4/16/2008 article -— “Clarissa Flores, a co-owner of the V Live”
“Manny Flores (no relation)”
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This was fast. Chicago Journal article about Club 2047 late liquor license community meeting held Tuesday April 15th 2008. A link to the article and a copy of the article is below.
Joe Kopera
http://chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=25&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=4622&T M=37877.2 [link not not]
4/16/2008 10:00:00 PM Nightclub seeks late liquor license Neighbors warn club could attract crime
By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Editor
Owners of a new three-story nightclub and restaurant in Logan Square got a lukewarm reception this week from neighbors concerned that their application for a 5 a.m. liquor license could bring crime into the neighborhood. The nightclub V Live, 2047 N. Milwaukee, is not set to open for at least three months, but neighbors said at a community meeting Tuesday that it’s predecessor, the OK Corral nightclub, attracted prostitution, vandalism and late night rowdiness.
Clarissa Flores, a co-owner of the V Live, said the new venue would be nothing like the OK Corral. She said the venue would include a ground level restaurant with high-end Mexican food, a second floor area for private events, and a third-floor nightclub with an estimated capacity of about 1,500. She said the team of partners working to open the club-some of whom are co-owners of the Aragon Ballroom in Uptown-has spent upwards of $9 million renovating the building.
She said the club would include infrared video surveillance inside and outside the building, and a team of about 40 to 50 security officers would patrol the building during and after events. She said that although the club has applied for a 5 a.m. liquor license, it plans to stop serving alcohol at 3 a.m. on Fridays and Sundays and at 4 a.m. on Saturdays. “There is no comparison to what we’re doing and what was here previously,” she told about 50 neighbors who attended the meeting.
Neighbor Joe Kopera said he’s most concerned about the late night crowd the club will attract. “My main thought is when you have a late liquor license and the other bars close at 2 or 3 a.m. they’re drunk already, and they’re going to be coming into our neighborhood sitting in the cars, drinking liquor and doing drugs in the car,” Kopera said.
Flores said the club’s security team would follow patrons to their vehicles at the end of the night to make sure there are problems. “How much control will the security have a block and a half from here?” Kopera asked. Johnny Elias, president of the Greater Goethe Neighborhood Association, said he believes that without a coordinated effort between the club owners, the police and the community, it’s unlikely that neighbors will support the plan.
First Ward Alderman Manny Flores (no relation) said he needs to be better convinced of the club’s security plan before giving his support to the late liquor license. Flores said he and his staff would hold another meeting in the next week to further detail the club’s proposal. Those interested in learning more can contact Flores’ office.
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The Olympics are a sick, corrupt boondoggle,
and do not belong in Chicago, murder capital
of the USA .. decrepit infrastructure ..billions
in debt, along with the rest of the state.
They’re all pushing in and selling it with very
tool in the box and with their might, including
the WH. Disgusting .. and in the end, it’s still
all pay to play and continuing typical Machine
thuggery.
From the Olympics meeting at the VLive Club in July:
“There was also a plea to remember the youth and benefits that could impact them the rest of their lives. Youth are important, according to Ryan and Healey, and they have already set up World Sports Chicago. A UNION member said that he was glad to hear they were planning to use UNION members in the construction of the various venues.”
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Obamas host Chicago 2016 White House event next Wednesday
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Lynn Sweet
on September 9, 2009 6:43 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
WASHINGTON—With a host city decision a few weeks away, President Obama and First Lady Michelle, in a move to bolster Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, will host Olympians and Paralympians at the White House next Wednesday, I’ve been told.
WASHINGTON—With a host city decision a few weeks away, President Obama and First Lady Michelle, in a move to bolster Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, will host Olympians and Paralympians at the White House next Wednesday.
Meanwhile, I’ve also learned White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett is traveling to Copenhagen to help convince International Olympic Officials to pick Chicago when they announce the 2016 games host city in Denmark on Oct. 2. Chicago is competing with Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo for the summer games.
The White House has not said yet if President Obama will also fly to Denmark for the last pitch but he is likely to if his presence can make a difference.
In July, Obama taped an appeal to support Chicago’s bid when International Olympic officials met in Abuja, Nigeria. In June, the White House announced creation of a new White House Office of Olympic, Paralympic and Youth Sport.
The event the president and Mrs. Obama will be hosting next Wednesday is with the new Olympic office and the Chicago 2016 group that has been trying for years to land the games in Chicago. Jarrett was part of that leadership when she was in Chicago and now directs the White House part of the U.S. drive to get the games in Chicago.
I was told by the White House the Olympic athletes and paralympic athletes will in a sense be doing double duty—boosting Chicago at the White House in the afternoon while also promoting youth sports and healthy activities at Washington area schools in the morning.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/09/obamas_host_chicago_2016_white.html
Welch said Kelly lived with Flores at her condo in the Park Millennium building in the 200 block of North Columbus Drive....
Flores, 30, whose driver’s license lists her by her married name, Flores-Buhelos, came to public attention more than a decade ago as a star basketball player at Whitney Young High School. She combined athletic ability with skill and played a key role on the 1995 city championship team.
The 5-foot-8-inch guard went on to play at Northwestern University....
She is a manager at a Milwaukee Avenue club, Gillespie said. State records list her as a “manager/partner” at the VLive club, 2047 N. Milwaukee.
“She’s a very lovely, a very honest woman,’’ he said.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1769312,CST-NWS-kellyside14.article