ICON Meetings and Events
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ICON Monthly Meeting June 24 7pm
The next ICON meeting will be June 24 at 7 pm at First Church of the Brethern, 2115 Yale Boulevard. Look for more details here in the future.
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ICON Special Meeting Monday June 10, 7pm
The ICON meeting for May 20 / May 27 has been canceled due to the Memorial Day Holiday. The next ICON meeting will be June 10 at 7pm. Look for more details here in the future.
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ICON Monthly Meeting Monday, April 29 7pm
To ICON members and participants: We will hold our April meeting next Monday, 7 p.m. at the First Church of the Brethren. You don’t want to miss this one even if it snows again! Norm Sims, Executive Director of the SSCRPC, will join with us to explain the procedures followed in reviewing request for waivers to…
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ICON Monthly Meeting Monday, March 25 CANCELLED
MEETING CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW To Our monthly meeting will be held Monday, March 25th, 7 p.m. at the First Church of the Brethren (Yale and Ash). We are at the half way point in working with this administration and City Council. We’ve had success with some of the ordinances we supported (boarded properties) but…
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ICON Monthly Meeting Monday February 25 – Springfield Infrastructure Plan
Mark Mahoney and John Higginbotham presented a “Street & Sewer Infrastructure Analysis” specifying repairs and maintenance for roads, sidewalks and sewers over the next 3 years at an estimated cost of $86.6 million. No funding has been proposed to pay for the plan; we are waiting on the City to propose a plan that would…
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Icon Monthly Meeting Monday, January 28, 7pm
We will hold our January ICON meeting next Monday the 28th, 7 p.m., at the First Church of the Brethren, Yale and Ash. Dan Winters, General Manager of Allied Waste, will be our guest speaker. The executive committee had a chance to meet Dan last November. He has a lot of information to provide us…
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ICON Annual Meeting Monday 12/17 – Suzy Qs
To ICON Members and Participants Remember Monday, Dec 17th, 5:30 p.m. at Susie Q’s. We’ll have a supper get together to end a very busy year – a $10 plate diner and election of Steering Committee positions open for the coming year. Please RSVP to confirm a seat at the table! Steering Committee slate Steve Combs,…
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Monday, November 26 – ICON Monthly meeting
7pm First Church of the Brethern. Remember we’ll hold elections at our last meeting of the year (12/17/12) for chairmen, vice chairmen, parliamentarian, and one at-large position. If you’re interested in serving as a member of the Steering Committee please let us know at the next meeting. We’ll also need to collect membership dues next…
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ICON Monthly Meeting – Sept 24 ~ Residency Information
Springfield ICON will meet on Monday, September 24 at 7pm at the First Church of the Brethern at 2115 Yale Boulevard. More information, contact Steve Combs at 217-494-6668 or City Residency Referendum Residents of the City of Springfield will have the opportunity to vote on an advisory referendum in the November election regarding a…
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Wed, Sept 26 – Town Hall Meeting: Changes to City Garbage
ICON is sponsoring three town hall meetings to discuss the changes proposed in the ordinance: Wednesday, Sept. 26: 7 to 8:30 p.m., South Side Christian Church, 2600 S. MacArthur Blvd. Thursday, Sept. 27: 6 to 8 p.m., Wanless Elementary School, 2120 E. Reservoir St. (Also a Ward 3 community meeting) Thursday, Oct. 4: 6 to…
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Thurs, Sept 27 – Town Hall Meeting: Changes to City Garbage Pickup
ICON is sponsoring three town hall meetings to discuss the changes proposed in the ordinance: Wednesday, Sept. 26: 7 to 8:30 p.m., South Side Christian Church, 2600 S. MacArthur Blvd. Thursday, Sept. 27: 6 to 8 p.m., Wanless Elementary School, 2120 E. Reservoir St. (Also a Ward 3 community meeting) Thursday, Oct. 4: 6 to…
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Thurs, Oct 4 – Town Hall Meeting: Changes to City Garbage Pickup
ICON is sponsoring three town hall meetings to discuss the changes proposed in the ordinance: Wednesday, Sept. 26: 7 to 8:30 p.m., South Side Christian Church, 2600 S. MacArthur Blvd. Thursday, Sept. 27: 6 to 8 p.m., Wanless Elementary School, 2120 E. Reservoir St. (Also a Ward 3 community meeting) Thursday, Oct. 4: 6 to…
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Recycling Resources
At the July, 2012 ICON meeting, Abby Walden, new Director of Recycling for Springfield, Joan Walters, moderator of the Zero Waste program, and Marie Streenz, Community Relations Director for Midwest Fiber, a privately owned recycling (harvesting) company in central Illinois offered a “vision” of seeking “zero waste” that has become an integral part of…
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ICON Meeting Monday, July 30th
To ICON Members and Participants The July ICON Meeting will be held next Monday the 30th at the First Church of the Brethren, Ash and Yale, 7 p.m. If you missed the Citizens Club program on “Zero Waste” Friday morning, you’ll have a chance to review and discuss some of the main points of that…
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ICON Monthly Meeting Monday, June 25th
To ICON Members and Participants We will hold our next ICON meeting Monday, June 25th, 7 p.m., at the First Church of the Brethren, Yale and Ash. Mark Cullen, city attorney, will join us to review new language in the Nuisance Abatement Ordinance which is on the July 3rd agenda for final passage. The new…
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ICON Monthly Meeting April 30, 7pm
To ICON Members and Participants Our April meeting will be held next Monday the 30th at First Church of the Brethren, Yale and Ash, 7 p.m. Mark Mahoney will provide latest update on enforcement efforts regarding boarded property, code violations, fly dumping, and excessive grass. We will also have members of the Regional Planning Commission…
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ICON Monthly Meeting March 26, 7pm
Our ICON meeting will be next Monday, March 26th, 7 p.m., at the First Church of the Brethren, Yale and Ash – SDAT Steering Committee I have invited Lisa Stott, Chuck Pell and other members of the SDAT Steering Committee, Victoria Ringer, and Michael Higgins, to explain how the neighborhoods encircling the downtown area can…
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SSCRPC – Regional Comprehensive Plan – your input needed!
HELP US SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY! The Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission invites you to participate in the development of a Regional Comprehensive Plan. There are two ways for you to be involved in this process: 1. Attend one of three community workshops to tell us your concerns, values, and desires: March 8th…
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High Traffic Freight Trains – Public Information Hearing Tuesday 3/6 4-7pm
Illinois Department of Transportation Illinois State Rail Plan Public Information hearing March 6, 2012, from 4 – 7 pm Lincoln Library 326 South 7th Street Springfield IL Please attend this meeting and provide input on how the State of Illinois’ Rail Plan will affect our downtown community!
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February 27 Membership Meeting
ICON Members and Participants: Our February meeting will be next Monday (2/27), 7 p.m., at the First Church of the Brethren, Yale and Ash. Mark Mahoney will be our guest. He will bring us up to date on early results of the new ordinance regarding boarded property. He will also identify the city’s priorities for…