This section is intended to present information on matters which affect the residents of Churchill's Grove, including neighborhood association events and initiatives, as well as community-wide events which may be of interest to Grove residents. If you would like to have something considered for inclusion as an Announcement here, please send an e-mail with your request to webmaster@churchillsgrove.org.* *Please note that Churchill's Grove, Inc. reserves the right not to publish any proposed announcement it deems unsuitable, in the sole and exclusive discretion of the presiding officer of Churchill's Grove, Inc. |
Announcements
Zoom Meeting of the Neighborhood Association - Wed., Apr. 21, 2021
Hi All! In trying to get back to some normalcy, we are going to try a neighborhood meeting via Zoom. If you have not yet received an invitation and would like one, please contact carolyncadigan@gmail.com with your email address. The meeting will begin promptly at 7pm and last no more than an hour and a half. Hoping for more like an hour! If you have not done one of these meetings before, you will need to download the Zoom app onto your computer, tablet or phone. You will need a camera and speaker on that device as well. We will ask that your mute your speaker and unmute when you would like to speak. Thanks in advance and I will see you all next week! |
Garage Sale postponed
Once again, the Annual Churchill's Grove Garage Sale has been postpone in light of current health conditions and continuing guidance from public health authorities. The Association is hoping to be able to schedule a date in September, but has not yet made any determination about details. Please check back in a month or two for more. |
POSTPONED: Churchill's Grove Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Churchill's Grove Neighborhood Association has been postponed to a later date, due to the current health situation here in Illinois. A rescheduled date will be shared later. Thanks for your understanding. |
Yard of the Month - May 2020
This month's award goes to . . . the Boulevard Endcaps, to honor the hard work and talent of our volunteer Endcap Gardeners!  |
CANCELLED - Monthly Meeting
Our meeting scheduled for this Wednesday, March 18th has been canceled. Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15th. If you have questions about anything related to the neighborhood, feel free to email saldugmark@outlook.com or text 815-289-2916. |
Prairie Street Brewery Tour
Have you ever thought of touring Prairie Street Brewery? Churchill's Grove Assn. has arranged a social outing for Sunday, February 23rd. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. The cost is $12 per person and includes beer sampling. Additionally, we will tour the penthouse! Convene in the lobby of the restaurant before 2:00 p.m. I hope you will join the fun! Should you have any questions, please text Deanna Wilcox-Sandberg at 815 962-3768. |
Theatre Night on Oct. 18, 2019
Please join us for Artists' Ensemble Production of Might As Well Be Dead at Cheek Theater on October 18th, 2019 at 7:30 Pm. This will be a faux vintage radio broadcast. It is a play adaption of the Nero Wolfe mystery series of the same title.
The production is a Pay What You Can performance, so henceforth there aren't tickets.
Please plan to meet in the lobby by 6:45 Pm as doors open at 7:00Pm.
You may respond directly to this email or text Deanna at 815 962 3768. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Hope to see you there! |
Grove Volunteers Featured in Register-Star
On Tues., Apr. 16, the Rockford Register-Star newspaper is highlighting the work of volunteers here in our neighborhood who have taken the initiative to form the "Friends of Veterans Memorial Circle", a group which is embracing the task this spring of cleaning and replanting the green spaces in the traffic circle at Auburn St. and North Main St. Rick Westlake, Helen Karakoudas Redfern and Ernie Redfern are the co-chairs of the group, which is planning a "Spruce-Up Day" on Sat., May 11, in an effort to remind veterans of our gratitude for their service and sacrifice. For the full article, follow the link to the Register-Star article: |
City of Rockford Plans for 2019 Spring Street-Sweeping
In response to a question from the Association on the City's plans for street-sweeping this spring, Mark Stockman, the City's Director of Public Works, provided the following information: "Pinpointing exact date(s) a neighborhood will be swept is difficult as there are too many factors that affect our progress (weather, amount of material on the streets, equipment breakdowns, etc.). Public Works ("PW") sends out a press release every Thursday during the sweeping season highlighting the areas where sweepers will be working. We use the same maps for residential sweeping as we do for snow plowing. Initially, we will be sweeping all of the arterial and collector level streets. This takes about 2 weeks. I suspect full residential sweeping will begin in mid-April. Keeping in mind there are 24 routes of which we can only sweep 3 or 4 concurrently, it will take until approximately mid-June to complete. When scheduling the routes we are looking back to see in what order they were swept the previous year and adjust accordingly so that whoever was swept first last year may be last this year. PW does follow a logical sequence in the schedule to gain efficiencies so that sweepers aren't moving thru the various points throughout the city in a seemingly haphazard manner. My recommendation is that residents visit the City website each Friday where the schedule for the following week will be posted (rockfordil.gov). The City’s Public Information Officer also publishes this information on social media as well.
Thank you, Mark Stockman Director of Public Works |
Collection of Yard Waste in the Grove Resumes April 1
Rock River Disposal plans to resume collection of yard waste from Rockford residents the week of April 1, 2019. "Yard waste" consists of grass clippings, leaves and small branches. It will be collected if contained in a) compostable paper bags, or b) garbage cans clearly marked with a large “X”. Larger twigs, branches and other types of brush must be placed into bundles no more than 4 feet long by 2 feet in diameter, with branches no thicker than 4” in diameter. A bundle should not weigh over 25 lbs. Bundles should be tied with string or twine and not metal, plastic or tape. For information, please visit https://www.rockriverdisposal.com/residential-yard-waste. |
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