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The first of three meetings being held to discuss which neighborhood projects should be funded with “menu money” is set for June 14 at Amundsen Park. Two other gatherings are planned for Rutherford-Sayre Park and the Columbus Park Refectory later this month.
It’s one of 13 events CPS is holding before classes begin next week. The Aug. 30th event takes place at Prosser from 2 to 5 p.m.
Find out how your school will fare under the new spending plan CPS just released to principals.
Ald. Chris Taliaferro says $700,000 in funding will pay for six projects – ranging from community gardens and murals to pedestrian islands and park equipment. Six months of community meetings and two weeks of voting determined how the menu money will be spent.
Teachers and students from Austin High School took to the streets April 1 as part of the citywide Chicago Teachers Union’s day of protest.
Jason Ervin and Chris Taliaferro rejected the spending plan, while Emma Mitts and Michael Scott supported it.
The longtime alderman discussed several issues at her annual state of the ward address last week.
Dozens of 29th Ward residents attended a town hall earlier this week to voice their concern about Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s spending plan for 2016.
29th Ward residents are invited to the Oct. 20 event, which will be held at the Columbus Park Refectory.