- ECHO Winter Event!
Meet at the train station on January 30th @ 6:15PM to catch the 6:32PM train to Aurora for an
evening with your neighbors at the Roundhouse!
- Merry Christmas!
And a Happy New Year.... ;-)
- New Email Address!
From January 2010, ECHO will use the email address board@naperville-echo.org to send you email. You can send also
send email to this address and all the current board members will automatically get the email.
- ECHO Holiday Party!
n December 5th from 4:00PM-6:00PM, ECHO will host its Holiday Event
at North Central College's Harold and Eva White Activities Center
(on the corner of Loomis and Benton).
ECHO is proud to have 5 violists and 3 cellists from NNHS playing holiday
tunes - come and listen! There will be of course be chocolate and
cookies, so join us and your neighbors! After all, its only 22 days til
Christmas..... Did we really need reminding????
- Historic Building Design Guidelines Kickoff Meeting
The Naperville City Council recently adopted the Unified Recommendations prepared by the East Central Homeowner Organization (ECHO), North Central College, Naperville Heritage Society and city staff to change the process and standards for Certificate of Appropriateness review for increased property owner satisfaction. One of the key elements of the Unified Recommendations is to develop comprehensive Historic Building Design Guidelines to serve primarily as an educational document that encourages appropriate maintenance and renovations consistent with the historic architectural style, character, and scale of the existing historic structures and neighborhoods.
The City of Naperville will kick-off the Naperville Historic Building Design Guidelines project at a public meeting on Monday, October 19, 2009, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in Meeting Rooms B and C of the Naperville Municipal Center at 400 S. Eagle Street. During the meeting, city staff will provide information about the purpose and scope of the Design Guidelines document, as well as seek preliminary input regarding the content and format of the document.
Further information about the meeting will be posted to the city's Web site at www.naperville.il.us/preservation.aspx as it becomes available.
For questions or concerns related to this process, please contact Ying Liu.
Ying Liu
Community Planner
Phone: 630-548-2950
liuy@naperville.il.us
- NCC Master Land Use Plan Meeting
Dear North Central College neighbor:
The City of Naperville and the College have agreed that every 10 years North Central College will update its Master Land Use Plan for incorporation into the City's Master Land Use Plan. Our last plan covered the period from 20002010 and with 2010 rapidly approaching, the College has begun the process of updating the plan which will be presented to the City in late fall or early winter for their consideration.
On May 28 and again on August 31, we hosted information meetings for our neighbors to collect their feedback as we review and renew our Master Land Use Plan. We will be hosting a third information meeting for our neighbors on September 29, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Banquet Hall of White Activities Center, 325 E. Benton Avenue.
A presentation is available for viewing on the College website at
http://www.northcentralcollege.edu/x49629.xml
where you may review our current plan as well as potential sites on our campus that may be earmarked for future development.
We welcome your input as we move through this process and hope you are able to join us on September 29. If you have any questions about the Master Land Use Plan prior to our meeting, please contact me at (630) 637-5678 or via email at phloscheider@noctrl.edu.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Paul Loscheider
Vice President for Business Affairs
North Central College
Paul H. Loscheider
VP Business Affairs
North Central College
30 N. Brainard St.
Naperville, Illinois 60540
Phone: 630-637-5678
- NCC Outdoor Notification System
Dear neighbor,
The incidents that occurred at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech in the past couple years have created a heightened sense of security on college campuses today. The safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors is paramount at North Central College. We also recognize that we are surrounded by neighbors as well as three elementary schools and what happens on our campus can directly affect others only a few yards away. It has been our experience that the Naperville severe weather warning sirens cannot always be heard when the wind is blowing in certain directions.
More than a year and a half ago, a team of College administrators and staff set out to investigate warning notification systems for our campus and the immediate surrounding area. After much research and investigation of systems at other colleges and universities, the team recommended the purchase of an outdoor alert warning system, and installation has been approved. The approval process included review by the City of Naperville.
The College's outdoor alert warning system will consist of two clusters of speakers on the roof of Carnegie Hall, 10 N. Brainard St., and five clusters positioned on the roof of Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium, 455 S. Brainard St. It is unlikely that anyone will ever actually see the speakers as we believe we have hidden them wellespecially on top of Carnegie. This system will allow for both pre-scripted messages and live voice bulletins in the event of a significant emergency on or around our campus, such as severe weather or fire. Once the system is in place and fully functional, it is anticipated that the system will be tested monthly following the City of Naperville's test of its outdoor alert sirens (first Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m.), hopefully causing a minimum of inconvenience to anyone.
Installation of the system began on Monday, September 21, 2009. We will provide additional information and updates once the system is installed and fully functional.
If you have any questions or comments about the College's outdoor alert warning system, please contact Donald Koletsos, Assistant to the Director of Business Operations and Risk Management Coordinator, by phone at (630) 637-5656 or by email at dekoletsos@noctrl.edu.
Sincerely,
Ted Slowik
Director of PR and Media Relations
North Central College
- NCC Master Land Use Plan Meeting
August 24, 2009
Dear North Central College neighbor:
The City of Naperville and the College have agreed that every 10 years North Central College will update its Master Land Use Plan for incorporation into the City’s Master Land Use Plan. Our last plan covered the period from 20002010 and with 2010 rapidly approaching, the College has begun the process of updating the plan which will be presented to the City in late fall or early winter for their consideration.
Back in May, we hosted an information meeting for our neighbors to collect their feedback as we began the process of reviewing and renewing our Master Land Use Plan. We will be hosting a second information meeting for our neighbors on August 31, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Smith Hall, 30 N. Brainard St., 2nd Floor, at which time we will share our preliminary thoughts as well as collect additional feedback.
We welcome your input as we move through this process and hope you are able to join us on August 31. If you have any questions about the Master Land Use Plan prior to our meeting, please contact me at (630) 637-5678.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Paul Loscheider
Vice President for Business Affairs
- ECHO Annual Picnic
Its that time of year again - the time for the annual ECHO Picnic at Little Friends! Mark your calendars for 3:30PM Sunday September 13th!
(Raindate September 20, 2009)
ECHO resident, Michael Kett will be on hand to provide entertainment - 3:45 to 4:30 Tree Readings for Adults and Magician Magic Class for the Kids from 4:40 to 5:10. If you have attended previous picnics you know that Michael is very entertaining.
And don't forget to join us for the picnic... BBQ - Hamburgers, Hotdogs and Veggie Burgers provided
- Even numbered addresses please bring a side
- dish Odd numbered addresses please bring a dessert
- Everyone, please bring your own beverages
- All residents (ECHO and non-ECHO members) welcome!
