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Chicago Park District Fall Sign-up Soon

By Editor
August 17, 2010

Chicagoan’s, if you are interested in signing up, or signing your children up for the Chicago Park District’s fall session, registration began this morning. Online registration opened at 9:00 a.m. on Monday. If you were unable to register today, the Chicago Park...
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Basketball Leagues, Street Markets and Festivals Bring Different Look to Some Neighborhoods

By Editor
August 17, 2010
Basketball Leagues, Street Markets and Festivals Bring Different Look to Some Neighborhoods

A news report from Ed Finkel, New Communities Program Summer in the city has meant no shortage of outdoor activities in New Communities Program neighborhoods, ranging from the annual Basketball on the Block and Hoops in the Hood basketball leagues, to a...
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Chicago Reporter Gets His ‘Way’

By Barbara Iverson
August 12, 2010
Chicago Reporter Gets His ‘Way’

Naming a stretch of Pulaski Road, “Honorary Casimir Pulaski Way” is redundant and pretty silly. Naming a stretch of Chicago pavement in honor of ace reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez, 36, who died in last January is appropriate. In a city with “Vito...
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Chicago Residents Race Compete to Complete Entire Film in 48 Hours

By Editor
August 12, 2010

The 48 Hour Film Project is taking Chicago by storm this weekend, Aug. 13 through Aug. 15, ad hundreds of Chicagoans will race to complete an entire film in just one weekend. The 48 Hour Film Project is the world’s largest filmmaking...
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“Clean” Air and Water Show This Weekend in Chicago

By Chicagotalks
August 27, 2010

On Saturday there is going to be another Air and Water Show in Chicago, this one will not shock and awe its viewers with...
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Basketball Takes Over the Streets in North Lawndale

By Editor
August 23, 2010

A news report from Cristobal Martinez, LISC Chicago’s New Communities Program The Chicago Police Department’s 10th District police station on Ogden Avenue usually hosts...
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Cast Your Vote on Chicagoland’s Best ‘Undiscovered’ Public Place

By Metroplanners
August 19, 2010

Vote for your favorite place in Chicagoland and northwest Indiana, now through Sept. 10, at PlacemakingChicago.com.
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Chicago Park District Fall Sign-up Soon

By Editor
August 17, 2010

Chicagoan’s, if you are interested in signing up, or signing your children up for the Chicago Park District’s fall session, registration began this morning....
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All Politics is Local

Learn to Organize for Your Community

Learn to Organize for Your Community

Chicago is the home of Saul Alinsky—style community organizing. Now you can get that kind of training and turn around and move your neighborhood and community forward. The Community Renewal Society’s flagship three-day training identifies key organizing principles, how values influence those principles and how you can become an effective organizer and leader. Civic...

FEMA Grants Available for West Side Residents, But Red Tape May Await

FEMA Grants Available for West Side Residents, But Red Tape May Await

A news report from Sarah Ostman, AustinTalks.org For Austin residents whose homes flooded in the July 23 storm, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is, President Barack Obama has declared Cook County a federal disaster area, opening the floodgates, so to speak, for clean-up dollars from Washington, D.C. The bad news is,...

Chicago Reporter Gets His ‘Way’

Chicago Reporter Gets His ‘Way’

Naming a stretch of Pulaski Road, “Honorary Casimir Pulaski Way” is redundant and pretty silly. Naming a stretch of Chicago pavement in honor of ace reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez, 36, who died in last January is appropriate. In a city with “Vito Marzullo Way,” honest citizens deserve to have a street named after an...

Ravenswood Bank Taken Over by FDIC

Ravenswood Bank Taken Over by FDIC

A news report from Mike Fourcher, Center Square Journal Last night Ravenswood Bank, 2300 W. Lawrence Ave., was taken over by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and put into the receivership of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Ravenswood’s doors opened again this morning as branches of Northbrook Bank and Trust Company, a division...

Community Concerns

One West Side Group Provides Flood Clean-up, Jobs

A news report from Sarah Ostman, AustinTalks.org Rosemary Marsh was sure her home would...

Learn to Organize for Your Community

Chicago is the home of Saul Alinsky—style community organizing. Now you can get that...

fourseasons

A news report from Curtis Black’s Newstips Blog, Community Media Workshop Senior citizens and...

Water Quality Rankings Affected by Frequent Testing

Image via Wikipedia The results are of water quality are in, and Minnesota ranked first...

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