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Looking for
a great
holiday gift?
A search for the perfect
gift turned up a book
written and compiled by
Melanie Apel, a 1986
Lincoln Park High School
graduate!
Her photo essay book,
Lincoln Park, Chicago
features over 200
extraordinary photographs.
The book is available in
paperback format at the
affordable price of $19.99.
You can pick up a copy
of the book at the local
Barnes & Noble
(1441 W. Webster) or
through internet shopping.
ISBN #0738520160.
Armitage Avenue Merchants Association
Saturday, December 6 * 10AM-6PM
Sunday, December 7 * Noon-5PM
Each boutique will feature their own
unique special events to get you in the holiday spirit!
Trunk Shows * Refreshments * Festive Decorations
Featuring sidewalk strolling carolers and musicians from
Lincoln Park High School Drum & Bugle Core and Girls’ Choir,
DePaul University School of Music Children’s Choir and
St. James Lutheran Church Choir
Business: A Holiday to Remember
Send LCA Your
E-mail Address!
In an effort to keep LCA
members abreast of important
neighborhood issues and
events, LCA is updating their
membership database to
include e-mail addresses.
Update your renewal form, or
visit www.lincolncentral.org
home page and click on
“via e-mail.” You may also
e-mail LeeAnn Rechtin,
Membership Chairperson,
directly at
erechtin@sbcglobal.net
The Communication Committee is researching the costs associated with
distributing a newsletter to each address within LCA boundaries. The more
households we can reach, the stronger our Association and our voice within
the community. Of course, the biggest challenge is financial. For the last
few years, Lincoln Central Association has not held a street festival (similar
to other Lincoln Park neighborhood associations), or similar fundraiser to
raise money and that makes it difficult to sustain expensive printing and
distribution costs.
The changes under consideration are:
distributing the newsletter to paid memberships vs. neighborhood wide;
making the newsletter black and white vs. adding a secondary color;
using hand distribution vs. first class postage;
using USPS “publication” distinction vs. standard class postage;
determining a finite number of pages necessary to create an informative,
neighborhood resource; and
whether to add business advertising opportunities.
The goal is to manage a newsletter that is financially self-sustaining to the
largest number of households within our boundaries. Currently, the only
revenue generated for operating expenses is through membership dues.
(There are separate fundraising initiatives and accounts for special interest
projects such as the Parkway Improvement Plan and Bauler Park.)
LCA estimates there are 4000 addresses within its boundaries. As a test,
this issue will be hand distributed to households with hopes that we will gain
100 new members. Obviously, at the average membership rate of $20 per
household, we won’t generate enough money to sustain mailings to every
address, but it will allow some “seed” money to start exploring ways to
increase communication within the LCA community...
...which leads to the LCA Membership Committee!
We are creating objectives and goals to increase membership. Among
those are “housekeeping” items such as a comprehensive, accurate
database; but more importantly, ways of letting neighbors know that LCA
exists and is a valuable resource to our fantastic community. This year, LCA
gained some new members from a few neighborhood events, we hope to
continue with more outreach next year and grow our membership to 500.
Communication & Membership Committee
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