Category: Accomplishments

Carried out in March our first ever Cabin Fever event at Oak Park Friends School, featuring musician Mark Dvorak. SEOPCO collaborated with two important organizations, Beyond Hunger and Music & Potlucks. Initiated a meeting with neighbors and five leading Oak Park officials to discuss the proposed Taco Bell at Roosevelt and Austin in February. Neighborhood…

Friends and neighbors – here’s a sample of what we did together as a board and as a neighborhood in 2019 Organized our annual BarrieFest, which took place on a picture-perfect Saturday Sept. 7. Bands played throughout the afternoon as approximately 500 neighbors visited our business fair and enjoyed the bounce houses and climbing wall. The Oak Park…

Neighbors, Here’s a look at some of SEOPCO’s 2018 accomplishments.   Organized our annual BarrieFest, which took place on September 8.  The Fest was held on Lombard due to wet conditions in the park. Bands played throughout the afternoon as approximately 400 neighbors visited our business fair and enjoyed the bounce houses and climbing wall.…

Here’s how SEOPCO worked with the community in 2014 to make our neighborhood a better place. Organized our Annual Barrie Fest, which took place in September.  Live bands played throughout the afternoon as approximately 300 neighbors enjoyed an afternoon of visiting our business fair, jumping in the bounce houses, Oak Park Fire Department demonstration and…

SEOPCO Accomplishments – 2012   Agreed to expand to 12 board members Worked with the Village to inform its citizens through a public forum, of a new business selling guns within our SEOPCO service area. Gained local and National media attention and pushed the village to work toward establishing better business zoning within its boundaries.…