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South Chicago finds new life after steel

South Chicago had been a proud working-class community for a century when the steel industry began a precipitous decline in the 1980s and early 1990s. The USX South Works mill, on the eastern edge of the community, employed 20,000 people at its peak but closed its gates in 1992. Other nearby mills including Wisconsin Steel also closed, leaving a shattered community of brownfields, empty stores and worn out housing.

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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.


South Chicago Heroes:
Joann Podkul and Kevin Murphy
Zebedee and Tonya Rivera
11/17/2009

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.


Weatherization = Energy Conservation + Jobs 8/5/2009

Residents of four NCP neighborhoods completed training for entry-level, green-collar jobs earlier this summer under a pilot program launched at the Local Economic Employment Development (LEED) Council.


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Claretian Associates

www.claretianassociates.org/

9108 S. Brandon Ave.
Chicago, IL 60617
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Angela Hurlock
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Jacqueline Samuel
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Graciela Robledo
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March 2010

Tue 16 South Chicago Advisory Committee 6 pm –7:30 pm

May 2010

Fri 7 Cinco de Mayo Senior Health and Resource Fair 10 am –2 pm

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March 2010
Tue 16 Foreclosure workshops 6 pm –8 pm
Tue 16 South Chicago Advisory Committee 6 pm –7:30 pm
Tue 16 Public Health Boot Camp information session 10 am –12 pm

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