Springfield ICON

Independent Coalition for Our Neighborhoods

ICON News

  • Ward 6 Alderman Cory Jobe talks about Abandoned Properties

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    WTAX podcast Tuesday, June 21 Bob Murray talks with the Alderman about possible new abandoned property rules for the City of Springfield. Listen to the podcast…

  • ICON nuisance property ordinance

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    Today was a big day for ICON, with a front page article in the SJR highlighting our efforts to move forward with an ordinance that will increase fines for boarded properties, establish time limits for how long a property can remain boarded, and crack down on code violations that are not corrected within a specified…

  • New Public Works Director Mahoney to speak at ICON meeting

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    Mark Mahoney, Springfield’s newly appointed Director of Public Works, will be the guest speaker at Wednesday’s meeting of the Inner City Older Neighborhood Coalition. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the Bunn Auditorium of the Carol Jo Vecchie Women and Children’s Center in St. John’s Hospital. The public is invited. As an alderman, Mahoney…

  • Mayor Houston Wins Third Term

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    Mike Houston will be serving his third term as mayor of Springfield. The ICON PAC wants to congratulate Mayor Houston on his victory. We are excited and pleased that the Mayor took such a strong position regarding the elimination of boarded properties during his campaign. One of his earliest press conferences was held in front…

  • ICON Members Win Aldermanic Seats

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    The ICON PAC is pleased and proud to announce that four of its dues paying members have been elected to serve on the Springfield City Council for the next four years. Doris Turner (Ward 3), Sam Cahnman (Ward 5), Cory Jobe (Ward 6), and Joe McMenamin (Ward 7), have all been active participants in reviewing…

  • ICON Celebrates First Birthday

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    ICON celebrated its first birthday at the March 28th meeting by announcing its proposed program to eliminate problem properties in the older neighborhoods. The coalition of Inner City Older Neighborhoods first met March 2010 with 19 representatives from 12 neighborhoods. Since the first meeting 71 individuals; neighborhood representatives, city and county officials, aldermen, and candidates…

  • ICON Seeks Candidate’s Positions

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    ICON Seeks Candidates’ Positions Download the voting positions of each candidate regarding the key issues in the recommendations (PDF) on our Springfield Election 2011 page along with surveys, radio and print interviews, and candidate endorsements from other organizations. Over 80 people attended the Citywide Aldermanic Forum hosted by ICON, DSI, MBBA, and IPA. Twelve of the…

  • ICON Not Stopped by Storm

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      Even though the State government closed down Monday afternoon, January 31st, 24 ICON members and guest met to review issues regarding the older neighborhoods of Springfield. Included in the group were 3 mayoral candidates (Mike Houston, Bill McCarty, and Sheila Stocks-Smith), 6  aldermanic candidates (Sam Cahnman, Cameron Counts, Michael Higgins, Cory Jobe, Joe McMinamen,…

  • ICON to Host Aldermanic Forum with DSI, MBBA, and IPA

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      The ICON PAC , in partnership with Downtown Springfield Inc., MacArthur Boulevard Business Association, and the Illinois Peoples Action group, will host a Citywide Aldermanic Forum, Thursday, March 3rd, 7 p.m., at the Dove Center, St. John’s Hospital.  A series of issues and questions from the four host will be provided to each candidate two weeks before…

  • ICON Host Candidates at Holiday Meeting

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     The December ICON meeting was held before the Holiday Season to meet and greet candidates for the April 5th city elections. There where over sixty attendees including three mayoral and six aldermanic candidates including the following     Mayoral             Mike Coffey             Mike Houston             Sheila Stocks-Smith       Aldermanic             Cameron Courts             Mike Higgins            …

  • ICON Officers Elected

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    November ICON PAC Meeting ICON members unanimously confirmed the slate of officers recommended by the temporary Steering Committee. The ICON PAC officers for the next two years are             Steve Combs, Chairman             Michelle Higginbotham, Vice Chairman             Jamie Adair, Secretary             Bill Castor, Treasure             Jen Aholt, Parliamentarian The temporary Steering Committee recommended the…

  • ICON Forms PAC

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    As of the October 25th meeting the ICON Coalition is now the Springfield ICON PAC. Michelle Higginbotham (Enos Park) made the motion to except the Springfield ICON PAC by-laws which was seconded by Carol Kneedler (MBBA) and unanimously approved by 29 representatives from 15 neighborhood associations. With the addition of five new participants at the…

  • ICON Ready to Confront Problem Properties

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    We continue to increase the number of people participating in the ICON meetings. There were three new representatives at the September meeting which makes a total of 39 different participants representing 19 neighborhood associations from 6 wards. Our next meeting will be Monday, October 25th, 7 p.m. at the First Church of the Brethren (Ash…

  • Neighborhood groups turn focus to 2011 city council elections

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  • Next ICON Meeting: 8/30 7pm First Church of the Brethern

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    Our next meeting will be Monday, August 30th, 7 p.m. at the First Church of the Brethren, Ash and Yale. Jim Langfelder, City Treasure,  will join us to talk about some of the  recommendations he made to the City Council regarding ways to stay on top of money due the city and steps to take to collect…