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- 'A new era for Washington Park' 1/21/2009
- Snow couldn’t dampen high spirits at St. Edmund’s Church in Washington Park as the New Communities Program held its final planning workshop and participants met to put the finishing touches on their new Quality-of-Life Plan.
- In-depth profiles of New Communities 12/22/2008
- LISC/Chicago scribe John McCarron has profiled most of the 14 neighborhoods that participate in the New Communities Program in his regular page 2 column in Re:New newsletter during the past five years.
- Near West, partners revitalize retail 11/6/2008
- A year after its launch, the ambitious-sounding Madison Street Retail Revitalization Initiative in the West Haven neighborhood is starting to live up to its name.
- Planners build consensus, tune language 11/3/2008
- A “die hard, core group” met Oct. 18 at St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church for a morning of discussion and feedback on a draft Quality of Life Plan.
- Growing partnerships in Washington Park 9/24/2008
- Washington Park residents and stakeholders working on a Quality of Life Plan highlighted a budding youth coalition, added senior citizens to the mix and learned about Tax Increment Financing during a June 28 Community Planning Workshop at St. Edmund’s Church.
- West Haven updates quality of life plan 9/23/2008
- One of the three communities that participated in the pilot New Communities Initiative that preceded NCP, West Haven reconvened its task force in 2006-07 to update its plan.
- Conference summary focuses on tools 6/10/2008
- The key takeaways from this spring's "Getting It Done" conference, sponsored by LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program, are now documented in a new 50-page publication.
- Woodlawn farmers market sprouts up 6/3/2008
- Woodlawn’s new farmers market drew an unexpected crowd to its May 17 opening, with eager customers arriving at 8 a.m. – an hour before the scheduled start time.
- Agencies learn art of the deal 4/25/2008
- As the implementation process carries forward across the 16 communities in NCP, lead agencies and their partners are learning the art of the deal.
- Washington Park meeting lays foundation 4/18/2008
- NCP/Washington Park kicked off its first public planning effort with a bang: More than 100 people crowded a meeting room at St. Edmund’s Church for a community planning workshop on March 29, taking the first step toward creating a quality-of-life plan.
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