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.
Lead agency
Claretian Associates
9108 S. Brandon Ave.
Chicago, IL 60617
(773) 734-9181 phone
(773) 734-9221 fax
Angela Hurlock
Executive director
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Jacqueline Samuel
NCP director
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Graciela Robledo
NCP organizer
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Calendar
March 2010
| Tue 16 | South Chicago Advisory Committee 6 pm –7:30 pm |
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May 2010
| Fri 7 | Cinco de Mayo Senior Health and Resource Fair 10 am –2 pm |
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