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Carrotmob is a nationwide consumer activism group with local chapters that reward independently-owned businesses committed to making energy-efficient upgrades. To help make those improvements a reality, Carrotmob stages what they call “reverse boycotts.” In one-day events, Carrotmob participants descend on a business of choice to purchase stuff. Although there is no contract, the business...
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July 15, 2009 – Real estate developers will present changes to a Bronzeville redevelopment project at a July 15 meeting of the Chicago Plan Commission. Metropolis 39th and State LLC wants to turn a vacant lot at 39th and State into a community shopping center. The original plan for housing and retail development was...
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By Curtis Black of Community Media Workshop June 15, 2009 – Gov. Pat Quinn will join a mass picket of the Congress Hotel on Monday, the sixth anniversary of a strike there by members of UNITE-HERE Local 1. Monday will mark the sixth year since Local 1 members voted to strike after hotel management...
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By Dylan Heath of The Urban Coaster June 11, 2009 – After a period of sometimes heated community discussion, an Aldi grocery store is set to open in Edgewater. Bill Platt of the Access Realty Group estimates that in about two months the store will take over half of the Clarovista condominium building’s ground-floor...
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May 7, 2009 – Brendan Telzrow is a publicist at Biz 3, one of the two major music publicity companies in the Chicago area. He’s a quiet guy-sort of the quintessential man behind the scenes. But through his job at Biz 3, Telzrow has met and traveled with some of the biggest acts in...
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April 20, 2009 – By the time Bruce Crane went to bed on April 14, the survival of Streetwise magazine was in question. But an overnight sudden injection of 40 online donations to the struggling non-profit organization had Crane believing otherwise. “ you asked me two weeks ago would we do it? I’d say,...
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April 14, 2009 – The Better Business Bureau of Chicago is advising consumers to read the fine print on ads on social networking and other websites before giving personal information or ordering products. “People need to use extreme caution and read the fine print before handing over their credit card information to a an...
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Story By Regan Crisp The Dill Pickle Food Co-op, Chicago’s newest grocery co-op opening in Logan Square this summer, and will attempt to fulfill the need for natural and affordable food on the Northwest Side. Surprisingly, Chicago has played host to few such stores. When Dill Pickle founder Kathleen Duffy moved to Chicago...
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March 23,2009 – Johnny Veliotis, owner of the popular neighborhood liquor and fast food store, Johnny O’s, said Bridgeport’s Halsted Street used to be “a boom town.” As resident of the community for 65 years, Velitotis recalls the commercial strip between 31st and 35th streets as a mix of businesses where residents didn’t have...
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March 18, 2009 – Illinois lawmakers are considering a state employer health care mandate that would also bring affordable insurance options to small businesses and their employees, a sector that disproportionately affected by rate increases. But while the bill could extend coverage for a majority of Illinois’ 1.4 million uninsured, many small business owners...
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