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Jack Blane Receives 2007 Mayor's Award for the Arts
2007 Grants Set a Record
Seeking New Project Opportunities
Grant Applications for 2007 Due May 16
Jens Jensen Park
Restoration Completed
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Chairman Jack Blane Receives At the February 11, 2008 City Council meeting Mayor Michael Belsky presented the 2007 Mayor’s Award for the Arts to Jack Blane, HPCF Chairman. Mayor Belsky noted that under Jack’s leadership the Foundation has become a major funding source for local arts groups that enhance the quality of life the community; and that as a former Councilman and City Treasurer, he worked on several initiatives including the formation of YEA!HP and the purchase of the Legion Hall for conversion to an Arts Center. Mayor Belsky further noted that as a member of the Community House board, Jack was involved in bringing a Jazz series to that venue.
HPCF’s 2007 Grants Set A Record In 2007, the Foundation extended grants totally $88,300 to twenty agencies and organizations serving the Highland Park-Highwood community. This was the largest dollar amount ever granted in its fifteen years of existence. For a complete listing go to “Grants and Scholarships”.
Seeking New Projects and Programs HPCF seeks out opportunities to fund new projects and programs that organizations cannot fund otherwise. They must be significant and of measurable benefit; and a minimum 51% of persons served must be residents of Highland Park or Highwood. If you have such a project we encourage you to submit a grant application, the form for which can be downloaded from “Grants Process”.
2008 Grant Applications Are Due by May 23 Applications for grants to be received in 2007 are due no later than May 16. Go to “Grant Process” for a full explanation of the process and forms.
Jens Jensen Park Restoration Completed One of the functions of the Highland Park Community Foundation is to aid major projects of citizens by serving as a collection vehicle, fiscal advisor and funds manager. The foundation partnered with the Friends of Jens Jensen Park and Park District of Highland Park to enable the renovation of the park in the heart of the Ravinia district, across from the train station at St. Johns and Roger Williams. Jensen, a Ravinia resident, designed the park in 1924, but over time the original design was lost to modifications. When “Friends” was formed to raise funds for the restoration, it used HPCF as its collection vehicle so that donations to the project were tax deductible. The Friends endowment for the maintenance of the park continues to be managed by the foundation along with its own endowment.
The renovated Jens Jensen Park was rededicated in September.
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