Photo: Courtesy Mahogany Ventures
'Shops & Lofts' moves forward -- with rentals
Mixed-income development at 47th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in Bronzeville will feature 140 apartments, about 48,000 square feet of retail.
LISC, NCP help Chicago win $98 million
to stabilize foreclosure-wracked communities 1/20/2010
The city’s NCP-influenced proposal shows how HUD’s program to buy and rehab foreclosed homes can foster wider community revitalization.
Kennedy-King inspires 63rd St. retail dreams 1/14/2010
Community leaders and merchants see the college, the anchor for a multi-million dollar revitalization plan, as a catalyst for more retail development in "downtown" Englewood.
Englewood food pantries dish it out and more 1/6/2010
In this economy when people run out of Food Stamps, they’re turning to the food pantries -- and Teamwork Englewood is partnering to help them out.
- New day dawns on Douglas Boulevard 12/2/2009
- Foreclosure fight goes neighbor-to-neighbor 11/26/2009
- Logan Square Heroes:
Maura Nugent, Delia Ramirez 11/17/2009 - North Lawndale Heroes:
Caring People Outreach, Dr. Betty Green 11/17/2009 - Pilsen Heroes: Coralia Barraza, Victor Pichardo 11/17/2009
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February 2010
| Wed 10 | Chicago Lawn Writing Workshop 6 pm –7:30 pm |
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Photo: Joseph White
Teamwork Englewood’s weekly basketball games and track meets, part of a two-year-old community initiative aimed at reducing gang activity through free, structured athletics, regularly draws more than 60 teens – and about 50 spectators. Click for the full story
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