Prospective members are invited to attend their first two meetings at the Rotary Club of Skokie Valley free of charge. Advance reservations are not required.
Lunch is $18 for members, visitors and guests. Meetings begin at 12:15 PM & end at 1:30 PM every Tuesday.
AlternativeMeals:
A limited number of alternative meals are available. If you prefer to have an alternative meal, please pick up a card at the check-in table & display it at your table setting or if you're in late, ask a fellow Rotarian to order for you. This will allow the staff to put your selection in as soon as possible:
Rotarians in Action. Left to right: Chuck Dickson, Al Anile, Dr. David McWhinnie, Bob Samson, Ross Mathee and Bill Paddor
The entire team. Left to right: Ross Mathee, Bill Paddor, Chuck Dickens, Lisa Paddor, Dr. McWhinnie, Bob Samson, Al Anile, Nick Mathee and Reed Mathee.
This past Sunday, January 31, 2016 the Rotarians and family members pictured above, along with other volunteers served around 110 patrons at A Just Harvest Soup Kitchen located at 7649 N. Paulina St. Chicago Illinois.
The food comprising of roast chicken mash potatoes, pork & beans, salad, soft drinks and cookies was purchased at HUB'S Restaurant and paid for by The Rotary Club of Skokie Valley, as it has been done every three months for the past several years. This is one of many local charity projects sponsored by the Club.
Guest Speakers John McLinden of StreetScape USA, LLC (left) and Andrew Hermann of @Properties (right).
Guest Speakers John McLinden and Andy Hermann did a PowerPoint presentation on the Floral Avenue Housing Development in Skokie Illinois.
Floral Avenue, a new-home community that is ushering in a movement of urban-scale housing in American suburbs, has reached an important milestone, welcoming its first homeowners. The community, which is located in Skokie, Ill., about 10 miles north of downtown Chicago, features 20 custom-tailored single-family homes ranging in price from $495,000 to $850,000. According to Floral Avenue developer John McLinden, president of Skokie, IL -based StreetScape USA, the project represents a new breed of American housing that is emerging as a result of demand for more urban alternatives to traditional suburban home design.
“The ‘urbanization of the suburbs’ is a trend that highlights both demographic and lifestyle shifts in American culture,” said McLinden. “Cities are now outpacing the growth of suburbs for the first time in 90 years. But even in the suburbs, we have seen great demand for neighborhoods and homes that have many of the same characteristics of their city counterparts. ” Homes at Floral Avenue are located on 28-foot wide lots and feature a front porch to promote a neighborly lifestyle. Buyers work with Streetscape’s in-house design team to customize their home’s floor plan and finishes according to their individual lifestyle. “We call it ‘How Do You Live?’” said McLinden. “We use state-of-the-art design tools to make customization easy, efficient and affordable. Our goal is to build homes that are as diverse as today’s homebuyers, while still creating a cohesive, esthetically attractive neighborhood. The home is the ultimate consumer product, and we have organized our entire delivery approach around that important notion,” McLinden said.
According to Andrew Herrmann of @properties, the exclusive sales and marketing firm for Floral Avenue, the project’s first homeowners – a couple from the Evanston area – embraced this approach and expanded on the three-bedroom Aster model to include a play room off the kitchen for their daughter. Another feature contributing to Floral Avenue’s city-home feel is its location on a tree-lined street within Skokie’s downtown. There are 18 restaurants, numerous shops, two grocery stores, a live theater, a nationally-recognized public library and a commuter rail line to downtown Chicago – all within walking distance. In fact, Floral Avenue has a Walk Score rating of 84 out of 100, unusually high for a suburban community McLinden noted.
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