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A crowd filled the parking lot of the U.S. Bank branch at Madison Street and Austin Boulevard to learn about the community benefits agreement the financial institution has reached with The Coalition to Save Community Banking. We’ll be posting more details soon.
The West Side community is invited to a public reception 10 a.m. Friday, at Madison Street and Austin Boulevard.
Jill R. Bush is running against seven others to represent Austin in the Chicago City Council.
The Coalition to Save Community Banking will brief the West Side community on its efforts to reach a community benefits agreement with US Bank at an upcoming meeting. The coalition met this week with bank officials and elected officials. US Bank took over the branch offices of Park National Bank, which federal regulators shut down in fall 2009.
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez reopens community satellite office that closed in 2007.
Local residents want the city to do a better job of picking up litter and keeping the West Side community clean. But others say it can’t be left up to government and that everyone needs to pitch in.
The West Side community is invited to a town hall meeting tonight at 6:30 at Hope Community Church to disclose the growing problem of abandoned and boarded-up houses.
The program will help residents of both communities fight crime. The office, located on Chicago Avenue near Austin Boulevard, opens in July.