The Community Events Commission met tonight. Village Manager Dave Fieldman was leading part two of an exercise designed so the CEC could figure out their mission moving forward, and did a fine job. Tell me again why in the past we spent good money on outsiders to moderate this kind of priority setting stuff? Exactly.
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Entries Tagged as 'Heritage Fest'
CEC explores future role
January 29th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Boards and Commissions, Community Events, Heritage Fest
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Rah-rah girls
January 25th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Heritage Fest
You’ve got to love a pair of high school kids who not only rally more than 5,000 fellow citizens to a cause, but also follow through with ideas and commitment.
South High students Rachel Pineda and Brianna Richardson launched their “Bring Back the 2010 Downers Grove Heritage Fest group on Facebook in December. I wrote about [...]
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2009 Heritage Fest reports
December 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Community Events, Heritage Fest, Uncategorized
Good news in 2009.
Update- I kludged an upload of the complete 2009 Heritage Fest Annual Report, available after the break.
$494,000?
December 13th, 2009 · 39 Comments · Community Events, Heritage Fest
How much does Heritage Fest cost the village? How much positive budget impact does the village receive from suspending it for 2010? The final figure released by the village indicates that suspending the 29th consecutive Heritage Fest will save the village $494,000.
A copy of the 2009 report written last October has been requested. Who did [...]
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Facebook to the rescue?
December 10th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Heritage Fest, Village Council
Two Downers Grove South High School students have launched a Facebook group aimed at convincing the village council to reconsider its decision to cut the 2010 Heritage Fest.
The public group, “Bring Back the 2010 Heritage Fest,” is administered by Brianna Michele Richardson and Rachel Pineda, who is identified as its creator.
“The Downers Grove Village canceled [...]
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Budget known, HFest unknown
December 1st, 2009 · 27 Comments · Heritage Fest, Village Council, budget
Budget passes 6-1.
Everyone on council agreed this was a tough budget to do, and in the end all but Commissioner William Waldack voted for it. Several council members echoed Bruce Beckman’s request for a “debriefing” so that the good and bad of this year’s marathon process could be reviewed and improvements wrought.
Most council members had [...]
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Speak now or…
November 30th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Heritage Fest, Village Council, budget
Via Twitter, the mayor is encouraging Downers Grove residents with an interest in Heritage Fest to attend tomorrow’s Community Events Commission meeting at 4 p.m. in Village Hall.
Notice the opportunity for public comment — five minutes maximum — is at the top of the agenda. A brain-storming session is also scheduled.
At its Nov. 23 meeting, [...]
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An open letter to council
November 25th, 2009 · 27 Comments · Community Events, Fundraisers, Heritage Fest
Please save Heritage Fest.
Council members,
I am writing to express my disappointment at the decision to suspend Heritage Fest for 2010. Realistically, I beleive Commissioner Neustadt’s expressed concern is valid: suspended for one year makes it very hard to bring back the next year.
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Heritage Fest on hold
November 24th, 2009 · 19 Comments · Heritage Fest, Village Council
The kids couldn’t believe their ears: There will be no village-sponsored Heritage Fest in 2010. The annual festival will be suspended, allowing staff to reconsider and reconfigure the event for the financially challenged future.
During head-nods at tonight’s council workshop meeting, only Commissioner Geoff Neustadt, who chairs the Community Events Commission, spoke plaintively in support of [...]
Information, please
November 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Community Events, Fire and police, Heritage Fest, Public Safety, Public Works, Taxes, Village Hall
Village Hall deserves credit for making this year’s budget process a little less painful — at least for residents seeking information about village operations and the various cost-savings proposals.
Members of the budget team, which includes personnel from the village manager’s office and finance office, have been posting a series of “budget responses’ on the village [...]
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