When Zack Alper found out that the Christkindlmarket had canceled it’s in-person experience and moved to a virtual platform due to the pandemic, he was…
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Historically, Cermak Road between Wentworth and Clark streets has been the pulsing heartbeat of Chinatown. Crammed streets, the cacophony of Chinese, English and other languages…
If you had asked Michael Salvatore, the owner of Heritage Bikes and Coffee, what he wanted to be when he grew up, the answer wouldn’t…
A report from Maureen Kelleher, Chicago’s New Communities Program While national economic headlines feature job losses and stock market shakeups, NCP neighborhood economics rely heavily…
By Curtis Black, Newstips Editor, Community Media Workshop With neighborhood economic development groups objecting to a major reduction in city funding at a time of…
It’s coming down to a battle for each aldermanic vote in a fight over the addition of the first Wal-Mart on the South Side. A…