Business, Housing, Economic Development
New businesses including then LaSalle Bank (now Bank of America), Walgreens and BJ's Bakery have added vitality to the Auburn Gresham business community, which includes a range of service, food and retail enterprises.
Additionally, there is a host of new and affordable housing development for senior citizens to young urban professionals.
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Register Now for the Upcoming Illinois Office of Minority Economic Empowerment (OMEE) Webinars
- Jan 4, 2021
- he Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity joined the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI) in opening the $25 million Rebuild Distressed…
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"teamwork, makes the dream work"
- Dec 14, 2020
- Huge final steps -- Finance Committee, votes Yes, for AG Healthy Lifestyle Building resources.
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With the Competition for the Chicago Prize Behind Them, South and West Side Community Organizations Keep Doing the Work
- BY JONATHAN DALE, Reprinted from Southsideweekly.com, Dec 11, 2020
- Solutions are not easy, but these projects are at the forefront of the conversation from organizers continuing to do the daily work of building coalitions to shore up power.
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Stimulating Economic Growth in Vital Communities
- reprinted from MacArthur Foundation December 9, 2020 | Grantee News | Chicago Commitment, Vital Comm, Dec 9, 2020
- Organizations in Chicago’s Vital Communities spur development to increase the power of residents as they advance socially beneficial projects.
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Artists in Residence in four INVEST South/West neighborhoods - Auburn Gresham Selected Dorian Sylvain!
- City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Nov 16, 2020
- Mayor Lightfoot announced the artist residence program in four neighborhoods on the south and west sides. artists were selected through a community led process. This will lead to public art and…
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NBDC update: Chicago Tightening Restrictions in Response to Second Wave of COVID-19
- Commissioner Rosa Escareno, Oct 23, 2020
- Commissioner Rosa Escareno joined Mayor Lightfoot and the Public Health Commissioner to announce the reinstatement of targeted business restrictions to combat the recent and alarming rise of COVID-19…
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Meet Auburn Gresham - United Way of Metro Chicago Neighborhood Network
- Reprinted from United Way of Metro Chicago eNewsletter 10/2020, Oct 21, 2020
- United Way Metro Chicago Highlights Auburn Gresham's Neigborhood Network work. That's what's up!
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Cheers to You! A Campaign Heroes Celebration
- Aug 25, 2020
- United Way of Metro Chicago's Top 25 Corporate Partners announced. We welcome our new 2020/2021 Campaign Chair, Charles Matthews, and salute our outgoing Campaign Chair, Dave Casper.
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GAGDC Hiring for AmeriCorps Auburn Gresham Neighborhood Data Analyst Position APPLY BY TODAY!
- Aug 24, 2020
- GAGDC is looking to hire an AmeriCorps member to support our data analysis work for the Auburn Gresham Neigbhorhood Network! Apply by September 4th. Good with technology? Like to work with real data,…
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IMPACT ALPHA: The Week's Agent of Impact
- Amy Cortese, Aug 19, 2020
- Maurice Jones, Local Initiatives Support Corp. Jones has had a busy summer. Community development financial institutions are an overnight sensation three decades in the making, and Jones’ Local…
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AGREEN THUMB’S - UP
- BY MANNY RAMOS, STAFF REPORTER mramos@suntimes.com | @_ManuelRamos_, Aug 7, 2020
- State gives boost to urban farm project that is expected to bring jobs, food, renewable energy to South Side
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Chicago Group Given $10 Million For Community Redevelopment In Auburn Gresham
- Reprinted from CBS2 Chicago, Aug 7, 2020
- The “Always Growing, Auburn Gresham” group received the grant from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation to advance a plan to turn the four-story building into a “Healthy Lifestyle…
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The State of Illinois and Green Era Announce $32M Investment in New Renewable Energy & Urban Farming Campus on Chicago’s South Side
- State of IL Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Aug 7, 2020
- The State of Illinois and Green Era Announce $32M Investment in New Renewable Energy & Urban Farming Campus on Chicago’s South Side.
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Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle HUB Proclaims Hope for a Deserving Community
- Mark Rivera, ABC7 Chicago, Aug 6, 2020
- In a neighborhood that for generations has been disinvested now comes a financial windfall. "Now we're here proclaiming, yes! There's hope being instilled, there's resources coming," said Carlos…
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Auburn Gresham Project Wins $10 Million Prize From Charitable Foundation
- Reprinted from Block Club Chicago, Maxwell Evans AUG 6, 2020 2:15PM CDT ENGLEWOOD, CHATHAM, Aug 6, 2020
- The Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s Chicago Prize will help bring a community inclusive of an urban farming campus , a long vacant building anchored by a health center, urban farm to life.
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Auburn Gresham wins $10M to revitalize neighborhood
- WGN9 by: Rob Sneed Posted: Aug 6, 2020 / 07:28 PM CDT / Updated: Aug 6, 2020 / 07:28 PM CDT, Aug 6, 2020
- Auburn Gresham won $10 million to help revitalize parts of the neighborhood
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Auburn Gresham Wins the Inaugural Chicago Prize!
- Aug 6, 2020
- Auburn Gresham Wins the Inaugural Chicago Prize!
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Pritzker Traubert Foundation announces recipient of the Chicago Prize - Official Press Release
- PR Contact: Kimberley Rudd, Aug 6, 2020
- Always Growing, Auburn Gresham has been awarded the first ever Chicago Prize, a $10 million grant competition of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation that sought to invest in collaborative initiatives…
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CDFI Fund Announces More Than $3.5 Billion in New Markets Tax Credits
- Jul 16, 2020
- Washington-- The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced $3,548,485,000 in New Markets Tax Credits today that will spur…
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Your Neighborhood: Auburn Gresham | Community Reporting Series
- Chicago Tonight - Nick Blumberg | Brandis Friedman | July 2, 2020 8:49 pm, Jul 2, 2020
- Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood is a majority Black, working-class community that at the beginning of the pandemic was considered a hot spot for cases of COVID-19; the neighborhood saw…
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Mayor's Office Announced CARE ACT Funding For Two Projects
- Reprint, Photos CHICAGO CITIZEN NEWSPAPERS, Weekly Newsletter 6-24- 2020 1, Jun 30, 2020
- Mayor's Office Announced CARE ACT Funding For Two Projects in the running for the Chicago Prize.
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Together Now: Chicago’s Fund to Rebuild Our Neighborhoods
- Jun 22, 2020
- In collaboration with the City of Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust and One Chicago Fund have launched the Together Now fund to raise funds from certain Chicago’s philanthropies,…
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Anonymous African American donors step up to tackle food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic
- By Jon Schlosberg and Deborah Roberts May 22, 2020, 3:24 PM, May 22, 2020
- ABC News Live takes us inside Chicago's Auburn Gresham community.
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Topics @2pm: Call the Rapid Resource Information Line!
- May 4, 2020
- The latest topics for GAGDC's Rapid Resource Information Line (RRIL), call in everyday to 1-727-731-8195, from 1:55pm - 2:15pm, to hear 5-10 minutes of key topics to keep you connnected.
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Auburn Gresham COVID-19 VIRTUAL Town Hall Recap
- Apr 25, 2020
- The City's Racial Equity Rapid Response Team (RERRT) https://www.chicago.gov/…/press…/2020/april/RERRTUpdate.html - is partnering with local community organizations and is hosting…
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