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What Would A Thriving Madison Street And Pulaski Road Look Like? West Side Groups Launch Plan To Revitalize Corridors
- Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago, Mar 31, 2021
By bringing back critical resources to the commercial corridors, organizers aim to help West Garfield Park residents live longer, healthier lives — and to close the area's death gap.
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Garfield Park vaccination forum addresses myths, fears
- Igor Studenkov, Jan 29, 2021
The Jan. 25 forum was organized by the Garfield Park Wellness Collaborative and the Garfield Park Community Council.
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West Side Churches Offer Coronavirus Testing: ‘We Have To Meet The Community Where They Are’
- Pascal Sabino, Jan 6, 2021
Rush University Medical Center is coordinating the testing in partnership with a church network that helps address health inequities on the West Side.
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Shop Local 2020: An Austin, North Lawndale, Garfield Park Holiday Gift Guide
- Pascal Sabino, Nov 25, 2020
Shop local this holiday season at these West Side businesses, featuring regular vendors of the Garfield Park Neighborhood Market and other members of the Hatchery.
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The Garfield Park Community Council has a new look!
- Laura Wetter, Garfield Park Community Council, Nov 9, 2020
CHICAGO, IL – The Garfield Park Community Council (GPCC) is proud to announce a new visual identity, effective November 9, 2020.
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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 the community and do not displace people when they get built," one community leader said.
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Public Art Installations Meet Green Stormwater Infrastructure
- Anna Wolf, Intersections blog by CNT, Sep 2, 2020
Through CNT’s Climate and Cultural Resilience Program, we have had the privilege of working with Ghian, Paola, and several other incredible Chicago residents, artists, designers, landscapers, and community organizations at four sites, including Overton, within a ½ mile of a CTA train stop across the City.
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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 rapidly gentrifying Garfield Park puts longtime residents first.
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West Side Market Returns Outdoors Amidst Pandemic
- Mariah McBride, The Real Chi, Jul 23, 2020
Despite the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, The Garfield Park Neighborhood Market has officially returned to the West Side this summer.
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Arthur Watts’ barbecue helped him build a new life after slavery. Nearly 160 years later, his recipes are helping his family build a business.
- Adam Lukach, Chicago Tribune, Jul 15, 2020
Arthur Watts knew his way around an open pit barbecue from the time he was just 6 years old. Born into slavery in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, his job was to manage the cooking fires throughout the plantation.
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Matching transit to economic need
- Roberto Requejo, Crain's Chicago Business, Jun 4, 2020
We have a new way to develop all neighborhoods without displacing people: equitable transit-oriented development.
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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 grab by speculators by protecting affordable housing and heeding the lessons of 2008.
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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 accountable.
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West Side Community Garden Giving Away Raspberry Bushes
- Pascal Sabino, Blockclub Chicago, Apr 28, 2020
"If you can walk outside into your yard and eat a few raspberries every day, that's pretty empowering to have control over your own food," said garden manager John Perryman.
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Community-led Coronavirus Response
- Carolina Macias, Metropolitan Planning Council Blog, Apr 6, 2020
Groups across our city and state have mobilized in offering assistance
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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 lower-income communities that rely on social service organizations are facing a unique set of challenges.
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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 development coming to the area.
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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.
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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 conference to design an intervention that could increase stability, well-being, or racial equity—and do so with a particular resident’s experience in mind.
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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 includes technical assistance to community groups and custom data analysis that illustrates different factors behind changing neighborhood dynamics. These types of data can provide a greater understanding of the reasons behind neighborhood change, provide evidence that amplifies the day-to-day experiences of community members, and inform community-led conversions to identify priorities and strategies.
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Garfield Park urban farm planning upgrades
- Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News, Oct 28, 2019
FarmWorks wants to build rain garden to help prevent flooding.
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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 West Side. Now, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and West Side community members are hoping to change that with a $6 million infrastructure improvement plan designed to make West Side streets safer.
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Affordable housing developer tapped for East Garfield Park project
- Danny Ecker, Crain's Chicago Business, May 16, 2019
The firm Preservation of Affordable Housing plans a $22.3 million environmentally friendly mixed-income housing development in the West Side neighborhood after winning a design competition.
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Hatching New Businesses: How Accion & The Hatchery are Supporting Entrepreneurship
- Kevin Beerman, Chicago Ideas Blog, May 16, 2019
EAST GARFIELD PARK — A few years back, Accion Serving Illinois and Indiana, a nonprofit lending organization that provides fiduciary support to underserved populations, had an unexpected epiphany: they needed more kitchens.
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Kuumba Tre-Ahm Community Garden hosts Food Sovereignty Action Day Sat. May 18th
- Pascal Sabino, The Real Chi, Free Spirit Media, May 16, 2019
Kuumba Tre-Ahm Community Garden will be hosting a Food Sovereignty Action Day at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 18. The event, organized by Advocates for Urban Agriculture, will bring together community members to volunteer at the garden while also supporting local food sovereignty goals.