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49th Annual Awards Presentation
UCC recognizes three who have improved Uptown community
Contact: Cathy Tokarski, 773-275-8563
October 27, 2004 – Three individuals who have invested
time, energy and capital into improving the Uptown community
were recognized for their efforts at an October 5 awards dinner
sponsored by the Uptown Chicago Commission (UCC). The event
was attended by about 50 community group representatives at
Ann Sather's restaurant on West Belmont Ave.
Jimmy Gouskos received UCC's Developer of the Year award
for spurring the redevelopment of the 1101 West Lawrence
Ave. building. Formerly home to the alternative Prologue
School and a bar and liquor store, the building today
houses the Theatre Loft Condominiums and a Bank One branch
office. A blues club is expected to open up in the building
in the near future, helping to promote redevelopment of
a once-desolated area. |
UCC Executive Director, David
Rowe; Jimmy Gouskos; and Patrick Waters, UCC president |
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Mary Claire Hersh; Kathy Cook,
UCC communication committee chair; and Patrick Waters,
UCC president |
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Web developer Mary Claire Hersh was awarded UCC's Florence
Bezazian Citizenship Award. Ms. Hersh has, on a pro bono
basis, designed and maintained more than 20 Web sites
for non-profit organizations in the Uptown community and
throughout Chicago. |
P.C. Gooden-Smiley received UCC's Dorothy Norton Humanitarian
Award for her volunteer work in support of neighborhood
children. She is a volunteer with the local Scrap Mettle
Soul theatre group, a community performance group of artists,
teens and adults in Uptown. Ms. Gooden-Smiley is also
president of the Margate Park Block Club. |
UCC president Patrick Waters;
Carol Carlson, UCC treasurer; and P.C.
Gooden-Smiley |
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Founded in 1955, the UCC represents the interests and concerns
of Uptown residents and works to improve quality of life for
all residents living in the community.
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