The Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (GADC) newsletter is available online. Some of the events and news highlighted in this issue includes news that the Community Green Jobs initiative designed to enhance the existing litter-free program will be supported with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to create 10 eco-friendly jobs. GADC’s Green Ambassadors...
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Greater Auburn Gresham’s Winter News Update
Finally: Groceries, Fresh Produce for Chicago’s Near West Side
By Ed Finkel, LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program
Residents of Chicago’s Near West Side will be able to shop at a full-service grocery store for the first time in four decades when Pete’s Fresh Market opens in 2011.
The Chicago Reporter and Chicago Matter’s
The Color of Money helps provide
more context for this issue.”
The local, produce-oriented...
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