HUB Housing Cooperative

The HUB Housing cooperative is an intentional community that
cooperatively owns a 6-unit building.  We will have two 2-bedroom
units available effective July 1.  A third 1-bedroom unit will be
available Jan. 2009.  All units recently remodeled.  Features: New
kitchens and bathrooms, hardwood floors, new appliances, new windows,
upgraded electrical and lots of storage space.  Free on-site laundry
facilities.  We also have a well-equipped bike shop in the basement
and 2 resident bike mechanics. We meet regularly and share meals and
other activities, including courtyard gardening and composting and
neighborhood outreach.  Purchase of a unit is co-op financed, starting
at $15,000 down payment for full co-op membership rights.  Rental
option may be available for 1 year only ($800 - $1,200 per month).
Join a community dedicated to sustainability!  Email us at
info@hubco-op.org

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the hub  housing cooperative invites you to Hopesgiving a weekend full of festivities to celebrate spring, a time when all our hopes can be brought to fruition at our home
{2358 S. MARSHALLBLVD}
May 16, 17, & 18

more details to come

Friday, May 16th

• welcome dinner at Klay Oven

Saturday, May 17th

• brunch
• group outing to the Green Festival
• movie night

Sunday, May 18th

• open house, pot luck, crouquet, bike polo, bbq

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Sorry it’s taken me nearly a year to get this posted.  These images link to PDFs, one for the front page and one for the back page.  The Sun Times did a great job on these stories.

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Update: Postponed - new date TBA

Last night Sarah and I had an impromptu depave planning meeting in the courtyard. We both took a piece of yellow chalk and drew outlines of walkways and future garden beds on the cement. Our mutual hope is to have enough room to expand the garden beds although enhancing the aesthetics of the patio would be a significant side benefit. My worry is that after the depave day we will have a patio full of holes in no particular order, none of which will be useful for planting rain gardens, lettuce beds or absorbing run-off. Hopefully the formal planning meeting tomorrow will help us prioritize our cement-breaking efforts. In the meantime, the chalk is on the dryer: please feel free to add to Sarah’s and my initial design.

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May 5: Polo championships and Sam’s birthday celebration at Douglas Park. After-party and country band to be hosted at the HUB.

Details to follow…

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Update: Postponed - new date TBA

Join residents of Chicago’s Marshall Square neighborhood Saturday April 7th 2007 for a depave-a-thon. Various neighborhood depaving needs will be addressed with a variety of tools from hammers and picks all the way up to jackhammers. Meet at The HUB Housing Cooperative, 2358 S. Marshall, at 9:00 A.M.
Contact: Howard K hk@marshallsquare.com

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At Wednesday’s meeting this week (or was it last week?) Joanne mentioned the lack of our own domain. Ben suggested a blog would be just the thing, so would could post stories about our remodeling and greening process as well as invitations to our and neighborhood events. So here it is!

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