Community seeks indigenous development
Humboldt Park is a low- to middle-income, mixed African-American and Hispanic neighborhood that has begun to show significant signs of gentrification on its eastern end, east of Humboldt Park itself -- although that may have slowed in the past few years as the housing market has cooled.
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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.
Humboldt Park Heroes:
Doris Brown, Freddy Calixto
11/16/2009
The community heroes saluted by the New Communities Program lead agencies and their partners are the ones doing the heavy lifting, often with little acknowledgement or reward.
Clinicians, health organizers challenge feds 11/9/2009
Community-level wellness programs fueled by public-health research and organizing bring great benefits to low- to moderate-income communities like Humboldt Park, said panelists at a recent day-long symposium at Association House, sponsored by the Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness.
- 11 'Hoods square off in ‘Hoops’ finals 8/19/2009
- Chicagoans take to the Open Streets 7/30/2009
- NIH grant launches diabetes intervention 7/17/2009
- New Homes opening doors in Land Trust 5/13/2009
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