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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.


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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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