Sustainable Neighborhoods Event | News Release

4/3/2017: Observer Report Peoria Heights Board of Trustees, May 02, 2017
Mayor Allen started the meeting at 6:31.
Announcements: Mayor Allen presented a plaque to long time village attorney Tom Trager for his service.
Trustees report on specific areas. Nothing to report for: Economic Development/Village Improvements; Police, Building/Property Maintenance; Fire; Public Works. Administration/Personnel, Trustee Cumming reported Peoria Heights Tower Park is now open Friday-Sunday 11am-7pm. It will open 11am - 9pm starting May 31.
The following were approved 6-0:

• moving departmental meetings to Wed. instead of Tues. in June, July and August
• purchased a John Deere Utility Vehicle for $7833.16
• approved Peoria Heights Congregational Church using tower park for their Worship in the Park events on June 4 and Sept 20.
• approved bid from RA Cullinan for sealcoating in the city for $118,936.80
• approved bid from Midstate Asphalt Repair for Spray Patching in the city for $36,372.50
• approved bills

The following were approved 5-1:

• purchased Holmatro Rescue add-ons for fire department for $15,499. (Mariscal voted nay)
• purchased Bullard Eclipse LDx Bundle for $14,590 (Mariscal voted nay)

 Mayor Allen presented the first and second winners of the now annual Mary Reiter Love of Community award. The 2016 winner was Rob Matheson, and the 2017 winner was Roger Larson.
Mayor Allen presented awards of appreciation to all board members retiring: Trustee Cumming, Trustee Fuller, and Village Clerk Musselman.
Charles Schneider, Class of 2018 President at Peoria Heights High School, presented a thank you to Mayor Allen on behalf of the Peoria Heights High School Student Body. Mayor Allen was given a plaque.
The Board of Trustees thanked and presented to Mayor Allen for his service to the Peoria Heights community.
Meeting adjourned at 7:35.
 
All new board members were sworn in, including Mayor Phelan, Trustee Goetz, and Trustee Mariscal.
 
 Observer Charles Schneider, Peoria Heights High School, Class of 2018, President
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For more information:  Cheryl Budzinski 309/253-9594; c_budzinski@hotmail.com
 
Greater Peoria League of Women Voters Event, Sustainable Neighborhoods
6 – 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, 2017   

Angela Bolden, Program Officer of LISC -Local Initiatives Support Corporation of Greater Peoria- will speak at the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria General Meeting on their work on sustainable neighborhoods, at 6 pm on Thursday, April 6, at the AMT auditorium, 1718 N. Sterling, Peoria.
 
The positive results in the East Bluff and South Side has been called the "best kept secret in Peoria."
 
The event is free and open to the public.
 
"As one of 31 sites nationally, Greater Peoria LISC has been working in Peoria and the Central Illinois region since 2012 to transform neighborhoods into healthy and sustainable communities of choice and opportunities - good places to live, work, do business, and raise a family." 
 
LISC equips struggling communities with the capital, program strategy and know-how to become places where people can thrive. It combines corporate, government, and philanthropic resources to achieve sustainable change in the communities it serves. LISC draws on extensive expertise to issue a suite of lending products to support housing and economic development activity, investment capital through its affiliates National Equity Fund and New Markets Support Corporation, and grants to support its local partners. Since 1980, LISC has invested $17.4 billion across the country to build or rehab 350,000 affordable homes and apartments and develop 55 million square feet of retail, community, and educational space. In Peoria, LISC is working with residents, non-profit organizations, and local government to revitalize the South Side and East Bluff to improve the quality of life for neighborhood residents. The public subsidies used in the East Bluff to develop 14 units of single family housing were designed to attract a mix of incomes to the neighborhood to foster revitalization. For more, visit www.lisc.org.
 
From "Impact on Issues 2016-18" LWVUS: "Housing should be designed to meet human needs and should be built with amenities that will encourage economic integration within apartment buildings as well as within neighborhoods. Publicly assisted housing should be included in viable, balanced communities, with provision for quality public services and facilities, including schools, transportation, recreation, etc., that will encourage integration and stability." ***