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November 30th is Small Business Saturday, a day to support the local businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods around the country. Small Business Saturday is a national movement to drive shoppers to local merchants across the U.S. Join the movement, spread the word! The following Blue Island businesses are participating in Small Business Saturday Aztek Ink …

A huge Thank You goes to the Taverez Family, owners of Harvey Pallets, for sponsoring Christmas Decorations in Blue Island this year! Due to their generous donation, wreaths, boughs and ribbons will be on lamp posts on Western Avenue from Burr Oak to Grove Street and on Olde Western Avenue. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… thank you Taverez Family …

Specially selected local vendors will bring their wares to sell. Come out and get a jump on your holiday shopping and spend a day with friends at the Blue Island Historical Society! WHEN Saturday, November 9, 2013 9:00am-3:00pm WHERE Blue Island Historical Society 13018 Maple Avenue Blue Island, IL 60406 MORE INFO P: 708-371-8546 W: www.blueislandhistoricalsociety.com

Blue Island was awarded an Illinois Coastal Grant from the Department of Natural Resources to hold five, day long workshops to raise awareness in the Calumet region about our water trails, how water trails uniquely connect people to the ecological values of the Calumet and to inspire stewardship activity. Two of these five workshops will be held on the Little …

Join us for a community meeting on sustainability practices that can be implemented in your own backyard. Where: Evangelical Community Church, 2237 W. 120th Street When: October, 23, 2013 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The meeting, supported by our 7th Ward Aldermen and Neighborhood Watch #37, will be facilitated by students from University of Illinois-Chicago. Participants will have the opportunity to visit stations …