks.
Judging from bike/pedestrian master plans, it appears that trails and paths are morphing into an entirely new entity in the transportation network puzzle: A new intermediate entity bigger than a sidewalk and yet not quite a street. Families buying homes in these new south suburban subdivisions see paths as a lifestyle plus. In the long run, these paths might be a win-win situation for both new and already devoted bicyclists--as more and more families discover the joys of bicycling, more lifelong cyclists will also be created.
Schooling to Bike
FITCH fetches bikes for good students
The high-rise buildings of the infamous Robert Taylor Homes may be gone, but the Bronzeville community on Chicago's near south side still is home to many families living at or below the poverty line. Many of these families can't afford items many Americans take for granted, such as bicyclies for their children.
Arthur Lewis and Kirkland Flowers are Chicago fireman at Engine Company 16, 40th St. and Dearborn. They are intimately familiar with the challenges the Bronzeville community faces. To meet them head on, they've extended the firefighters' motto--"We're there when you need us"--beyond emergency response, choosing also to make a difference in childrens' everyday lives.
Soon after meeting in 1992, Lewis and Flowers found themselves filling in as "surrogate fathers" to neighborhood kids, helping them with homework and personal hygiene and providing moral guidance. They began to notice kids hanging aournd the firehouse during school hours. "I'd ask 'Why aren't you in school," says Lewis. "None of them had a good answer."
To combat truancy, the two men founded FITCH--Firefighters/Paramedics in the Community Helping. FITCH provides powerful incentives for kids to stay in school and work hard for passing grades: free bikes.
The program works like this: students in elementary school with perfect attendance for a month win a t-shirt as does that student's parent or guardian. At the end of the school year, a student with pefect attendance for the year receives a rebuilt bicycle. If the student ends the year with perfect attendance as well as excellent conduct and passing grades in all subjects, he or she receives a new bicycle.
Lewis and Flowers receive bikes for the program from everywhere and anywhere. People cleaning their basements and garages donate bicycles. When the Robert Taylor CHA poice bicycle unit was closed, the police donated a dozen Cannondales, which Lewis sold to a suburban police force, and with the proceeds bought twice as many new bicycles for the program. Hotels, storage lockers, and apartment buildings with unclaimed bicycles also donate. One bike even came from Paris, France, piece by piece.
Most of the bicycles need work. Flowers is the primary bicycle mechanic; the firehouse has labled him the "bike guru." Flowers and the other firefighters/paramedics teach the kids maintenance and repair. Flowers says, "It's funny to watch a kid try to loosen a bolt by turning harder and harder the wrong way. You ask, 'Did you try turning the bolt the other way?'" Bicycles that are unfit for the program are traded for replacement parts at Irv's Bike Shop at 18th St. and Racine.
FITCH has received national attention. Lewis and Flowers have been guests on Oprah, Good Morning America, and all the local news programs. Time Magazine and Reader's Digest profiled the program. The publicity has seeded similar programs in other cities. Flowers helped start a FITCH program in Jefferson, MO, and travels there frequently to ensure the program's success.
"It's all about the kids," says Lewis. "Watching a kid ride by the firehouse with a group of kids running behind to take turns riding the bike, laughing and playing, doing what kids should do is what it's all about."
Next time you're in Bronzeville, take notice of the kids you see on bikes. With FITCH's help, they're likely to be going places. If you have a bike to donate, bring it to Engine Company 16 at 40th St. and Dearborn anytime, or call 773/268-0232.
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When you drive, you're still a bicycle advocate. Or you could be. Click the sign above to take the pledge. Or read about the Driver's Pledge in the December 2002/January 2003 Bike Traffic.
Ants marching. The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation's "Join the Colony" campaign, conceived, designed, and produced pro bono by Oak Park-based Derek Sherman and Ryan Dickey of Euro-Tatham RSCG, was selected for publishing in Archive, the quarterly journal of the world's great advertising campaigns. "Every advertising agency and design agency in the world submits their work constantly. Acceptance is obviously rare," explains Derek. Next time you're partying in Paris with advertising or design buddies from the world-over, Derek has a tip: "Just mention your campaign is in Archive, and they'll say, 'Oh! I've seen it.'" At least those who speak English will. You can find Archive, Vol. 3, 2004 at any good bookstore.
First 50 attendees get a ChiaRob. At the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation's
Annual Members Meeting, we'll also review 2004's advocacy and education
programs, hear about the Federation's future from new board president
Corey Coscioni, and unveil the Top 10 List of Federation priorities for
2005. Join us October 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center,
78 E. Washington, 5th Fl. Feeding and caring for the ChiaRob is simple:
lots of beer and sunshine. Contact Dan Korman for more info, 312/427-3325x224
or dan@biketraffic.org .
After fitting helmets, fixing bikes, educating and empowering more than 35,000 Chicagoans to enjoy, use, and above all ride their bikes more, another successful Bicycling Ambassador season comes to a close this month. Find more of the highlights at biketraffic.org.
Your shackle of steel is no match for the Pilfering Pen! Mid-September, word spread on the internet that Kryptonite locks with the cylindrical key (and any other lock using this popular mechanism) were vulnerable to the venerable plastic barrel of a Bic pen. And the word was true: we opened four locks in under a minute each using the technique. Kryptonite seemed to take the issue more seriously after hearing from our executive director, Rob Sadowsky, a former owner of one of the Kryptonite Evolution 2000s we Bic-ed. What to do? More info at biketraffic.org, and lots of great locking advice at mrbike.com/ask.
You think Travolta's career is up and down? When it comes to choosing good scripts, John Travolta's blind grope has nothing on bikes. From the sublimity of Triplets of Belleville and the earnestness of Breaking Away to the baffoonery of National Lampoon's European Vacation and banality of Quicksilver, bikes have proven to be unreliable indicators of artistic merit. Enter Greg Borzo and Brad Strauss, critics for the new movie review feature at biketraffic.org, Roll Film! Borzo & Strauss will sift the smooth rides from the chafe, bringing to you the first Friday of each month wry, insightful commentary on selections from the "Bikes in Film" genre. With Roll Film!, you will never have another Battlefield Earth-like experience. Travolta fans should be so lucky.
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Managing Editor
Steve Buchtel
Editors
Robert Sadowsky
Dan Korman
Dave Glowacz
Randy Neufeld
Christopher Hinton
Layout
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October
14 - Club Presidents Council meeting, 6-8 p.m. at Molly Malone's Irish
Pub, 7652 Madison St., Forest Park. Contact Dan Korman, or 312/427-3325x224.
October 28 - Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Annual Members Meeting. Free and open to all, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 5th Fl.
October 29 - Thunderhead Alliance Benefit Dinner with legendary cycling photographer Graham Watson at La Strada (151 N. Michigan). Buy tickets at biketraffic.org.
October 30 - VeloSwap Chicago! World's largest bicycle swap meet benefits the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation. Odeum Sports & Expo Center, 1033 N. Villa Ave., Villa Park. Get your tickets from your local bike shop, REI, Performance Bike Shops or biketraffic.org.
All these events and more, so much more, on biketraffic.org's Calendar of Events!
October 28 - Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Annual Members Meeting. Free and open to all, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 5th Fl.
October 29 - Thunderhead Alliance Benefit Dinner with legendary cycling photographer Graham Watson at La Strada (151 N. Michigan). Buy tickets at biketraffic.org.
October 30 - VeloSwap Chicago! World's largest bicycle swap meet benefits the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation. Odeum Sports & Expo Center, 1033 N. Villa Ave., Villa Park. Get your tickets from your local bike shop, REI, Performance Bike Shops or biketraffic.org.
All these events and more, so much more, on biketraffic.org's Calendar of Events!
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Bike Shop Discounts!
Why all the exclamation points? They work for Chris Matthews!!!!
Bike Shop Discounts!
Why all the exclamation points? They work for Chris Matthews!!!!
This Man Wants to Install
YOUR Bike Rack! John Greenfield and
the CDOT Bike Rack Program have dozens of shiny new racks ready to install
RIGHT NOW at the site of your choosing. THEY COST YOU NOTHING, and beautify
any establishment. Request one! Request a dozen! Fill out the
on-line form at chicagobikes.org!
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Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
Staff Directory
Staff Directory
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
Board of Directors:
President
Corey Coscioni, Chicago
Treasurer
Arthur Gilfand, Chicago
Vice-President
Derrick James, Chicago
Secretary
Mary DeBacker, Chicago
Directors
Aaron Freeman, Chicago
Cyd Curtis
Jane Healy
Jim Kreps, Chicago
Matt Longjohn, M.D.
Philip Martin
Ellen McKenna, Oak Park
Mike Mercuri, Chicago
Wayne Mikes, Palatine
Elaine Nekritz, Northbrook
Susan Plassmeyer, Chicago
Judith Rice, Chicago
David Seglin, Chicago
Al Sturges, Park Forest
Craig Williams, Oak Park
President
Corey Coscioni, Chicago
Treasurer
Arthur Gilfand, Chicago
Vice-President
Derrick James, Chicago
Secretary
Mary DeBacker, Chicago
Directors
Aaron Freeman, Chicago
Cyd Curtis
Jane Healy
Jim Kreps, Chicago
Matt Longjohn, M.D.
Philip Martin
Ellen McKenna, Oak Park
Mike Mercuri, Chicago
Wayne Mikes, Palatine
Elaine Nekritz, Northbrook
Susan Plassmeyer, Chicago
Judith Rice, Chicago
David Seglin, Chicago
Al Sturges, Park Forest
Craig Williams, Oak Park
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