B2 Zoning Change!!!

It seems to finally be happening.  Please try and make it to the public meeting for the proposed B2 zoning change along Milwaukee Ave, 2/1/12 6:30 pm at the Hairpin Lofts.  We need public support for this idea.  Also if you have any experience with live/work space and how it improved your buisness or the neighborhood please let me know.

Per Alderman Colons Newsletter:

I have also filed an aldermanic zoning change application to allow for "Live/Work Space" at commercial storefronts along Milwaukee Avenue from Kimball Avenue (where the Hairpin Lofts and Art Center are located) to Central Park.  A public meeting will be held on Wed. February 1, 2012 at 6:30pm at the Hairpin Lofts located at 2800 N. Milwaukee Avenue.  During this public meeting we will discuss the existing Neighborhood Shopping District and the benefits of changing the zoning to a Neighborhood Mixed-Use District.

The goal for this Mixed-Use District would be to renew the Milwaukee Avenue business-strip and attract new development to this once vibrant commercial corridor.  I invite you to join me on February 1, 2012; in discussing the possibility of creating new opportunities.

Respectfully,
Rey Colón
Alderman, 35th Ward

City of Chicago