Monthly Archives: October 2016
Application Deadline Approaching for RTA Program
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is reminding interested parties that the deadline to apply for its Access to Transit Improvement Program is October 20. The application period opened in April…. Read more
Progressive Caucus: Committee should hear Hairston/Ervin police oversight ordinance
Ahead of Tuesday’s vote in the Joint Committee of Budget and Government Operations and Public Safety to pass the Emanuel administration’s proposed legislation to reform and replace the Independent Police… Read more
Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas Training Center Begins Construction in Little Village
By: Ashmar Mandou At a press conference Monday morning, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas shared a milestone in the constructions of the utilities’ new 100,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art training center in… Read more
Lasting Legacy
New research from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) found that nearly seven in ten Latinos (69 percent) aged 45-60 currently do not have a will. Furthermore, nearly half (44… Read more
Marquette Bank Collects Food in Annual Neighborhood Drive
Marquette Bank, a locally-owned neighborhood bank, completed its ninth Annual Neighborhood Food Drive collecting 5,641 pounds of food. All donations were given to the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) and… Read more
Berwyn’s Cermak Plaza Reaches Full Occupancy
Avenue Stores, LLC, the 3rd largest national plus size retailer, brings plus size fashion to Berwyn with the opening of a brand new retail store in Cermak Plaza at 7003… Read more
NHS Chicago Launches Mortgage Relief Campaign
While some areas have rebounded from the housing crash, parts of Chicago are being left behind by the recovery. As a result, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (NHS) is launching… Read more
City Launches First Phase of Mentoring Initiative
Beginning this year, Becoming a Man (BAM) will immediately expand to serve 1,300 additional students this school year, bringing the total of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students served to 4,080…. Read more
Behind the Music with Julio Reyes Copello
By: Amelia Orozco Follow me on Twitter: @Amelia_Orozco Julio Reyes Copello is a Multi-Grammy Winner for composing and producing some of the best music of our times, and with some… Read more
¡Festival Hola México Regresa a Chicago!
El Centro de Cine Gene Siskel de la Escuela del Instituto de Arte de Chicago, 164 N. State St., anuncia el regreso a Chicago del Festival Hola México, el festival… Read more
