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For Generations, The South And West Sides Have Been Shut Out Of Housing Near Public Transit. A New Plan Aims To Change That
Mina Bloom, Sep 16, 2020
"We want to make sure that these transit-oriented projects are led by the community and owned by…
Development Without Gentrification: Garfield Green Housing Plan Aims To Spur Growth, Maintain Affordability On West Side
Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago, Aug 19, 2020
Historically, transit-oriented development has been centered in more affluent areas. A new plan for…
A model to prevent a wave of evictions in the wake of coronavirus recession
Curtis Black, The Chicago Reporter, May 13, 2020
A new coalition in East Garfield Park is aiming to head off displacement, gentrification and a land…
New coalition takes aim at displacement
Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News, May 7, 2020
The Preserving Affordability Together Garfield Park Housing Coalition seeks to hold developers…
Coronavirus Across Chicago: East Garfield Park
Paris Schutz, WTTW News, Apr 1, 2020
All Chicago neighborhoods have been hit hard by shutdowns related to the coronavirus, but…
With East Garfield Park Ripe For Gentrification, Residents Draw Up Blueprint To Protect Themselves
Pascal Sabino, Blockclub Chicago, Mar 16, 2020
The community-driven plan was created over the past year in response to rising rents and new…
East Garfield Park residents fight rising home prices to prevent displacement as West Loop developments push west
Sarah Shulte, ABC7, Mar 10, 2020
Home prices in East Garfield Park have increased by 20% in 2018, making it the highest in Chicago.
Three Ideas Could Shift Housing from Outputs to Outcomes
Kimberly Burrowes, Housing Matters, Jan 22, 2020
In October, the Urban Institute challenged attendees at the Foundations for the Future of Housing…
Using Data to Inform Community-Driven Decision Making in East Garfield Park
Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University, Oct 31, 2019
A critical component of the Institute for Housing Studies’ (IHS) applied research model…
City Wants To Fix Dangerous West Side Streets By Adding Bike Lanes, Pedestrian Islands And More With $6 Million Infrastructure Plan
Pascal Sabino, Sep 16, 2019
GARFIELD PARK — Some of the most dangerous streets in the city for deadly crashes are on the…
Member spotlight: Garfield Park Community Council
Steven Vance, Chicago Cityscape, Mar 27, 2019
Allen Bosbyshell is an AmeriCorps/VISTA staffer at the Garfield Park Community Council and answered…
These are the 14 candidates running for Chicago mayor
Chicago Tribune Staff, Jan 27, 2019
Here's what you need to know about each of them.
Chicago Neighborhoods Front and Center at Forum for Mayoral Candidates
Linda Lutton, WBEZ, Jan 13, 2019
Hundreds of Chicagoans from Belmont Cragin to the southeast side packed an auditorium at the…
More than 1,000 people pack UIC's mayoral candidate forum focused on improving all Chicago neighborhoods
Bill Ruthart, Chicago Tribune, Jan 12, 2019
A standing-room-only crowd of more than 1,000 people packed the University of Illinois at Chicago…
Rising housing prices in distressed neighborhoods foster new worries about gentrification
Corilyn Shropshire, Chicago Tribune, Dec 20, 2018
Some parts of Chicago that historically have seen a pattern of disinvestment are experiencing a…
Rent on the rise: How high will rent in Chicago climb?
Deborah Bayliss, Chicago Defender, Jul 11, 2018
Denitha Polk, like many other Chicago residents with low- to-moderate income, is challenged with…
Enrolling in energy savings programs
Illinois Science and Education Foundation blog, Jan 5, 2017
Housing Counselor LaShone Kelly talks about the benefits of enrolling in energy education and…
Chicago Tribune - Residents Get Behind $1 City Lot Program
Jan 7, 2015
GPCC Executive Director Mike Tomas talks about the success of the Large Lots Program in East…
Big Data + Large Lots = Fast Start for City Program
Jul 8, 2014
GPCC Board Member Marie Cole talks with LISC Chicago about the City's Large Lots Program as it…
City's vacant adjacent lot purchase program coming to Garfield Park
May 6, 2014
The City of Chicago talks about the success of its pilot program to sell vacant lots for $1 to…
White House Award for Safer Foundation
Mike Tomas, Sep 1, 2011
Diane Williams, CEO of East Garfield Park's Safer Foundation, was awarded a Champion of Change…
Neighborhood Stabilization: 1 Year Later A Year in the Life of a Foreclosure Rehab
Ash-har Quraishi, WTTW/ Chicago Tonight, Aug 17, 2011
Over the past year and a half, Melvin Bailey, head of the Community Male Empowerment Project, has…
Residents, city officials give problem liquor store the boot, encourage healthy foods in East Garfield Park
Mike Tomas, Mar 29, 2011
Local residents take a stand to oust troubled liquor store.
New houses, local jobs make for better neighborhoods
Bill Healy, Mar 7, 2011
Developer Melvin Bailey is putting local people to work, renovating foreclosed East Garfield Park…
On West Walnut Street the scenery looks a little brighter
Bill Healy, Feb 17, 2011
The transformation of empty, foreclosed East Garfield Park houses into affordable, for-sale homes…

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