An atrium outside Family Focus Lawndale’s Homan Square office is decorated with large, brightly colored pedestals adorned by children’s artwork. Young people from the Lawndale neighborhood made and decorated these pedestals at a summer camp this past June and July. Visitors to the office sit on the pedestals and rest while waiting for services....
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Hoping to get Chicago police more hours on the streets, Ald. Danny Solis (25th) Wednesday introduced an ordinance that would give tickets and community service instead of jail time to people caught with small amounts of marijuana.
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Morgan Park High School Local School Council leaders told Chicago Board of Education members Oct. 26 that they felt their hands were tied by the administration’s process for selecting a new principal The ordeal began last May when former principal, Dr. Beryl Shingles, took a position at a selective enrollment high school, said Peggy...
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Parents at Talman Elementary in Gage Park look just over a mile away to a CPS school under construction and see a potential solution to their overcrowding problem. The new school, tentatively named Brighton Park II Elementary, is anticipated to open in fall 2012, according to the Public Building Commission of Chicago. For parents...
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In an effort to bring more jobs to Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced an ordinance last Wednesday that would halve and later eliminate the so-called head tax that the city’s largest employers pay. Businesses with at least 50 full-time workers pat a $4 monthly tax for every employee. Under the mayor’s proposal, the head...
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McCormick Place Hyatt Regency moved one step closer to adding a second tower with the Chicago Plan Commission‘s approval of the expansion at its Sept. 16 meeting. Near South residents hope the change will bring more money to the neighborhood, even as McCormick Place sees less convention business. The 13-story expansion will add another...
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In Hyde Park, the aesthetics of the proposed Hyatt Hotel at Harper Court are still not up to the standards of at least one Chicago Plan Commission Member. The 130 room hotel set to open in Spring 2013 will be just one of a multi-phase revitalization project that includes condominiums, parking, and office and...
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