By Curtis Black, Newstips Editor, Community Media Workshop With neighborhood economic development groups objecting to…
Category: Arts and Culture
Elected Officials Find Common Ground at Recent Event
Officials Say Changes to Pension Systems and Leaner Government are the Answers Not since the impeachment…
Chicago Cultural Center Showcases the Artwork of Adults with Disabilities
Bright colors and distinctive murals greet visitors as they walk through the big glass doors…
Lakeview Residents Say Efforts to “Take Back the Streets” Are Working
Over 100 Lakeview residents — fed up with crime on their turf — have united…
Controversial Development Resurfaces in Ravenswood
A barren Ravenswood parking lot may soon be home to a grocery store, parking garage,…
Experiment in Democracy: 49th Ward Leads the Way in Participatory Budgeting
Community gardens. Buying the Leone Beach house. Security cameras on the “L” platforms. Those were…
Fenger Update: Referendum, Lawsuit, Summit
By Curtis Black, of Community Media Workshop With some saying violence at Fenger High School…
Increase in Tobacco Tax Leads to Decrease in Tax Revenues From Cigarette Sales in Chicago
James Gibson recently asked a man for a cigarette, to which the man replied that…