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www.wtpblp.com |
New Website, providing information about Third Presbyterian's low
power radio station. |
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Rockford
Register Star Public Safety Page |
A good listing of major crimes and public safety issues in the
area. |
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Shopping on-line. Where to get
codes and
cupons |
Reader's Digest recently highlighted these two sites (retailmenot.com
for codes, and dealcatcher.com for cupons) as places to save
money on your purchases. |
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John Walsh's "Family
Watchdog" Site |
Enter your street and town, and a Google map appears, with
conficted sex-offender locations marked. Click any of the
marks, and the offenders picture comes up, along with data on
his/her background. |
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City Neighborhood Standards Web Page |
Neighborhood Standards formerly provided a complaint-driven
service to residents, wherein residents complained of a
violation, Neighborhood Standards would dispatch an inspector to
the property and take appropriate action (e.g., warn the
property-owner, cite the property-owner for a violation, etc).
Recently they have gotten additional personnel, a fleet of cars,
and authority to write tickets for violations. So it is
important that we in the neighborhood are aware of some common
violations. You will find these (and printable brochures)
at the Neighborhood Standards website. |
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Habitat
for Humanity Restore Website |
You can support Habitat for Humanity and get deeply-discounted
tools, hardware, construction materials and major appliances by
patronizing the RestoreStore. Open Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday, the store is manned by volunteers. There is a "Restore" retail outlet at North Towne
Mall, 1020 W. Riverside, tel: (815) 713-3184. |
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Edgewater Neighborhood
Assn. |
Edgewater Neighborhood is east of NESNA (to the Rock River) and
north of Auburn Street. |
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J. J.
Bittenbinder Presentation |
This is an audio recording of the J. J. Bittenbinder presentation
on 8 January 2008 at Third Presbyterian Church. The
presentation was arranged by Joan Wardzala, President of
NESWatch. |
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North Main Plans |
Scroll down this page and you will come to the Main & Auburn
Report and the Envision North Main Report. If you click on
Main & Aubutrn, you will be able to access several sites for
information on roundabouts. |
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North End
Square Watch |
The website of the newly-established North End Square Watch
organization |
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Garrison
School Construction Project |
Garrison School, located at N. Court & John, is Rockford's oldest
standing school. It is currently being converted into 15
loft apartments, with adjacent construction of townhouse condos.
This site provides a project overview as well as a history (with
photos) of Garrison School. |
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Marketing Rockford |
"Welcome to the real, original Rockford" website,
encourages tourism to Rockford |
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CraigsList |
This is a powerful information resource which serves
approx. 300 American cities. It came to Rockford in mid-August
2006. |
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WINGIS |
Winnebago County Geographic Information System |
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Hudson
Place |
These are the condominiums on N. Main at the site of
the old K-Mart Store. |
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Neighborhood
Network
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A new site (January 2003), providing info about
Rockford's 76 neighborhood associations and efforts to link them,
through communication |
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FedStats
Website
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A one-stop site for community stakeholders,
journalists, researchers, students and everyday data users. This
site eliminates the need to search multiple sites to get
information on births and deaths, income, poverty, housing, crime,
employment, retail sales, education levels, travel time to work,
minority owned firms, weather and many other community indicators.
The website links two award-winning Internet applications to data
and other information across federal agencies to provide easy
access to the latest government statistics. |
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National
Institute of Health Website for older Adults
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Developed jointly by the National Institue on Aging,
the National Institutes of Health, and National Library of
Medicine, this site features articles, videos, and quizzes on
senior health. Sound and enlarged print options are
available. |
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Rockford Crime Stoppers
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A new site (May 2003), providing info on the
program, current fugitives, and excellent "hot links" |
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City
of Rockford
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Overview of City Departments, Current events, Links,
On-line Code of Ordinances (with search capability). If you
wish to review Council Minutes, click on "City Council"
(right margin), then scroll down to "Council Meetings,"
then click on the date you want. |
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Winnebago
County
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County Directory of Services, organization, elected
officials, links, and inquiries. |
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Freecycle
Network |
Started in Tucson in 2003, the Freecycle Network is
a grassroots network which links those with items to discard with
those who might want the discarded item. One rule: the
exchange must be free. To tie into the Rockford network, click
here. |
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Smart
Growth
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In communities across the nation, there is a growing
concern that current development patterns -- dominated by what
some call "sprawl" -- are no longer in the long-term
interest of our cities, existing suburbs, small towns, rural
communities, or wilderness areas. Though supportive of growth,
communities are questioning the economic costs of abandoning
infrastructure in the city, only to rebuild it further out.
Spurring the smart growth movement are demographic shifts, a
strong environmental ethic, increased fiscal concerns, and more
nuanced views of growth. The result is both a new demand and a new
opportunity for smart growth. |
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North
End Commons
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Information on Main/Auburn Business Section and on
adjacent Neighborhood Associations (Churchill's Grove, Signal
Hill, Edgewater) |
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Community
Foundation of Northern Illinois
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The Community
Foundation of Northern Illinois is the philanthropic leader,
steward, and servant of charitable resources for the region. |
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Rockford Public
Library |
Check catalog, circulation status, and Library
services from your home computer |
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Freedom of Information
Advocates
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An organization designed to assist the public in
gaining access to records from federal, state and local
governments using the federal Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) as well as state and local public
records laws. |
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Urban
Legends & Folklore
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Nothing to do with neighborhood issues, but a great
place to check out the authenticity of forwarded "gee
whiz" items received from friends, via the Internet (tall
stories & virus hoaxes) |
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Microsoft Word document reader (Word Viewer 2003) |
This free download allows you to read Microsoft Word
attachments which you might receive, even if you do not have Word
installed on your computer. If you already have Word
installed, you do not need this download. |