Pulaski Elston Business Association

📖🔖 Readers and introverts unite with Silent Book Club! 🔖📖

Come on by the Chicago Public Library Independence Branch this Sunday, June 7th at 2 pm for an hour of independent reading of whatever you like! You can even hang out after to chat about what you're reading (or not, whichever you prefer).

Light refreshments will be provided.
*We will meet on the terrace (weather permitting).*
For Adults 18 and up.

Have any questions? You can reach us at (312) 774-0900!

🍨 Sticky sprinkley good times are back at the Color Club! 🍨

The Sugar Hole, Chicago’s hardest-working puppet team, is back for another season! Be on the lookout for spontaneous songs and theme weekends
as our puppet team spreads their wings for maximum entertainment.

Also new this season, the Color Club Tavern will be open to the public with FREE concerts, shows, and hijinks and we’ll have our regular bar menu available from 1-5 PM before evening programming begins.

Check out the season's schedule: https://www.colorclub.events/the-sugar-hole-season

📸: Color Club

The City of Chicago is asking the business community to fill out a Youth Works Employer Survey to help inform how the City connects young people to available opportunities this summer!

This brief survey for employers will help them understand:
- Remaining hiring needs (June–August)
- Potential number of available roles
- Hiring timelines and readiness
- Interest in participating in a potential hiring effort

Fill out the survey by noon, May 29th at https://forms.office.com/g/jfRCHR6rs1

Out with the old and in with the new! 13 new garbage cans are being installed in the business district today. Thanks to 39th Ward Alderman Samantha Nugent, City of Chicago Streets & Sanitation and our Ward Superintendent Juan for making the install so easy!!

We hope to replace more in the future!

🧘 Join us for Gentle Yoga on the Terrace at the Chicago Public Library Independence Branch on Fridays, June 5th, 12th & 26th! 🧘

This all-levels, gentle yoga class, is perfect for anyone looking for a calming, supportive and fun practice. No previous yoga experience is required.

Please wear comfortable clothing, bring your yoga mat, and a bottle of water.

For adults 18 and up. Registration strongly encouraged.
https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/69fe4d30f6bd012f0066a8f3

Forest Preserves of Cook County Police detectives are asking the public for information in their investigation of a criminal sexual assault of a 29-year-old woman in LaBagh Woods at approximately 12:30 pm on Saturday, May 23. The incident occurred off-trail in a heavily wooded area in the eastern side of the preserve.

The offender is described as a white male about 6 feet tall with a long brown and blond beard reaching to his chest. He was wearing a dark shirt, black beanie hat, dark sunglasses and a zip-up black jacket with a red stripe on the shoulder. Anyone with information about this person or incident is asked to call Cook County Dispatch: 847-635-1188.

Forest Preserves Police, with the assistance of the Chicago Police Department and Cook County Sheriff’s Police, have been canvassing the area as part of the investigation. For public safety and to further the investigation, Forest Preserves Police have increased car patrols and ATV and bicycle patrols in the area.

Pulaski Elston Business Association is lucky to have a Special Service Area (SSA) overseen by Volunteer Commissioners that provides supplemental services within the SSA boundaries. A map of the area is shown in the image.

Current Services Include:
✨ 2x Weekly Litter Abatement
✨ Landscaping of planters and bump outs
✨ W**d Removal
✨ Public Art Projects & Murals
✨ Bike Racks
✨ Special Events and Business Marketing & Promotions

✨ Let the fun begin with Play Day every Monday in June! ✨

Visit the Chicago Public Library Independence Branch from 10:15 am-1 pm for play day fun for the little ones. Bring a friend or meet a new one during our open and unstructured play group time for kids and caregivers.

For kids of all ages with their caregivers.

Have any questions? You can reach us at (312) 774-0900!

Our second new sculpture is in! Come and check out “I Want” at the Pulaski/Elston intersection.