Downtown neighborhood
Try typing “downtown neighborhood” into one of the search engines, and you’ll see something interesting. Elgin’s very own Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) shows up on the front page. It’s #8 in Google and #5 in Yahoo. That’s right, Elgin’s DNA beats out the downtown neighborhood associations of much larger cities. That’s impressive.
I’m not sure how long they’ve had such great placement, but I noticed it before they redesigned the site, so I think credit must go to Steve Munson. I’m not sure if I mentioned the new site, but it’s worth taking a look if you haven’t already seen it. There’s a neat feature that lets you examine stats for downtown buildings.
The DNA’s site was developed by Blue Egg Communications, a web site design firm located in the downtown. It’s great to have them here, because downtown Elgin lost a couple of good firms in recent years. Rule29 left for Geneva several years ago, and Lynch2 left for Bartlett last year.
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They might have a nice website, but this city is sinking a lot of tax-payer funds into an organization that doesn’t really have a lot to show for it’s existence.
The Downtown area of Elgin has been depressed for sometime now. If these reconstruction efforts don’t bring the business back….all these new condos will be vacant, or “section 8″ in 5 years (and the Grand Victoria will be a deserted barge if Chicago gets a casino!)
They might have a nice website, but this city is sinking a lot of tax-payer funds into an organization that doesn’t really have a lot to show for it’s existence.
The Downtown area of Elgin has been depressed for sometime now. If these reconstruction efforts don’t bring the business back….all these new condos will be vacant, or “section 8″ in 5 years (and the Grand Victoria will be a deserted barge if Chicago gets a casino!)
They might have a nice website, but this city is sinking a lot of tax-payer funds into an organization that doesn’t really have a lot to show for it’s existence.
The Downtown area of Elgin has been depressed for sometime now. If these reconstruction efforts don’t bring the business back….all these new condos will be vacant, or “section 8″ in 5 years (and the Grand Victoria will be a deserted barge if Chicago gets a casino!)
They might have a nice website, but this city is sinking a lot of tax-payer funds into an organization that doesn’t really have a lot to show for it’s existence.
The Downtown area of Elgin has been depressed for sometime now. If these reconstruction efforts don’t bring the business back….all these new condos will be vacant, or “section 8″ in 5 years (and the Grand Victoria will be a deserted barge if Chicago gets a casino!)
Tell that to Mike Noland. He’s for a Chicago casino!
It doesn’t matter what you tell Mike Noland. He’s a party-player. By the time this city figures out he’s as bad for them as Blagojevich has been for Illinois as a whole, it’ll be too late.
It doesn’t matter what you tell Mike Noland. He’s a party-player. By the time this city figures out he’s as bad for them as Blagojevich has been for Illinois as a whole, it’ll be too late.
It doesn’t matter what you tell Mike Noland. He’s a party-player. By the time this city figures out he’s as bad for them as Blagojevich has been for Illinois as a whole, it’ll be too late.
It doesn’t matter what you tell Mike Noland. He’s a party-player. By the time this city figures out he’s as bad for them as Blagojevich has been for Illinois as a whole, it’ll be too late.
…but back on the subject of the DNA, according to it’s webpage, it’s “a not for profit 501(C)(3), volunteer driven coalition that represents the interests of the individuals and organizations with a presence in downtown Elgin.”
Volunteer driven? In the January 04 to March 04 financials, it states that the executive director received $26,415.67 in RETROACTIVE PAY.
Tax payer funded institutions like the Gail Borden Library are charged yearly fees, as well as churches.
Of their total expenses for that period (Jan-Mar ‘04) which was $29,679.66,
$26,415.67 of that (or roughly 89%) was retroactive pay for its director, but THANK GOD, that total expenditure was only 8.15% of the “projected” budget. ;-)
I’m not trying to insinuate anything here, but reading this document is amazing, now that I really looked at it!
(This spreadsheet was given to me on a disc of photos to be used for the 4th of July website years ago. I never gave it a second thought until reading this thread on this blog.)
What HAS the DNA done, that the City of Elgin couldn’t have, given these funds?
…but back on the subject of the DNA, according to it’s webpage, it’s “a not for profit 501(C)(3), volunteer driven coalition that represents the interests of the individuals and organizations with a presence in downtown Elgin.”
Volunteer driven? In the January 04 to March 04 financials, it states that the executive director received $26,415.67 in RETROACTIVE PAY.
Tax payer funded institutions like the Gail Borden Library are charged yearly fees, as well as churches.
Of their total expenses for that period (Jan-Mar ‘04) which was $29,679.66,
$26,415.67 of that (or roughly 89%) was retroactive pay for its director, but THANK GOD, that total expenditure was only 8.15% of the “projected” budget. ;-)
I’m not trying to insinuate anything here, but reading this document is amazing, now that I really looked at it!
(This spreadsheet was given to me on a disc of photos to be used for the 4th of July website years ago. I never gave it a second thought until reading this thread on this blog.)
What HAS the DNA done, that the City of Elgin couldn’t have, given these funds?
…but back on the subject of the DNA, according to it’s webpage, it’s “a not for profit 501(C)(3), volunteer driven coalition that represents the interests of the individuals and organizations with a presence in downtown Elgin.”
Volunteer driven? In the January 04 to March 04 financials, it states that the executive director received $26,415.67 in RETROACTIVE PAY.
Tax payer funded institutions like the Gail Borden Library are charged yearly fees, as well as churches.
Of their total expenses for that period (Jan-Mar ‘04) which was $29,679.66,
$26,415.67 of that (or roughly 89%) was retroactive pay for its director, but THANK GOD, that total expenditure was only 8.15% of the “projected” budget. ;-)
I’m not trying to insinuate anything here, but reading this document is amazing, now that I really looked at it!
(This spreadsheet was given to me on a disc of photos to be used for the 4th of July website years ago. I never gave it a second thought until reading this thread on this blog.)
What HAS the DNA done, that the City of Elgin couldn’t have, given these funds?
…but back on the subject of the DNA, according to it’s webpage, it’s “a not for profit 501(C)(3), volunteer driven coalition that represents the interests of the individuals and organizations with a presence in downtown Elgin.”
Volunteer driven? In the January 04 to March 04 financials, it states that the executive director received $26,415.67 in RETROACTIVE PAY.
Tax payer funded institutions like the Gail Borden Library are charged yearly fees, as well as churches.
Of their total expenses for that period (Jan-Mar ‘04) which was $29,679.66,
$26,415.67 of that (or roughly 89%) was retroactive pay for its director, but THANK GOD, that total expenditure was only 8.15% of the “projected” budget. ;-)
I’m not trying to insinuate anything here, but reading this document is amazing, now that I really looked at it!
(This spreadsheet was given to me on a disc of photos to be used for the 4th of July website years ago. I never gave it a second thought until reading this thread on this blog.)
What HAS the DNA done, that the City of Elgin couldn’t have, given these funds?
“What HAS the DNA done, that the City of Elgin couldn’t have, given these funds?”
Well if you’re saying that the city can do the same thing with the same funds, does it hurt to have an independent organization? Funding-wise, it’s the same right? Whether these are city employees or employees of DNA…