Record of Accomplishments
Citywide leadership
• TIF Sunshine Ordinance
• Mandatory ethics training for City employees
• Plastic bag recycling
• Webcasts of City Council meetings
• Co-Chairs the Green Business Task Force
• Chairs the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development
• Outlawed restrictive covenants that keep grocery stores out of neighborhoods
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Constituent service
• Recognized by FOX News Chicago as one of the few Aldermanic offices with a perfect score for returning constituent service requests.
• Providing free flu shots
• Conducting tax appeal seminars and one-on-one property tax reduction counseling
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Wardwide accomplishments
• Opened the new, state-of-the-art, 17th District Police station.
• Three new schools, a school addition and two school-based health centers
• Brought Blue Cart recycling to the 39th Ward
• Established an annual business fair highlighting local small businesses.
• Supported the Albany Park Theater Project, which has won national acclaim for their work with teenagers in the community.
• Organized block clubs and community watch groups wardwide
• Organized the Veteran Resource Fair at North Park Village
• Restored the Bohemian Cemetery water tower
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Albany Park
• Three new schools and two new school-based health centers
• Rehabbed over 300 homes
• Opened a new park, expanded existing parks and opened a new, state-of-the-art playground
• Supported youth services, basketball tournaments and theater
• Opened a food pantry
• Installed new sewer lines to fight flooding
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Brynford Park
• Invested in improving and expanding industrial corridor
• Retained 400 jobs at Wolters Kluwer
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Hollywood-North Park/Peterson Park
• Streetscapes on Bryn Mawr and Devon
• Replaced abandoned sites with new businesses
• Brought millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements to Peterson Park
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Mayfair
• Developed new business and commercial center at the corner of Lawrence and Pulaski
• Lawrence Avenue streetscape
• Achieved historic landmark designation for Mayfair and national recognition of North Mayfair community as one of the nation’s most desirable places to live by This Old House magazine
• Seminars for bungalow owners
• Turned a dilapidated auto repair shop into an expansion of Gompers Park
• Created the Veterans’ Memorial and the annual Salute to American Heroes.
• Residential lighting program throughout Mayfair
• Improvements to Gompers Park
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North Park Village
• Expanded senior housing
• Expanded the scope of mental health services at North Park Village after devastating cuts from the state budget.
• Renovated Jens Jensen-inspired rock garden.
• Established the Veteran's Memorial and annual Memorial Day.
• Provided wireless internet throughout North Park Village
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West Walker/Old Irving Park/Independence Park
• Brought the first Farmer’s Market to Independence Park.
• Initiated downzoning in an effort to protect the character of our community.
• Invested in business district
• Streetscape and sewer improvements
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Sauganash
• Built new school addition
• Built new, state-of-the-art playground
• Replaced a shuttered motel and car wash with Whole Foods and condominiums
• Completed construction of the Sauganash Trail
• Protected architectural character
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