The Silver Strings string quartet will be performing this coming Sunday at the Genesee Street garden from 2:30pm -3:30pm. Come join us, This event is entirely free. See you there!
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Green Town is a grassroots effort to:
Build community gardens for plants, produce and education Preserve urban greenspace Create public and private partnerships
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About Green Town Waukegan
Green Town is a grassroots effort to:
Utilize vacant spaces to beautify Waukegan
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Upcoming Events
GTW Calendar
Photo Gallery
Green Town in the News
- April, 2009 - Bumper crop of interest in community gardens
- May, 2008 - Green thumbs beautify Waukegan garden for summer
- May 2008 - Green Town Demonstration Garden
- October, 2007 - Green Town Labyrinth listed on Relax4Life Website
- October, 2007 - Green Town Labyrinth listed in the World - Wide Labyrinth Locator
- October, 2007 - "The Greening of Waukegan", First Baptist Courier
- September 24, 2007 - "Ray Bradbury's Hometown Greens, Inspired By His Stories", the daily green
- September 15, 2007 - "Downtown garden more than the sum of its crop", Lake County News-Sun
- September 14, 2007 - "Waukegan tries to relive its days of verdant glory", Chicago Tribune
- September 13, 2007 - "Planting seeds for Green Town Project to 'regreen' Waukegan", Lake County News-Sun
- September 13, 2007 - "Volunteers plant project to help Waukegan grow", Daily Herald
Endorsements
Sponsors/Donors
- 84 lumber
- Ace Hardware - Genesee Street
- Allied Bank
- Aspen Valley 847-623-6022
- Burris Equipment
- Campanella & Sons, Inc.
- Carriage Auto Body, Inc. 847-336-0334
- Chicago botanical gardens, North Lawndale Green Youth Farm
- De Vroomen Holland Garden Products
- DK Organics
- Forever Construction
- Gurnee Garden Center 847-662-7303
- Horsefeathers
- Jamaican Gardens 847-367-5570
- Larsen Florist
- Little Fort Media
- Mary's Greenhouse 847-336-5910
- Midwest Groundcovers
- Northern Illinois American Herb Society - Sponsoring Bed 6
- Revolution Investment Partners, LLC
- Signs Now - Gurnee 847-249-7445
- Tabletoppers, Inc.
- Wadsworth Feed 847-662-2932
- Waukegan Garden Club - Sponsoring Bed 5
- Waukegan Park District
- Youth Conservation Corp.
Individual Sponsors/Donors
- Nada and Newton Finn
- Bill Gyzen
- Madelaine Fuqua - Labyrinth
- Diane and Mike Hewitt - Sponsoring Beds 13 and 14
- Victoria Wiedel - Sponsoring Bed 3
- Bret Bowles - Website Design
- Bob Sabonjian - Photography
- Randy Whitmore
- Cathy Clay
- Sue Bair
- Roxanne Swanson
Volunteer Gardeners
- Newton Finn - Project Chairman
- Nada Finn - Project Coordinator
- Larry Sell - Project Leader
- David Dallison - Project Leader
- Lee Luu - Project Leader
- Diane Hewitt - Project Leader
- Mike Hewitt - Project Leader
- Victoria Wiedel - Project Leader
- Madelaine Fuqua - Project Leader and Master Gardener
- Margaret Martin - Master Gardener
- Cheryl Pytlarz - Master Gardener
- Alex Deans - Gardener
- Arda Haroian-Bowles - Gardener
- Augusto Gomez - Gardener
- Bret Bowles - Gardener
- Swapna Chatterjee-Baumann - Gardener
- Eric Fuqua - Gardener
- Erin Eckert - Gardener
- Eron McCormick - Gardener
- Jason Workman - Gardener
- Jim Stevenson - Gardener
- Joseph Finn - Gardener
- Kay Doll - Master Gardener
- Kohar Haroian - Gardener
- Kristin Fuqua - Gardener
- Laura Zachs - Gardener
- Mary Stickles - Gardener
- Meg Galyenboom - Gardener
- Nora Kennedy - Gardener
- Peg Nash - Gardener
- Rick Larsen - Gardener
- Roxanne Swanson - Gardener
- Sally Stevenson - Gardener
- Sam Haroian Jr. - Gardener
- Shelly Clausing - Gardener
- Steve Rosswurm - Gardener
- Teddi Dunham - Gardener
- Terry Fuqua - Gardener
- Tony Figeroa - Gardener
- Waukegan Garden Club
- Yvonne Martin - Gardener
- Zadeeg Haroian - Gardener
Links
- CAG
- Chicago Resource Center
- eWaukegan
- Growingpower
- Labyrinth Locator
- Lake County Chamber of Commerce
- Lake County Extension Foundation, Inc.
- Lake County Forest Preserve
- Lake County Government
- Liberty Prairie Conservancy
- Prairie Crossing
- Relax4Life
- Sand Hill Organics
- Solid Waste Agency of Lake County
- Waukegan Main Street
Contact Us
Newton Finn
TOWN Chair and Legal Counsel
128 N. West Street Waukegan, IL 60085
Tel. 847/599-0202
Cell 847/278-0677
Fax 847/599-0404
finnnewton@waukegan.com
TOWN Chair and Legal Counsel
128 N. West Street Waukegan, IL 60085
Tel. 847/599-0202
Cell 847/278-0677
Fax 847/599-0404
finnnewton@waukegan.com
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