No shame in hard times; stop foreclosures
Thursday night meetings at Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corp. ease those tricked by shady mortgage lenders out of their embarrassment and into a mindset of seeking help.
Rally targets gun violence against children 12/19/2008
The Faith Community of St. Sabina, a key partner to the NCP quality-of-life planning process in Auburn Gresham, co-sponsored the Dec. 17 rally at the State of Illinois Building.
Dots on map shout: 'foreclosure cancer!' 12/8/2008
Several high-powered experts spoke Dec. 4 in Chicago at a Senate subcommittee field hearing about the foreclosure crisis chaired by Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill). But the scores of little red specks sprinkled across a map of just one neighborhood on Chicago’s southwest side spoke the loudest.
South Chicago toasts soon-to-open senior center 11/21/2008
More than 100 South Chicago community leaders and residents gathered on a sun-splashed morning Oct. 29 for a “topping off” ceremony at the Victory Centre senior complex at 3251 E. 92nd St.
- "Keep Our Homes" campaign launched in Southwest Chicago 12/17/2008
- Partnerships cause others to give back 12/16/2008
- Community development-related job openings in Milwaukee 11/22/2008
- How NCP meets community information needs 11/16/2008
- Looks different? Yep, our web site has changed 11/14/2008
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Photo: Eric Young Smith
The Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness is promoting a full calendar of fitness and healthy-lifestyle activities such as last year's En Movimiento events, pictured here. Learn more on the coalition's new web site.
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