2023 MUNICIPAL QUESTIONNAIREs about park priorities
Our municipal candidate questionnaires related to Chicago’s Mayoral and Alderperson elections have been sent out!
We have asked for responses to be submitted by Wednesday, January 25. Click here to see our running list of reponses.
All year we have been collecting issues and concerns we heard about in our work with PACs and parks across the city. In November and December, we held multiple meetings with PAC and park partner leaders to learn about what issues were most important to you. Thank you to those who were able to attend a convening and to others who sent in thoughts. Your thoughts, both park-specific and city-wide, about what we need our incumbent and/or future leaders to be thinking about in terms of park priorities shaped our questions.
We have sent questionnaires to everyone running for mayor and alderperson. The end of the alderperson questionnaire includes questions related to concerns brought up in a few specific wards. As we get responses, we will post them to our website. Here are the materials:
We invite you to help us amplify these questionnaires by:
Please email Policy and Advocacy Director Rev. Rachel Birkhahn-Rommelfanger to let us know if you are working with a PAC or community group to share a questionnaire with candidates. We are happy to work with you to customize the questionnaire for your ward and get it before the candidates.
We have asked for responses to be submitted by Wednesday, January 25. Click here to see our running list of reponses.
All year we have been collecting issues and concerns we heard about in our work with PACs and parks across the city. In November and December, we held multiple meetings with PAC and park partner leaders to learn about what issues were most important to you. Thank you to those who were able to attend a convening and to others who sent in thoughts. Your thoughts, both park-specific and city-wide, about what we need our incumbent and/or future leaders to be thinking about in terms of park priorities shaped our questions.
We have sent questionnaires to everyone running for mayor and alderperson. The end of the alderperson questionnaire includes questions related to concerns brought up in a few specific wards. As we get responses, we will post them to our website. Here are the materials:
We invite you to help us amplify these questionnaires by:
- bringing up items from the questionnaire at candidate forums
- getting your PAC or a community group to send out a questionnaire to candidates in your ward
- sharing the materials with other folks you know.
Please email Policy and Advocacy Director Rev. Rachel Birkhahn-Rommelfanger to let us know if you are working with a PAC or community group to share a questionnaire with candidates. We are happy to work with you to customize the questionnaire for your ward and get it before the candidates.
