September 9, 2017
SSA #69 Meetings, Business Events, Community Events, All events, Annual 79th Street Renaissance Festival, SSA #32 Meetings—Fun, Music, Family Themed and Free,
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For the first time in its history, in 2017, the 79th Street Renaissance Festival, will be TWO days!
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Ian Grant-Funck, August 28, 2017
Local Businesses, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—Learn more about the Team that's cleaning our streets and improving our neighborhood.
Reposted from the Urban Landlady, August 10, 2017
Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—In a double decker bus on a gorgeous day, the only place to ride is in the top.
Ian Grant-Funck, August 28, 2017
Education—Multi-generational physical activity event connects neighbors to their local school, in Auburn Gresham's PlayStreets activations.
August 11, 2017
Business, Housing, Economic Development—The Neighborhood Opportunity Fund is a new grant to help strengthen our commercial corridors on Chicago's South, Southwest and West Sides. The NOF grant cycle is will open in the fall.
Ian Grant-Funck, July 26, 2017
Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—What's good for our seniors is good for all of us.
Reprinted from The Citizen News, By Christopher Shuttlesworth, July 5, 2017
Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—The Build on 79th Street Jazz & Champagne Reception was an opportunity to purchase a commemorative engraved plated brick that will be permanently affixed to the atrium of the Auburn Gresham… Continue
Ian Grant-Funck, August 2, 2017
Local Businesses, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights, Newsletter—Artful changes inspire local hope and pride.
Reprinted from the Citizen News, By Christopher Shuttlesworth, June 28, 2017
Auburn Gresham in the News—The Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (GAGDC) along with The Law Project and other developers hosted a Legal Community Clinic Brunch last week at Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist… Continue
Ian Grant-Funck, July 19, 2017
Education, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights, All news—A Special Report on an Imporant Partner Program.
Jody Adler, June 26, 2017
Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—For more than 30 years, The Law Project was known - first as the Community Economic Development Law Project, and then as The Law Project. Today, they are excited to announce that our new name is… Continue
June 24, 2017
Community Events—This workshop is intended for Women and Girls of all ages, to come together to have a conversation about a really important community issue in Auburn Gresham, focusing on helping babies and our… Continue
Reprinted from Chicago Defenders, Shari Noland, Defender Executive Editor, June 1, 2017
Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—Can one iconic building along a key commerical cooridor lead the way to improve the health of a neighborhood? Community leaders and organizations in Auburn Gresham are progressing on a transformative… 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
Reprinted from Streetwise By: Suzanne Hanney June 9, 2017, June 13, 2017
Local Businesses, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—Black Lives Matter focuses on social justice disparities, but economic disparities can be just as destructive, says a Washington D.C. think tank that is working with JPMorgan Chase & Co.,… Continue
Tenisha Jones, May 10, 2017
Education, Auburn Gresham in the News, Community Highlights—Auburn Gresham Elementary Schools Have a Lot of Character!
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
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
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
Norma Sanders, July 5, 2017
Local Businesses, Auburn Gresham in the News, Business, Housing, Economic Development, Community Highlights—MAPCorps 2017, youth data scientists begin their first day of work for the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation! Here's looking to a great summer of capturing data for health of the… 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.
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
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
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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