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Bringing Business Back to Cottage Grove
By Deborah Alexander, LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program Adolph Parker opened his furniture store on…
Not Trash After All
Literally nothing was thrown away at the GreenTown Conference, held Oct. 15 at Columbia College…
DePaul Professor: Second Wave of Foreclosures Coming, Need for Affordable Housing Grows
By Dimitrios Kalantzis, Contributing Editor, Lake Effect News Last month the Institute for Housing Studies at…
News and Notes from the 2nd Ward, Town Hall Meeting This Week Will Address Housing Issues
Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) will hold a Town Hall Meeting Wednesday evening to discuss critical,…
Sign of the Times for Diners and Chicago Restaurants: BYOB
Budget-conscious diners in the city aren’t normally at the vanguard of food trends. But when…
Frustration Over Being Kept Outside Cook County Board Meeting
Hours before the Cook County Board of Commissioners rejected a partial rollback of a controversial…
Commissioner Jumps Ship And Sinks Tax Rollback
One commissioner’s last minute decision to jump ship has kept Cook County’s controversial 2008 sales…