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New community walk sculpture unveiled in Winnetka
SUBMITTED BY HOFFMANN
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Visitors to Winnetka’s downtown
shopping district will now
enjoy a collection of outdoor
public sculptures courtesy of
Hoffmann Commercial Real
Estate. An assortment of bronze
statues has been set in locations
on Lincoln Avenue and Chestnut
Street as part of a beautification
plan surrounding properties
owned by Hoffmann Commercial
Real Estate.
“Sculpture walks enhance
business areas in a number of
ways,” said Greg Hoffmann,
CEO of Hoffmann Commercial
Real Estate. “They add
interest and build community
relationships as people contemplate
and talk about the art.
We are excited to bring these
works to Winnetka and hope
they will become landmarks
that shoppers recognize and
enjoy.”
Artists represented in the
sculpture walk include Ruth
Bloch and Jim Rennert.
Hoffmann Commercial Real
Estate is the leading business
property owner on the North
Shore and has been actively
engaged in promoting an appealing
and welcoming shopping
district in Winnetka. In
addition to the new sculpture
walk, enhancements include
A sculpture
titled “In
Dialogue”
now adorns
downtown
Winnetka
as a part of
Hoffmann
Commercial
Real
Estate’s
plan to
beautify its
Winnetka
properties.
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SUBMITTED
updates to building facades and
awnings. Hoffmann Commercial
Real Estate also sponsors
a new Music on Lincoln series
of live outdoor performances on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings that will run throughout
the summer.
For more information about
Hoffmann Commercial Real Estate,
visit HoffmannCRE.com.
Streetfest to battle hunger on North Shore
Bojana Galic, Editorial Intern
Food insecurity is not a problem
that many people associate
with the North Shore, but
the Northfield Township Food
Pantry hopes to change that
with Pantry Palooza on Friday,
June 24.
The event will take place from
6 p.m.-10 p.m. at the downtown
Glenview Metra parking lot. Admission
for the event will cost
$15 and the night will feature
food and drinks from local vendors
and live music by 97 Nine,
Rock House favorite Van Houten
and the Evanston School of Rock
House Band.
“We’re hoping to get a nice attendance,”
said Gayle Curcio, a
Northfield Township Food Pantry
volunteer. “It would be nice
to see a couple hundred people
there to come out and support
the pantry and support the families
that use the food pantry. It’s
just a night to have fun, listen
to some good music, have some
great local food and support the
pantry.”
The food pantry hopes to raise
$20,000 by the end of the night,
a slight increase from its last annual
fundraiser. The funds earned
will go toward monthly food distribution
programs and pantry
operations.
Curcio expects that the street
festival will bring attention to an
overlooked issue in local communities.
Event coordinators
hope to promote their belief that
hunger is unacceptable in our
community.
“I think the more that people
find out we have a food pantry
and the community that it serves,
it just helps to raise awareness,”
Curcio said. “It’s a problem that
can affect everybody and no one
is immune from being food insecure.
Any time we can get our
name out and people hear about
the Northfield Township Food
Pantry and what they do, that just
helps further our mission.”
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