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One of the Bloomingdale Trail access points will be a park on the lot directly north of the Trail, between Albany Ave. and Whipple St. The Chicago Park District is applying for a grant that will help develop the park. They are holding a meeting this Thursday, June 26th, at 6:30 p.m. at Simons Park, 1640 N. Drake Ave., to present their proposed plans for the grant, and to take feedback about them.

This is a public meeting, and it’s a great opportunity for you to come out and show your support for the Bloomingdale Trail.

See you Thursday!

The Chicago Park District has recently published its capital improvement plan for 2008 to 2012. These are the projects that the Park District will focus on in the next few years. The Bloomingdale Trail is listed among the acquisition and development projects.

Youth and adults with disabilities, their families, caretakers, teachers and providers are invited to give input into how they envision people with disabilities using the future Bloomingdale Trail. The visioning session is scheduled from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at the Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2125 W. North Ave. The meeting is wheelchair accessible and will be sign language interpreted. There is no admission fee, but reservations are required as a lunch will be served. RSVP Lucy Gomez-Feliciano at (773) 384-4370 x43

Listen to Chicago Public Radio (91.5 FM WBEZ) tomorrow at 7:20am during Morning Edition for a long-ish piece on the Bloomingdale Trail. It’ll play again during Eight Forty-Eight at 9am and 8pm.

UPDATE: Here’s the story.

For more info, email Amber Kleeschulte Richard. A draft of the resource packet is available for download.