NEAR - NATO SUMMIT INFORMATION
Richard Ward
NATO SUMMIT Information
Board members of the New Eastside Association of Residents (NEAR) recently attended a briefing provided by the NATO Host committee and Secret Service regarding the upcoming NATO Summit that will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago on May 20th and 21st, 2012.
The local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies are intentionally keeping their coordinated plans confidential. We were told that the intention is to keep disruption and inconvenience to a minimum by having rolling closures of roadways. It is suggested that residents carry identification (which includes their local address) in the event that they need to gain access to their home on a closed road. You can click on www.neweastside.org/scanner.html and listen to the Chicago Police radio traffic in the two downtown districts. You may try it now, and then get live information during the summit.
It is our understanding that each New Eastside residential building will be determining and arranging for their own building’s security.
To learn more about NATO and to keep up to date on the most current information regarding the summit as it becomes available, visit the official Chicago NATO 2012 website: http://www.chicagonato.org/ You may also contact the NATO Host Committee directly, with questions, comments at in...@chicagonato.org
Also, residents may sign up for NotifyChicago, a new city service that provides residents with recorded telephone messages, text messages, and/or e-mail alerts on various emergency and non-emergency situations taking place throughout Chicago. Their website is: https://webapps.cityofchicago.org/NotifyChicago/index.jsp
All of the above links will be posted in the upper left corner of the neighborhood website www.neweastside.org
--Richard F. Ward, President, NEAR
New Eastside Association of Residents
155 N. Harbor Dr. #5101
Chicago, IL 60601