Auburn Gresham in the News
The Auburn Gresham community has partnered with several residents, businesses and organizations who have graciously contributed their time and efforts to illustrate on our successes as Chicago's Best Kept Secret. Occasionally, we have an opportunity to share some of our practices and reflections.
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Living in a Transit-Oriented Development Should Be an Option for Everyone
- Kyle Smith, Nov 6, 2015
- In a Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) public dialogue, just days before city coucil's vote on Transit-Oriented Development (TOD).Carlos Nelson, Executive Director of the Greater Auburn…
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Free Small Business Legal Clinic, 11/4, Presented by The Law Project!
- Nov 1, 2015
- Wednesday, NOVEMBER 4Th, 9:00am, at UPB, 7801 S. State, The Law Project and the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation are excited to invite you to a free "Legal Clinic," that can answer…
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GADC's Del-Marie Nelson Traveled to DC With Chicago Youth to Perform Her Poetry!
- Oct 19, 2015
- Congratulations to Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation (GAGDC), Public Allies Chicago (PAC) member , Del Marie Nelson who travelled to Washington D.C., with a group of Chicago youth to…
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Your Voice Matters - Join A TASK FORCE TEAM At Our COMMUNITY Quality-of-Life Planning Meeting 10/29!
- Nicole Wheatly, Oct 19, 2015
- Your Voice Matters! Come Join a COMMUNITY TASK FORCE TEAM, to develop an updated plan to revitalize OUR neighborhood. Your Voice Matters Quality-of-Life Planning Rollout meeting on Thursday, October…
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Something to Read Into, Auburn Gresham Unveils It's First Little Free Library!
- Norma Sanders, Oct 16, 2015
- The first of many Little Free Libraries, was unveiled at Westcott Elementary School, in the Chicago southside inner city community of Auburn Gresham. The project was brought to Greater Auburn-Gresham…
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Housing group gets grant to buy, rehab and sell more than 200 homes
- Corilyn Shropshire Chicago Tribune, Oct 14, 2015
- NHS aims to buy and renovate more than 200 homes in targeted neighborhoods, then sell them to local residents at market rates. The group hopes to help 180 to 240 low- to moderate-income residents…
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Revolution Of Young Artists As Leaders (R.O.Y.A.L.)
- Oct 1, 2015
- When the whole world is silent, even one voice become POWERFUL . I raise up my VOICE , not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be HEARD .
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Stanley Championship Cup Visits Leo High School
- Sep 16, 2015
- Stanley Championship Cup Visits Leo High School
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Welcome Back Chicago Public School Students!
- Sep 8, 2015
- Welcome Back Auburn Gresham Gold Schools and all Chicago Public School Students! The first day of school can be scary. Children wonder about how everything will go—“Will my friends still…
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Executive Takes the Challenge at RenFest 2014
- Sep 2, 2015
- RenFest 2014, Carlos Nelson, Executive Director and MC of the 2014, 79th Street Renaissance Festival, meets his commitment and takes the Ice Bucket Challenge.
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Mapping program pushes students to consider neighborhood's potential
- Reprinted WBEZ 8/13/15 Susie An, Sep 1, 2015
- 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…
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Follow Us On Twitter #79thStreetRenFest
- Aug 21, 2015
- Tweet your fesitval pictures and comments during the festival using #79thStreetRenFest and on our official TWITTER @gadc_chicago or @gagdc (unoffocial with recognized followers).
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After 50 Years, Seven Families Still Live On Chicago's 'Block That Works'
- Mark Konkol, Reprinted from DNAInfo, Aug 19, 2015
- Old-school values -- and lots of phone calls -- helps tight-knit neighbors keep close tabs on their block.
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Spread The Good News, Auburn Gresham Summer Camp 2015 Gets GOLD Star
- Aug 14, 2015
- The Auburn Gresham GOLD Summer Camp provided four weeks of fun and learning enrichment to students attending one of our five GOLD elementary schools and within our service border! Thanks for checking…
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Senator Shares Good Budget News From Springfield
- Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins, Aug 5, 2015
- At a time when community based organizations like Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation work to sustain the partnerships with high quality organization to refer our clients, some good news…
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National Women's Veterans United of Illinois (NWVU) Ribbon Cutting On July 25
- Jul 28, 2015
- Women veterans in Illinois now have their own community center. City, state and community leaders joined members of “National Women Veterans United” to cut the ribbon for the Illinois…
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STEP-UP ISU's Urban Education Interns Present Final Projects
- Jul 24, 2015
- Illinois State University education #STEP-UP interns emersed themselves in Chicagoland once again this summer. Living in under-served communities for 4-weeks summer, while teaching at Chicago Public…
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Are You An Auburn Gresham Parent? We Need Your Input!
- Jul 23, 2015
- Are you a parent in Auburn Gresham? Auburn Gresham has the 5th highest rate of babies dying before their 1st birthday in the city. A group called "Courage to Love " is trying to figure out why. We're…
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Small Business Improvement Fund Rollout, July 29th
- Jul 23, 2015
- Learn about the Small business Improvement Fund (SBIF) and how your business can use SBIF to rehab your business. SBIF is a City of Chicago grant adminstered by SomerCor 504 Inc. and designed to help…
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Local Business Trains "Urban Green Team" For OSHA Construction Safety Certification
- Jul 17, 2015, make a comment
- Improving the health and safety of Urban Green Team employees is a key goal and part of the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation’s (GADC) strategy to provide employee’s…
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Coming to 79th Halsted, A Passive Park, Really?
- Jul 1, 2015
- Coming to 79th Halsted, A Passive Park? The big question is: What exactly is a “passive park?”
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CommunityRx Comes to A HealthE'nd
- Jun 30, 2015
- The end of the three year CommunityRX collaboration, is a prescription for a new beginning. Read, see and hear our project story.
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Join NHS of Chicago for NeighborWorks Day 2015!
- Jun 6, 2015
- NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO (NHS) , INC. 28TH ANNUAL NEIGHBORWORKS DAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2015, 8:00 AM TO 2:00 PM . NeighborWorks Day is a fun day of service. Volunteers are needed to…
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GADC's Spring Health Fair on the Block a Heartwarming Success
- May 22, 2015
- On May 21st, the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (GADC), held it's Spring 2015 Health Fair on the Block on 79th Street. The day started with cool winds, but the sun came out early,…
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21st Ward People You Should Know...
- May 20, 2015
- Meet the 21 st Ward Administrative Assistant to Alderman Howard Brookins, Angela M. Thomasas she greets local residents with a great smile to the 21 st Ward. She is someone you should know! Alderman…
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