Englewood seeks turnaround after long slide
Once home to the city's second busiest shopping districts at the transit-served corner of 63rd and Halsted Streets, the Englewood neighborhood in recent decades has struggled to reverse a long decline in population and economic health.
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Laying a stable foundation 2/25/2010
Barely a year after the city got word it was getting $55.2 million in first-round federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funding, the City of Chicago and its non-profit program manager, Mercy Portfolio Services (MPS), have created a nimble system for buying and recycling hundreds of foreclosed homes and apartment buildings.
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.
- Englewood Heroes: Clyde El-Amin, Delphine Rankin 11/16/2009
- Summer jobs get youth employment-ready 9/17/2009
- 11 'Hoods square off in ‘Hoops’ finals 8/19/2009
- Markets back up, shoppers chow down 6/19/2009
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