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January 8th & 15th- The Tower Chorale Open Rehearsals 7:15-9:15
January 9th- Board of Commissioners Meeting 7:00
January 16th- Opening for Concessions Permits
January 18th- WSCCI Mix & Mingle 5:00-7:00
January 22nd- Village Board of Trustees Meeting 7:00
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Send Your News to the Village!
If your business plans to celebrate an anniversary, expansion, award, open house or other milestone, please send the relevant information to Western Springs' Community Development Department. The department features interesting updates about Western Springs entrepreneurs and businesses on their Facebook page and occasionally in Tower Topics. Please email your news and photos to Elizabeth Chenelle at echenelle@wsprings.com
Attention Business Owners!
Are you a business owner or investor looking to lease or buy commercial property in Western Springs? Then visit wsprings.com/102/Business and click the “Available Properties” link. Here you will find an interactive website which includes properties for sale or lease throughout the Village. Property images, descriptions and links to brokers and owners are included as well. If you have an available property and want to get it added, contact Steve O’Hare at sohare@wsprings.com.
Questions about zoning can be directed to Tony Budzikowski at tbudzikowski@wsprings.com or Steve O’Hare.
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The Western Springs Historical Society is pleased to announce that planning for the 2024 House Walk is underway! Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 19th, 2024, and keep an eye on our website and social media for updates. If you are interested in becoming a house sponsor, placing an ad in the program book or volunteering for the House Walk please contact us at info@westernspringshistory.org. | |
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Little Sweetheart Dance
2/4/2024
Ages 2-10 yrs
Make a date with your favorite little sweetheart!! The Grand Gym will be transformed into a dance hall complete with a disco ball and DJ. Tickets will be $9.00 per person until 2/1. After that tickets will be $11.00 per person. Everyone must register. Tickets will also be sold at the door for $11.00. Please bring exact change.
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Pick Up Your Whiz-bucks at Village Hall! | |
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Consider family meeting to discuss estate plans
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At some point, you’ll want to share your estate plans with your loved ones – and the first step in this process may be to hold a family meeting.
During this meeting, you may want to cover these three areas:
First, explain your wishes, in a general way, regarding your goals as far as what you want to leave to your loved ones and possibly to charitable groups. And be sure to listen to your family members’ questions and concerns.
Next, discuss your estate planning documents, or the ones you plan to create, including a will, living trust and powers of attorney.
Also, talk about the roles you have envisioned for your family members in carrying out your estate plans. For example, you will need an executor for your will and a trustee for a living trust. Plus, you might mention your initial thoughts on who you’d like to serve for health care and financial powers of attorney.
You may need to hold additional family meetings in the future, but by laying the initial groundwork, you will have taken a big first step in establishing the legacy you’d like to leave.
Mary Jo Ardizzone, Financial Advisor
Edward Jones
150 Harvester Drive, Suite 110
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
708-784-3126
www.EdwardJones.com
Member SIPC
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
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Time for a Health Insurance review!
If you’re a business owner, one of the things you may dread most is your upcoming health insurance renewal. No one relishes the potential increase as it’s probably one of the more volatile costs you will have in your business. Most businesses typically renew on January 1st , so you will be receiving that email any day now.
While it’s no fun to deal with, health insurance in this country (notwithstanding the tribulations of the healthcare industry) is a necessity as the costs of healthcare have skyrocketed. That is why it is consistently one of the most requested employee benefits by employees.
As broker-agents, Standring Financial can help you navigate the bumpy road of health insurance renewals. By utilizing multiple carrier quoting and using back offices to help us adjudicate claims, we can help from plan quote to implementation to ongoing support. We have over 40 years of experience in health and other employee benefits. Sometimes, all it takes is the right phone call to make a claim go away or perhaps it’s just time to make sure you’re not overpaying.
At the same time, you can ask us about Illinois Secure Choice, the state-mandated retirement plan for nearly all employers in the state of Illinois. Yes, there is a regulatory requirement for you to have a retirement plan for your business or use the state’s Secure Choice Individual Retirement Account. If your business has more than 5 employees and has been in business for more than 2 years, you may want to give us a call today to see what other options you have available to you.
Call us today to see if we can help!
Andrew F Ariens, CLU
Standring Financial
708-505-3509
aariens@standringfis.com
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Our new mobile app is here!
SWAN Libraries+ can be downloaded from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Our new app allows you to see your checkouts, search the catalog, place holds, keep wish lists and store your library card barcode for easy checkout. For more information on downloading and using the mobile app, click here. Questions? Ask our staff; they’re already happy users!
We also have special winter happenings you’ll want to consider:
5th graders through adults who sign up for our second annual Winter Reading Challenge will get a sampling of holiday chocolates. Everyone who reads three or more books by February 15 will earn a cozy knit cap.
In addition, the Library is in the mood for a truly chilling read this winter. We’re encouraging everyone to join The Village Read: pick up our collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-tingling tales and poems (free copies are available while supplies last). On January 31, we’ll have a thrilling program as Edgar Allan Poe, played by Terry Lynch, gives a biographical sketch of Poe’s life and retells some of his greatest works. And, on February 6, we’ll get together for food, fun, and great conversation about the book.
For more info and sign-up, visit your library in person or at fordlibrary.org.
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Recreation Department News! | |
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Our Winter/Spring Brochure is out NOW!!
Find our Winter/Spring Brochure at https://wsprings.com/brochure
Register for all our programs at: https://wsprings.recdesk.com
Programs Coming Up
Open Gyms
- Grab your friends and get in the gym, work on your shot or play pick up games. You MUST pre register, no drop-ins or day of registrations will be accepted.
- Click the link for all dates
Sports Mania
- Ages 5-7 yrs
- We have found this fun and exciting class to be just what parents need to give their children a positive first step into athletics.
Tumbling/Gymnastics
- Ages 6-10 yrs
- Participants can stretch, jump, and tumble while progressing from somersault to cartwheels and round offs in this fun and active class.
Floor Hockey
- Ages 4-6 yrs & 7-9 yrs
- This class is for both the experienced player and the beginner. This fast paced, low competition class will promote shooting, passing, teamwork, positions, and some game strategies.
Valentine’s Day with Your Special Girl Doll
- Ages 3-10 yrs
- Come to this unique Valentines class and bring along your American Girl Doll or any other similar sized doll.
Lil Hoopers
- Ages 3-5 yrs
- Let the first time your son or daughter pick up a basketball be with Spartz Sportz Lil Hoopers!
Ballerz
- Ages 6-9 yrs
- The Ballerz workouts will be run by Spartz Sportz elite trainers to ensure that the experience for your developing basketball player is positive and fun.
SPECIAL EVENT
Little Sweetheart Dance
2/4/2024
Ages 2-10 yrs
Make a date with your favorite little sweetheart!! The Grand Gym will be transformed into a dance hall complete with a disco ball and DJ. Tickets will be $9.00 per person until 2/1. After that tickets will be $11.00 per person. Everyone must register. Tickets will also be sold at the door for $11.00. Please bring exact change.
And many more!
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Western Springs Park District & Rotary News | |
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STARTING TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024 at 9:00AM IS OPENING DAY FOR CONCESSIONS PERMITS FOR THE 2024 SEASON IN THE FOREST PRESERVE OF COOK COUNTY!
The Forest Preserve of Cook County is pleased to announce a business opportunity for Concessionaires to offer food, beverages, goods, and services to Forest Preserve patrons. This Permit offers Concessionaires who operate pushcarts, non-motorized vending, and food truck services the opportunity to vend in the Forest Preserves. Permit costs are: Daily ($250) or Annual ($500).
January 16th 2024, concessionaires can submit applications to fpd.concessions@cookcountyil.gov, or fax them to (708-771-1071), or dropped off in person at the Forest Preserves General Headquarters, 536 N Harlem Ave in River Forest IL 60305. If you require any additional information or would like to talk to Permits, Rentals, and Concessions staff about the program before Opening Day, please email us at fpd.concessions@cookcountyil.gov.
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From the Cook County Assessor's Office | |
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At the Assessor's Office, we are striving to make assessments more accurate and fair and to better serve your business community, especially small businesses that need support navigating our assessment system. Each commercial corridor and small commercial property may have specific circumstances that impact its value, such as occupancy or changing uses. We're here to help.
In the first quarter of each reassessment year, we send a form (RPIE) to each commercial parcel owner that allows the owner to submit information about rents, costs, occupancy, and other circumstances that affect the value of their property. This allows us to gather specific information that often saves time, money, and trouble before assessment notices are sent out. This form must be filled out when making an appeal, so commercial property owners are realizing it makes sense to submit an RPIE form.
We're happy to engage with your business community at other times as well, of course. Our outreach team wants to engage with each village's Economic Development Officer and Chamber of Commerce so we can provide services and better help you. We can also help improve your local investment environment by providing our data about your local real estate values. For example, we hep investors, lenders, and underwriters estimate how a new property is likely to be assessed in your community.
Visit https://www.cookcountyassessor.com/rpie for more information.
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Interfaith Community Partners | |
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Is volunteering on your list of New Year’s Resolutions? Making a difference in your community? Sharing your time and energy to help others?
Being a Volunteer Driver with ICP could be a perfect fit if you are looking for something both flexible and rewarding. The older adults you drive will be incredibly appreciative and you’ll enjoy it too.
Contact ICP today for more information and an application:
Phone: (708) 354-9328
Email: coordinatoricp@gmail.com
Website: https://interfaithcommunitypartners.org/volunteering
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Theatre of Western Springs
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The Theatre of Western Springs (TWS) announces the third Mainstage production of its
95th season – “Pygmalion” by George Bernard Shaw and directed by Ray Frewen of
Downers Grove. It opens on Thursday, January 25, and performances continue
through February 4, 2024, in the Lou & Nancy Schauer Auditorium at the Theatre of
Western Springs, 4384 Hampton Ave., Western Springs.
Linguist professor Henry Higgins meets gentleman Colonel Pickering, and they make a
whimsical bet to pass off Eliza, a low-class street flower girl, as a respectable royal lady
of high society. Colonel Pickering offers to cover the expenses of the experiment if
Higgins can pass Eliza off as a duchess at a garden party six months later.
Eliza undergoes grueling training. When she successfully “passes” in high society,
having in the process become a lovely young woman of sensitivity and taste, Higgins
dismisses her abruptly as a successfully completed experiment. Eliza now belongs
neither to the upper class, whose mannerisms and speech she has learned, nor to the
lower class from which she came.
Shaw wrote the part of Eliza expressly for Mrs. Patrick Campbell who played opposite
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Henry Higgins. It opened at His Majesty’s Theatre in the
West End in April 1914. Shaw directed the actors through tempestuous rehearsals often
punctuated by at least one of the two storming out of the theatre in a rage.
It became famous as the stage musical “My Fair Lady” with Rex Harrison and Julie
Andrews. The musical score is by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. The 1964 film
starred Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn.
Tickets are $28 for all performances; $15 for students aged 18 and under. Call the box
office at 708-246-3380 and/or visit the website at: www.theatrewesternsprings.com .
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The Legacy Guild is expanding our services. We are now able to formally support Scholar and non-Scholar parents through a bereavement support group. Please see details below around the Embracing the Struggles Together group. We are excited to offer this new opportunity to further grow and support our Legacy Guild Community.
Register today or share this with someone that you think could benefit by the extra support. No one needs to grieve alone.
Spots are filling up fast and we want to limit the group to 10 widows and widowers. Email info@TheLegacyGuild.com with any questions.
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Looking for after-school tutoring or enrichment? Contact Demi at MY READING GARDEN for further information.
My Reading Garden is located at 822 Hillgrove and welcomes returning and new students of all ages!
For further information, please call 630-272-3364
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Do you have thoughts or suggestions for WSBA News? We welcome your feedback.
Melissa Larson
Communications Director
Western Springs Business Association
whizba@westernspringsbusiness.com
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