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Downtown Skokie Business Incentives Announced

Skokie Swift Ridership Increases - more

Downtown Skokie Dining and Entertainment Guide

FARMERS MARKETS
7:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. the last Sunday in June to the last Sunday in October. More

Road Diet Update
FRIENDS OF IMODS:
The road diet was voted down last night by the Skokie Board of Trustees.  While emotions ran deep on either side of this issue, it was good to see our downtown community come out and be heard.  Downtown Skokie has a pulse and we can all agree to work toward a better, more lively, productive downtown community.  I think most of us can agree that the Skokie Board of Trustees should consider taking control of Oakton Street via jurisdictional transfer from Cook County.  Once owned, the Village will be able to control some of the variables that can help to make Oakton a more user friendly thoroughfare.  These include, but are not limited to, speed limit changes, truck rerouting, placement and timing of stop lights, street light type and placement and streetscape decisions.  The upcoming facelift of Oakton will be a very trying time for merchants and residents alike.  We must all work together to help to make this the least disruptive project it can be.  We will also need the help of the entire community to support the merchants affected by the upcoming construction.  Please continue to spend your money with the downtown merchants, they will need your help more than ever during the construction period.  Thanks again to everyone who worked hard on both sides of the road diet issue.  This is a great example of a community coming together to work out some very difficult problems.  At least we were all part of the process, that is more than most communities will even consider.  We live in a great town, together we work to make it better!
 
Randy Miles
IMODS

Play the Downtown Skokie 5!

The Downtown Skokie 5 - the Price is Right for Downtown Skokie Shoppers who shop Local
 
The first week of January, 2012 all Skokie residences received a colorful purple postcard that serves as a game card for the new Downtown Skokie 5 promotion.  Over 30 Downtown Skokie businesses are participating, with more expected to join.  Visit www.skokiedowntown.org for the complete list of participating merchants.  The promotion runs through May 31, 2012, and here’s how it works:
 
1.    Bring the game card to any participating business in Downtown Skokie.  When you make a purchase of $5 or more, ask for a special sticker for your card.

2.    When you have 5 stickers on your card, fill out the card with your name, address, email and phone and bring it to any participating Downtown Skokie business.

3.    When you turn in your completed card, any participating business of your choice, the merchant will give you a gift of up to $5 value.  You might get a complimentary appetizer or dessert, a decorative button, bicycle tire patch kit, small jar of touch-up paint, flower, etc.  Prizes are subject to change and are at the sole discretion of the participating business.

4.    Get a new card and start playing again!  All participating businesses will have blank cards, and supplies also will be available at Village Hall, the Skokie Public Library and other Downtown Skokie locations.

5.    Around the first day of every month, several $50 gift certificates to a Downtown Skokie business will be awarded by random drawing from all completed cards turned in the previous month.  Winners will be notified by email.
 
All participating businesses will have a Downtown Skokie 5 poster in their window, and will be listed on www.skokiedowntown.org
 
For more information please contact the Economic Development Division at 847/933-8446 or visit  www.skokiedowntown.org
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Who says there is nothing happening in Downtown Skokie....

Need a place to eat? We have 16 places to eat in Downtown Skokie and that number continues to grow...

Annie’s Pancake House 
4900 Oakton Street
847/675-7562

Beijing Wok Restaurant
8335 Skokie Boulevard
847/674-3010

The Curragh Irish Pub
8266 Lincoln Avenue
847/675-9600

De-Jred Fine Jamaican Cuisine
4901 Oakton Street
847/983-4582

Dunkin Donuts
8408 Skokie Boulevard
847/674-0777

Eclissi Italian Restaurant
8018 North Lincoln Avenue
847/675-8800

Kabul House Afghan Cuisine
4949 Oakton Street 
847/674-3830

Libertad
7931 Lincoln Avenue
847/674-8100

Pat’s Place
5025 Oakton Street
847/679-9466 

Skokie Club
4741 Main Street
847/673-9393

Subway
5041 Oakton Street
847/677-6437

Sweety Pies Bakery, Cakery and Cafe
8042 Lincoln Avenue
847/213-0900 

Taco Bell
8329 Skokie Boulevard
847/679-8980

Tub Tim Thai
4927 Oakton Street
847/675-8424

Village Inn Pizzeria, Sports Bar & Grill
8050 Lincoln Avenue
847/675-3737 

Yolo Mexican Eatery
5111 Brown Street
847/ 674-0987

 

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2 Downtown Businesses Named Skokie Merchants of the Year!

Congratulations to
Sweety Pies and the Village Inn!

 
The Independent Merchants of Downtown Skokie,
(IMODS 501 ©6) is a not-for-profit organization of people, (shopkeepers, business owners, developers, residents,
and others), who have an interest in seeing the successful growth and development of our amazing community, located just north of, and bordering, Chicago. We invite your comments, input, membership, and more. Learn why IMODS represents the “Vision of the Village”, and why, with your help, downtown Skokie will be the next stop on your itinerary!
 
 

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