Don't fear the sweeper.
2 Building Permits
2 hours ago
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Permit issued for easy permit process
5640 W. Roosevelt Rd. CommentINSTALL (1) NEW DIRECT REPLACEMENT 5 TON ROOFTOP UNIT: INCLUDE ECONOMIZER. YORK 5 TON, SELF CONTAINED, AIR COOLED, R410A.
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Permit issued for easy permit process
5640 W. Roosevelt Rd. CommentREPLACE (1) ROOF TOP UNIT.
Media mention Austin
21 hours ago
Don’t miss family night on Friday
Doors open at 4 p.m. April 20 at the Austin Community Family Center, 501 N. Central Ave. Other groups sponsoring the free event - open to all in Austin - include BUILD, Communities Partnering 4Peace, Westside Health Authority and the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
Don't miss family night on Friday
Doors open at 4 p.m. April 20 at the Austin Community Family Center, 501 N. Central Ave. Other groups sponsoring the free event - open to all in Austin - include BUILD, Communities Partnering 4Peace, Westside Health Authority and the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
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Neighborhood news and talk Lawndale
2 days ago
Fire on Kedzie
An abandoned building burned to the ground on the 1800 block of Kedzie. The smoke cover the whole neighborhood and the streets are blocked off. Be careful.
Neighborhood news and talk Lawndale
Jul 26 2012
Updated 2 days ago
Alderman Complaints ?
http://www2.illinois.gov/oeig/Pages/faq.aspx
Here is the information to Make a Complaint or open up an investigation on your Alderman or Anyone else.
the 24th Ward has had Chandler long enough to have some idea of where he's allocating Funds that are supposed to be used to improve the ward. Has Anyone noticed construction or improvements anywhere ? If so please let us know. If not Please use the information below to Bring some HEAT into this WARD
A complaint may be filed...
http://www2.illinois.gov/oeig/Pages/faq.aspx
Here is the information to Make a Complaint or open up an investigation on your Alderman or Anyone else.
the 24th Ward has had Chandler long enough to have some idea of where he's allocating Funds that are supposed to be used to improve the ward. Has Anyone noticed construction or improvements anywhere ? If so please let us know. If not Please use the information below to Bring some HEAT into this WARD
A complaint may be filed with this Office in writing, preferably on an OEIG complaint form, or orally. You may file a complaint by (i) completing a form online at https://www2.illinois.gov/oeig/Pages/OnlineComplaint.aspx, (ii) calling the Office's toll-free hotline (866) 814-1113; (iii) sending a completed complaint form to the Office of Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor, Attention Complaint Division, 32 West Randolph, Suite 1900, Chicago, Illinois 60601; (iv) faxing a completed complaint form to (312) 814-5479; (v) contacting the Office by telecommunications device for the disabled (TTY) at (888) 261-2734 or (vi) visiting the Office at its Springfield or Chicago locations.
Complaint Form
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gpblight 22 Yr East Garfield ResidentDaniel, send an email to john.tully@cityofchicago.org, Cole.Stallard@cityofchicago.org
Ask if they can have Debbie schedule a Safer cleanup with Don's crew. They do an excellent job of clean up.Then ask if the Weed sprayer can come and spray at the alley and around paremeters of lots with metal post so...
Daniel, send an email to john.tully@cityofchicago.org, Cole.Stallard@cityofchicago.org
Ask if they can have Debbie schedule a Safer cleanup with Don's crew. They do an excellent job of clean up.Then ask if the Weed sprayer can come and spray at the alley and around paremeters of lots with metal post so there is less growth that has to be hand hacked.
Then ask if Josie can have Rat Patrol come down your alley. They need to Bait and order replacement garbage cans, and replacement for damaged cans. If you have lots of can theft, residents need to put cans in and out of the alley for garbage pickup days to avoid more theft.
We are STUCK because we cannot get CPD to catch can thieves and arrest them or give them a ticket. Same for those who litter. Fill in a form 21-235 form and turn it in to the Superintendent. CAPs ois supposed to be the mainstay of ordering city services.
Search COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND CITY SERVICES,, 2018, Directive and you can see it
Read the Directive. Reroute orders to CPd CAPS and DEMAND from the Superintendent the District people do as he directed.
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gpblight 22 Yr East Garfield Resident
The problem is ACCOUNTABILITY in every city department. Crews get dispatched. They may or may not do the work you ordered. Nobody sits on their heads until it gets done the right way. Emailing directly their Commissioner and telling the Commissioner the truth of what is happening in the field...
The problem is ACCOUNTABILITY in every city department. Crews get dispatched. They may or may not do the work you ordered. Nobody sits on their heads until it gets done the right way. Emailing directly their Commissioner and telling the Commissioner the truth of what is happening in the field is one GREAT way to get the work done.
It has taken a long time but we cleaned up a disgustingly filthy 6-8 block area. It was a real struggle of wills between union feet on the ground slacking and their supervisors. The Mayor and Commissioner of a department yield a big bat.
Redirect your strategy for clean up. This method will work. It just takes followup after followup after followup.
If you have time to walk with Rat Patrol, the Safer Crew, other City crews the job done will be better. Why, you are watching. You will be the only person watching because typically supervisors let false reports get submitted and it looks like things are good in the field.
If you follow this protocol; post the results and how fast you got results. SHARING success is the best way to get things done faster, better, cheaper.
Media mention Austin
2 days ago
Local school elections held this week
Parents, teachers and school staff will be able to vote Wednesday at elementary schools and Thursday at high schools. In Austin, there will still be vacancies on 12 of the 17 LCSs, which will be filled before July 1 when all members begin serving.
Local school elections held this week
Parents, teachers and school staff will be able to vote Wednesday at elementary schools and Thursday at high schools. In Austin, there will still be vacancies on 12 of the 17 LCSs, which will be filled before July 1 when all members begin serving.
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Crime report 5700 block W. Roosevelt Rd.
3 days ago
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Battery
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Aggravated battery: Domestic battery: other firearm / Hospital building / grounds
5700 block W. Roosevelt Rd. Comment
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
Artist sculpts ode to Gwendolyn Brooks
Artist sculpts ode to Gwendolyn Brooks
Artist sculpts ode to Gwendolyn Brooks
An Oak Park artist is partnering with students at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, along with various Chicago literary organizations, to raise funds to have a bronze portrait of the school's namesake.
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
Professor's new film tackles Dixon fraud
Professor's new film tackles Dixon fraud
Professor's new film tackles Dixon fraud
Rita Crundwell stole more than $53 million in taxpayer funds during her 20 years as comptroller for the city of Dixon - a town of fewer than 16,000 people.
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
New Moms breaks ground on affordable housing project
New Moms breaks ground on affordable housing project
New Moms breaks ground on affordable housing project
It's a day Laura Zumdahl, president and CEO of the Austin-based New Moms, Inc., thought she would never see, but the nonprofit that provides housing for low-income moms broke ground
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
Remembering two of our freedom fighters
Remembering two of our freedom fighters
Remembering two of our freedom fighters
The world lost a heroine when Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela died on April 2.
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
Experts, elected officials spotlight opioid crisis
Experts, elected officials spotlight opioid crisis
Experts, elected officials spotlight opioid crisis
State Rep. La Shawn Ford expressed what others in the Austin neighborhood, hit hard by the opioid crisis, also wanted to make clear: "We're here on the West Side today because we don't want you to forget us."
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
Nathan Nash, housing attorney
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Nathan Nash, housing attorney
Patients at PCC Community Wellness Center can get free legal services thanks to a new partnership the Austin health clinic has with the Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (LCBH).
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
State reps call for changes to gun control bill
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State reps call for changes to gun control bill
State Rep. La Shawn Ford and Rep. Camille Lilly say changes need to be made to a gun control measure pending in the Illinois General Assembly before they can support it.
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
West Siders chime in on police reform
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West Siders chime in on police reform
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that her office would hold a series of Consent Decree Community Roundtables throughout the city.
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
Biz incubator has residents concerned
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Biz incubator has residents concerned
West Side residents and community leaders expressed concerns about the outreach efforts of the three entities that own The Hatchery.
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Media mention Austin
3 days ago
City's gang database under scrutiny
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City's gang database under scrutiny
Since Benny Lee got out of jail 33 years ago, the Austin native has dedicated himself to helping young people with criminal records start productive lives.
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Neighborhood news and talk Ward 29
3 days ago
29th Ward Community Meeting
Please come out tomorrow night at Rutherford Sayre Park. Meeting will start promptly at 6 pm. Commander Escamilla from the 25th District will be in attendance. Also, we have representatives from Seritage to update us on the Sear's Development Site.
Media mention Austin
3 days ago
Is our government for or against us?
State Rep. La Shawn Ford says we all must continue our fight for justice and change the bad public policies that continue to hurt African Americans in Austin and elsewhere.
Is our government for or against us?
In April 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told a group of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, "We've got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point in Memphis. We've got to see it through."
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Crime report 5600 block W. Roosevelt Rd.
5 days ago
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Other offense
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Other offense: Telephone threat / Other
5600 block W. Roosevelt Rd. Comment
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Media mention Austin
5 days ago
Inspector general seeks transparency in Chicago Police Department’s gang database
City official Joe Ferguson is collecting information from the public as he works on a report about the gang database. Some West Side residents shared their concerns at a meeting last week about how inclusion in the database - said to number more than 100,000 people - could be hurting innocent people as well as those who've turned their lives around.
Inspector general seeks transparency in Chicago Police Department's gang database
City official Joe Ferguson is collecting information from the public as he works on a report about the gang database. Some West Side residents shared their concerns at a meeting last week about how inclusion in the database - said to number more than 100,000 people - could be hurting innocent people as well as those who've turned their lives around.
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Neighborhood news and talk Ward 29
Apr 12
Community Hiring Event
Public Building Commission will be facilitating a hiring intake session at Columbus Park Refectory for the renovation of several Chicago Park District facilities. 10 am - 3 pm, April 25th.
Media mention Austin
Apr 12
Share your thoughts about ‘Gang Girl’
Austin Coming Together will host a free screening of the award-winning documentary at 5:30 p.m. April 13, followed by a discussion. It will be held in the Austin community hub at 5049 W. Harrison.
Share your thoughts about 'Gang Girl'
Austin Coming Together will host a free screening of the award-winning documentary at 5:30 p.m. April 13, followed by a discussion. It will be held in the Austin community hub at 5049 W. Harrison.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 11
Plato Learning Academy facilities to be consolidated
The public is invited to testify April 11 at a public hearing, being held by Chicago Public Schools.
Plato Learning Academy facilities to be consolidated
Plato Learning Academy wants to merge its two campuses in Austin, according to a legal notice the Chicago Public Schools placed last week in the Chicago Sun-Times. It is unclear which campus will remain open; the K-4th grade campus is located at 5545 W.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
Of 'Black Panther' and progress
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Of 'Black Panther' and progress
I sat in the movie theater transfixed. Here was a cast and a film crew featuring African Americans.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
Richard Townsell, on King and the South/West divide in Chicago
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Richard Townsell, on King and the South/West divide in Chicago
Richard Townsell, the executive director of the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation, spoke about the political significance of the Dr. Martin Luther King's 1966 Chicago campaign.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
On the West Side, Airbnb is rising
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On the West Side, Airbnb is rising
Tanya Petty, a 65-year-old who lives on Warren Blvd. and California in East Garfield Park, usually meets her guests with a warm greeting and a ceremonial house tour.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
29th Ward alderman gets challenger
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29th Ward alderman gets challenger
The race for 29th Ward alderman may be roughly a year away, but the incumbent, Ald. Chris Taliaferro, has already attracted a challenger.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
Retired postal worker still in service business
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Retired postal worker still in service business
Henry Farmby may have retired from the U.S. Postal Service after nearly five decades, but he won't stop serving the West Side.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
'It's racist!' is losing its meaning
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'It's racist!' is losing its meaning
I am amused at how the term "racist" is now bandied about by everyone as the arbitrary response to any kind of critique or criticism.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
Fifty years later
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Fifty years later
An April 4 wreath-laying ceremony in front of a statue of King outside of the Westside Health Authority's Austin headquarters.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
The micro-aggressions of Arlene Jones
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The micro-aggressions of Arlene Jones
I am a huge fan of the work you all produce that highlight the great things going on in and around the Austin community. I always look forward to picking up your paper and reading your articles.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
Alliance forms to strengthen W. Side arts scene
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Alliance forms to strengthen W. Side arts scene
The founders of a new alliance are looking to improve the landscape for up-and-coming artists on the West Side.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 10
State reps say they won’t support gun control bill unless amended
Lawmakers La Shawn Ford and Camille Lilly discussed the proposed Lethal Violence and Order of Protection Act last weekend at a town hall organized by Congressman Danny Davis.
State reps say they won't support gun control bill unless amended
State Rep. La Shawn Ford and Rep. Camille Lilly say changes need to be made to a gun control measure pending in the Illinois General Assembly before they can support it. The two lawmakers, who represent Austin in the Illinois House, voiced concerns about the proposed Lethal Violence and Order of Protection Act during a town hall organized last weekend by Congressman Danny K.
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Crime report 5600 block W. Roosevelt Rd.
Apr 10
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Narcotics
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Narcotics: Possession of heroin (white) / Parking lot / garage (non-residential)
5600 block W. Roosevelt Rd. Comment
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Media mention Austin
Apr 09
Elected officials, health experts put spotlight on opioid crisis
On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti and state Rep. La Shawn Ford discussed the ongoing epidemic, which has hit Austin and other parts of Chicago's West Side especially hard.
Elected officials, health experts put spotlight on opioid crisis
Pointing out the window of the sixth floor of Loretto Hospital, state Rep. La Shawn Ford expressed what others in the Austin neighborhood, hit hard by the opioid crisis, also wanted to make clear: "We're here on the West Side today because we don't want you to forget us."
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Media mention Austin
Apr 06
Longtime Austin resident wants to lead 29th Ward
Dwayne Truss hopes to raise at least $100,000 for his campaign. The incumbent, Ald. Chris Taliaferro, plans to seek reelection in February 2019.
Longtime Austin resident wants to lead 29th Ward
A longtime Austin resident and community advocate is running for the 29th Ward aldermanic seat. Dwayne Truss, a 54-year-old auditor for the state of Illinois, announced his candidacy to several dozen residents as they voted in the March 20th primary. "There is a need for me to run.
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Crime report 5600 block W. Roosevelt Rd.
Apr 06
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Theft
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Theft: Retail theft / Small retail store
5600 block W. Roosevelt Rd. Comment
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Media mention Austin
Apr 05
Austin clinic helps patients improve housing conditions to live healthier lives
Patients of the PCC Community Wellness Center can get free legal services thanks to a new partnership PCC has formed with the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing.
Austin clinic helps patients improve housing conditions to live healthier lives
Patients at PCC Community Wellness Center can get free legal services thanks to a new partnership the Austin health clinic has with the Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (LCBH). Attorney Nathan Nash has been on site at PCC Austin Family Health Center, 5424 W. Lake St., since August and helped nearly 50 patients.
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Neighborhood news and talk Ward 29
Apr 04
1st Wednesday's Monthly Community Meeting
Please join us 6:30 pm tonight at our 1st Wednesday's Community Meeting at Columbus Park Refectory. South Austin Neighborhood Association will be presenting a powerful film about the Honorable Dr. Martin Luther King. 50 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
Media mention Austin
Apr 04
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
State Rep. La Shawn Ford, Loretto Hospital, the West Side Heroin Task Force and Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti are hosting a breakfast April 4th, 50 years after the civil rights leader was assassinated. Fighting the West Side's heroin epidemic will be the focus of this morning's event.
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
State Rep. La Shawn Ford, Loretto Hospital, the West Side Heroin Task Force and Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti are hosting a breakfast April 4th, 50 years after the civil rights leader was assassinated. Fighting the West Side's heroin epidemic will be the focus of this morning's event.
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Media mention Austin
Apr 02
Updated Apr 03
Supt. Eddie Johnson rejects COPA, undermines public trust
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Supt. Eddie Johnson rejects COPA, undermines public trust
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson's rejection of the recommendations of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability demonstrates again that we cannot trust the police to police the police.
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I don't know about that, Eddie Johnson just can't come out & Fire the Guy if he followed Police procedure, remember, there's a law suit here for wrongful death, if Johnson fires this Officer without having just cause, there will most definitely be another lawsuit filed by the officer to...
I don't know about that, Eddie Johnson just can't come out & Fire the Guy if he followed Police procedure, remember, there's a law suit here for wrongful death, if Johnson fires this Officer without having just cause, there will most definitely be another lawsuit filed by the officer to seek his job back with back-pay! That too could cost the City Millions if $, so I believe (as of right now) Johnson is playing it smart!!! Plus, the City filed suit against this Guy's estate but later dismissed their own court action from public pressure so this too raises some serious questions into whether or not the officer may have been justified in his action, none of us were there, and if everybody believes everything to which the news reports, then I have some Ocean front property in Arizona that I have for sale as well!!! Take it with a Grain if Salt, there's something here that more than meets the eye so to speak!!!
Media mention Austin
Apr 03
See new footage of the day MLK was killed
Ald. Chris Taliaferro and the South Austin Neighborhood Association will present the documentary from 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 4 at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd.
See new footage of the day MLK was killed
Ald. Chris Taliaferro and the South Austin Neighborhood Association will present the documentary from 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 4 at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd.
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City services Ward 29
Apr 02
Updated Apr 03
Streets sweeping season runs April through November
Residents are reminded to check for bright orange signs announcing temporary parking restrictions during street sweeping season. Parking restrictions are posted the day before sweeping is scheduled and are in place to ensure curb-to-curb cleaning in neighborhoods.
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paul in jefferson jefferson park resident
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U have to fear the Sweeper, cause they have Camera's on them, if U don't move Ur ride, it will become Cited!!!
