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9th Ward Meeting Agenda

Please join me on Thurs., Aug. 23, 7 p.m. at the Fire Station 4, 1817 Washington St., for our next ward meeting.

Agenda

• Police Update 
• City Updates
• Ward Projects
• Budget

National Night Out at Kamen Park On 8/7

Please join me for National Night Out at Kamen Park East, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Tues., Aug. 7. We will have a variety of food trucks, including Amanacer Tacos, Sole Vegetarian, Beaver Donuts and more.

National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.

Neighborhoods host block parties, festivals, parades, cookouts and various other community events with safety demonstrations, seminars, youth events, visits from emergency personnel, exhibits and much, much more.

Starlight Movie Series Kicks Off On 8/2

The Disney movie, "Moana," will be shown at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Aug. 2 at Ryan Field, 1501 Central St. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. Admission is free. Starlight Movies are canceled in inclement weather.

Jalisco en Evanston On 8/30

Celebrate "Jalisco en Evanston" on Thurs., Aug. 30, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the Evanston Township High School auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave. The free event will include live mariachi, folkloric dance performances and artisans straight from Jalisco. Food will be available for purchase.

Main Street Concert Series

Come to the last Main Street Summer Concert of the season on Fri., Aug. 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., 600 Main St. Hang out with your neighbors! The event is child- and pet-friendly, free and open to the public, with food and beverages for sale.

Budget Outreach Event On 9/13

Prior to presenting the proposed budget each year, staff aims to gather feedback from the public which is incorporated into the proposed document. For the past few years, this has been a multi-media event hosted at the Civic Center with residents submitting questions via facebook and 311 with live streaming on the City’s cable channel. This year, the event will take place on Sept. 13, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the G300 room of the Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. In addition to the aforementioned efforts, this year the event will also be broadcasted live at several locations so that each district has access to the meeting. The meeting location for the 9th Ward has not yet been confirmed, but we will keep you updated.

Producemobile Every 2nd Tuesday of the Month

The Greater Chicago Food Depository's Producemobile is scheduled to come to Evanston on Tues., Aug. 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Robert Crown Center parking lot at 1701 Main St.

The Producemobile distributes free fresh fruits and vegetables on a first-come, first-served basis every second Tuesday of the month. The program is co-sponsored by Interfaith Action of Evanston and the City of Evanston. If you have questions, please call 847-448-8258.

Community HIV & STI Screening On 2nd Monday the Month

On the second Monday of every month, Howard Brown Health provides free community HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening at the Evanston Public Library in the Small Community Meeting Room. Services include HIV prevention counseling, rapid HIV screening (finger prick), and confidential syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia screenings.  

For more information, please email Howard Brown at Outreach@howardbrown.org or visit https://howardbrown.org/hivaids-services/community-testing/. 

Cicely L. Fleming    
Alderman, 9th Ward
224-204-4017
Cfleming@cityofevanston.org
www.cityofevanston.org 

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