Cook County Board Approves Tax Concession for Manufacturing Company
The Cook County Board of Commissioners granted a key property tax concession to a large manufacturing company in Elk Grove Wednesday. The concession was part of an effort to encourage industrial development in areas with high vacancies and abandoned property. PMI Cartoning Inc., which makes machines that packs cartons and cases, will be able to […]
Creating a Fashion Movement
From a phrase to a logo, and now, to a movement, No Manches Clothing Company wants to use its T-shirts to empower the Pilsen neighborhood. And this new vision, which was developed by four young Latino men, is already taking its effect as one local resident said, “I don’t wear T-shirts, but I wear his.”
Domestic Violence Coalition Addresses Funding Cuts
On the same day Congress passed the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in February, three women were brutally murdered by a domestic partner in the United States. One of these women was five months pregnant and her two children sat in the car as their father burned her body, said Kim Gandy, president and […]
The Beauty Behind the Beast
Since moving to Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood six years ago, John Perryman and his wife, Marissa H. Baker, have been pushing for more police protection against drug dealers. Until they get it – if they get it – the couple is resorting to methods of their own, building gardens to combat crime. “It’s easy to rag […]
