ICON News
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Clean Up Green Up Springfield!
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in ICON NewsHousehold Hazardous Waste Collection for Springfield Residents April 12 Location: Illinois State Fairgrounds. Enter at Gate 11. Time: 8am- Noon. If you are in line outside of the gates at noon, you will be unable to enter and drop-off your items. This collection is open to City of Springfield residents ONLY! YOU MUST BRING proof…
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ICON Meetings & Events 2014
Meetings are usually in the basement of the First Church of the Brethern at 7pm, generally on the last Monday of the month, with a few exceptions – please see dates below. First Church of the Brethern 2115 Yale Blvd, Springfield, IL 62703 January 27 February 24 March 24 April 28 – Green Summit May…
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ICON Monthly Meeting Monday, January 27, 7pm
Please join ICON for our Monthly Meeting! SPEAKERS Abby Walden, Springfield Public Works Large Item Pickup Program Josh Collins, Springfield Chamber SDAT Downtown Housing Study Plus updates on ICON issues. January 2014 Meeting Recap Abby Walden, Springfield Public Works recycling coordinator spoke to ICON about three upcoming environmentally friendly activities: Hazardous waste pick-up at…
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ICON Annual Meeting & Party Dec 16, 2013, 5:30pm
Meet and Greet CITY OFFICIALS and NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS Who’s been naughty who’s been nice? The ICON elves are makin’ a list and checkin’ it twice! We know when aldermen are a sleep We know when their awake We know when their votes have been bad or good And we’re going to keep pressing for goodness…
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ICON Monthly Meeting Monday, August 26, 7pm
To ICON Members and Participants Our August meeting will be held tonight, 7 p.m., at First Church of the Brethren, Ash and Yale. The Zoning Review Committee met to discuss guiding principles by which they feel ICON should evaluate zoning proposals. There are a number of zoning issues being considered by the city staff and Zoning…
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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 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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Dave Bakke April 2: Critique of Springfield’s image touches nerve
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ICON supported Dave Bakke when he wrote last week about the lack of pedestrian access at the new County Market on Carpenter and 2nd. But then he followed up with a second column that includes the kind of big-picture forward-thinking that is near and dear to our hearts. Instead of supporting a new liquor store…
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Dave Bakke March 30: Some criticisms of Springfield justified
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ICON applauds Dave Bakke for his column March 30 – we wish we had written it. ICON is all about making Springfield a better place to work, live and do business – for ALL of Springfield. Along with neighborhood groups such as Enos Park and MacArthur Boulevard, which have master plans in place for intentional…
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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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Springfield Residents Deserve a Real Solution to the Garbage Problem in Springfield, IL
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in ICON NewsExcerpted from a story by DEANA STROISCH () The State Journal-RegisterPosted Dec 11, 2012 Springfield aldermen spent more than an hour Tuesday questioning Mayor Mike Houston’s proposal to increase the city’s waste and recycling fee by a $1 a month and put the fee on City Water, Light and Power bills. The measure was put…
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ICON Supports Recycling Ordinance
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in ICON NewsFor immediate release December 9, 2012 ICON Steering Committee Steve Combs, ICON Chairman ICON, the coalition of Inner City Older Neighborhoods, supports Mayor Houston’s proposed ordinance to increase the waste and recycling fee by $1 dollar per month. The improvement of these services by the administration and its Public Works Department over the past year…
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Leaf Pickup and Large Item Pickup could be Trashed if New Waste Ordinance not Passed
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in ICON NewsBy DEANA STROISCH () The State Journal-Register Posted Dec 08, 2012 Springfield’s spring and fall leaf collection and large-item pickup programs could be scaled back or eliminated if aldermen don’t approve a $1-a-month increase in the city waste and recycling fee, the city’s public works director said. It’s unclear whether there will be enough votes…
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SJ-R Opinion: waste haulers snuff out real trash reform
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in ICON NewsBy The Editorial Board The State Journal-Register Posted Dec 05, 2012 It looks as if Springfield’s waste haulers have successfully snuffed out a progressive ordinance that would bring the city’s trash pickup standards up to the 20th century. Instead, Mayor Mike Houston has introduced an inferior ordinance that would transfer billing responsibility for recycling, yard…
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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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Learn the Truth About the Proposed Garbage Ordinance
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As reported in the SJ-R, local Waste Haulers are spreading misinformation in at attempt to sway the Springfield City Council to abandon ordinance changes that would help clean up Springfield by ensuring all residents have garbage service. “Lake Area’s letter and website is filled with scare tactics and factual inaccuracies intended to provoke and enrage…
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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…