THE
GREATER
ROCKWELL
ORGANIZATION

Officers

President: Patti Huetteman
President
First Vice President: Tom Kosinski
Vice President
Second Vice President: Emily Carruthers
Second Vice President
Secretary: Bea Tersch
Secretary
Treasurer: Tracey Bartholomew
Treasurer

This Month's GRO News

 

Annual Yard and Garage Sales

The annual Yard/Garage Sales will be held on the weekend of June 8th and 9th. If you would like to participate as a seller, please contact Bea Tersch at secretary@greaterrockwell.org or 773-561-0794 before May 25th. GRO (mostly Bea) gets the permit, advertises and creates the map of sales. There is a small fee and we ask that you be a current member of GRO to be included. If you are not a seller we hope you will shop your neighbors’ sales.

River Day

Join Friends of the Chicago River and neighbors out at Horner and Jacob Parks on Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 9 a.m. to noon to help with riverfront cleanup. In 1992 25 volunteers “rescued” the Chicago River by pulling old shopping carts, mattresses, and plastic bags from its banks. Their initial efforts have built year upon year, evolving into Chicago River Day which now hosts over 4,000 volunteers at 70 sites along the river each year.

Annual Potluck Dinner

Thanks to everyone who made the Potluck such a great success. A wonderful time was had by all.

Spring Clean Up Day

Thanks to everyone who braved the unseasonably cold weather and donoted their time and energy to preparing Jacob Playlot for the spring and cleaned up the commercail area by the el stop.

Rockwell History Posted

Mark Dawson has kindly contributed the Greater Rockwell history he researched and wrote for the Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association. This document is chock-full of interesting facts, reminiscences, and information about our neighborhood and surroundings.

Greater Rockwell Organization (GRO) is committed to engage in activities that will promote civic pride and community welfare. The low-cost Membership is an excellent way to engage in your community.

From Wilson to Lawrence and Western to Virginia (at the river), you will see the elegance of Greater Rockwell Organization’s award-winning corner gardens.

The monthly GRO newsletter with a circulation of 1,500 reaches our community, as well as commuters at the Rockwell Brown Line station.

You have a more beautiful neighborhood due to the ongoing efforts of our graffiti removal program – and neighbors who join in the clean and green weekends.

Annual events such as the summer block party and the winter potluck dinner are a great way to share in our community spirit.

By signing up for GROnews (at the left, under Rockwell Station), you can join hundreds of neighbors who receive emails about local events, meeting reminders and important community alerts.

Whether you’re concerned about property taxes; public transportation; safer streets; a cleaner, greener neighborhood; a vital business district; or simply a place to say hi to your neighbors – GRO has something for you.

When we meet

Greater Rockwell Organization meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm. Meetings are held at Luther Memorial Church at the corner of Campbell and Wilson. Enter through the red doors (to the left of the main doors) on Wilson. You will find the buzzer up and to the right.

Committees

The goals of GRO are met through our community volunteers. Follow the links to web pages describing each committee's doings and how to contact the members if you're interested in getting involved. Please give the idea some serious thought – we welcome your participation at any level, and any amount of time you care to give.