May 25, 2017
Community Events, Business Events—Applications are still available for the Auburn Gresham Spring Health Fair "On the Block."
Contact the GADC office and let us know that you want to reserve a table. Click the link below to… Continue
May 3, 2017
Business Events—he Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP) offers workshops every Wednesday and Friday. Workshops vary each month and are conducted by City Officials, experts, and partner… Continue
About Auburn Gresham—Thanks to the collective works from each of the Auburn Gresham community "Your Voice Matters" Task Forces was used to create the newly updated“ Auburn Gresham: Your Voice Matters" community… Continue
Tenisha Jones, May 10, 2017
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Community Highlights—Auburn Gresham Elementary Schools Have a Lot of Character!
Reprinted from The Citizen News, By Christopher Shuttlesworth, May 8, 2017
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Community Highlights—“Simeon’s poetry team, called Writers Never Die and 2014/15 Louder Than a Bomb Champions collaborated with John W. Cook Elementary School and created The Revolution of Young Artist as… Continue
May 18, 2017
Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—Calling all TEEN groups and organizations supporting TEENS Come and have your VOICES HEARD and discuss issues that are important to YOU. The TOWH HALL: Empowering Youth To Speak Up and Speak Out! May… Continue
University of Illinois Chicago Health Center—The Auburn Gresham Health and Wellness Center, located at 8131 S. May Street, is now open on the first Saturday of the month! This is part of a strategic plan to continue to extend the school based… Continue
April 24, 2017
Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—Please join the board of directors and staff of the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation in thanking our sponsors and donors for attending the fundraising jazz and champagne-infused… Continue
reposted from Heatland Alliance April Webinar Now Online, May 11, 2017
Education, Business, Housing, Economic Development—On April 18, 2017 the Collaborative hosted a webinar aimed at expanding understanding of the far-reaching impact of ACEs. Take a moment to read this important social impact center report.
February 24, 2017
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—W.K. Kellogg Foundation Thanks to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation two-generation grant, the Auburn Gresham GOLD, community driven education program is making great strides, in our workforce program.
Reprinted from DNAInfo By Heather Cherone | March 6, 2017 10:43am | Updated on March 6, 2017 5:55pm, March 6, 2017
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Community Highlights—CHATHAM — Grammy Award winner Chance The Rapper announced Monday he will donate $1 million to the Chicago Public Schools for arts education — a move that drew praise from former first… Continue
March 6, 2017
Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—Last week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel launched two new programs that will make significant funding available to support new and existing businesses on Chicago's South, Southwest, and West Sides. Both the… Continue
November 10, 2016
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Community Highlights—United Way Chicago reviews Auburn Gresham Neighborhood Network BOLD Goals, on November 10, 2016. Read more to find out about the collaborative work our local schools are working collectively in a… Continue
Derris Cameron, Community and Civic Engagement Coordinator (GAGDC), February 13, 2017
Education, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—“We believe that the best way to improve student prospects is to develop a set of holistic interventions that will provide a broad range of support to students and families, not simply within… Continue
Carlos Nelson, February 8, 2017
Education, Community Highlights—Kenya Sherrill, another Illinois State University (ISU) graduate, just accepted a full position at Simeon Career Academy (High School), where she completed her student teaching work last fall.
Norma Sanders, January 18, 2017
Auburn Gresham in the News, Education, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights, All news—Four Partner Organizations, Chicago Cares, Uptake, Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation and Cook Elementary School (Chicago Public Schools) Host Serve-A-Thon to Honor Dr. King's legacy,… Continue
Reprinted from DNA Info, By Evan F. Moore | December 19, 2016, Edited by Norma Sanders Jan. 11, 2017, December 20, 2016
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Community Highlights—The Chicago Bears, Leo High School and the Chicago Police Department's Gresham (6th) District, hosted a holiday party for families from Auburn Gresham on Monday, December 19th. This proves they… Continue
Reposted from LISC Chicago, by Annie Grossinger, December 2, 2016
Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—On a day dedicated to those who have served this country, through bouts of rain and blustering winds, more than 50 volunteers combed through a vacant lot in Auburn Gresham and collected trash on 79th… Continue
Reprinted from The Law Project, September 29, 2016, make a comment
Local Businesses, Auburn Gresham in the News—“These lead agencies are all operating on a shoestring budget,” Yates explains. ”To ask them to bear all the default risk of every subgrantee would make the lead-sub grantee… Continue
Anya Cawthon, edited by Norma Sanders, September 21, 2016, 2 comments
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Community Highlights—On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, Clara Barton Elementary School Principal Smith, received a very welcomed gift today from the Chicago Public Schools Network 11 office, for its great work around… Continue
Faith Overall, August 5, 2016
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Community Highlights—Auburn Gresham is great indeed. Here's why!
Reprinted from American Red Cross Website, Posted July 22, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, July 26, 2016
Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois, joined by community volunteers from the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation, went door-to-door in the Auburn-Gresham community on… Continue
Annual Icebox Derby STEM competition kicks-off for 30 Chicagoland teens, July 21, 2016
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—Local Girls Take on Challenge to Build Solar-Powered Racecars from Recycled Refrigerators . ComEd's Annual Icebox Derby STEM competition kicks-off for 30 Chicagoland teens, July 21st.
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School Events—Auburn Gresham GOLD Awesome Gram!
From: Anya Cawthon
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2016 10:16 AM Subject: 97% ATTENDANCE YESTERDAY
Auburn Gresham GOLD (AGGOLD, a community driven… Continue
"Property Owners Extend Thier Dream of Land Ownership", May 17, 2016, make a comment
Auburn Gresham in the News, Local Businesses, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights, All news—If you own land in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, for the past few months you had a chance to buy up two vacant lots, from the City of Chicago for only $1 and proof of ownership on the block. Huge… Continue
Reprinted WBEZ 8/13/15 Susie An, September 1, 2015
Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—University of Chicago field coordinator Priscilla Agbeo and her team of four high school student interns from the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation, MAPSCorps program are finding the… Continue
nationaldaycalendar.com, May 8, 2017
Education, Community Highlights—National Teacher Appreciation Day, also known as National Teacher Day, is observed on the Tuesday of the first full week in May. Take the time to thank a teacher this week!
May 9, 2017
Education, Business, Housing, Economic Development—Project Money program is kicking off to help you get smart about your money! With a theme "Change Your Money Change Your Life," by working with a financial coach, receiving high quality financial… Continue
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