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The seven – all located along Chicago Avenue, the “Soul City Corridor” – are receiving more than $558,000 out of $5 million being distributed citywide under the new Retail Thrive Zone program.
About 155,000 households are eligible for a rebate of up to $200 and can apply through Friday, Dec. 30th.
The city of Chicago is looking for performers who can dance, act or read poetry. Tryouts will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 25 at La Follette Park, 1333 N. Laramie.
Spots will fill up quickly for the chance to share repair costs with the city.
The Chicago Westside Branch of the NAACP will hold a community meeting June 23rd. The late Mayor Harold Washington’s budget director will be one of the featured speakers.
The Chicago Tribune reports that one tenants rights group questions why the city’s largest owners aren’t listed.
If you want to vote in the Nov. 4 elections, you have until tonight at midnight to get registered online.
City, state and federal agencies have spent millions of dollars on projects in which West Side minister John Abercrombie played a leading role, yet the results have been mixed, the paper reports.
In a recent Chicago Sun-Times data analysis, reporters found that more beat cops have retired than the city has replaced.