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14TH ANNUAL 79TH STREET RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
- All Day Saturday and Sunday, Sep 7, 2019
It's finally time! 79th Street is closing for the weekend, for our 14th annual 79th Street RenFest. Come and celebrate with us. This year we are raising awareness and $$s to Rebuild79. Join us by texting Rebuild79 to 41444. Together We Can, Reimage, Rebuild and Revitalize our Neighborhood!
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Join Us on the Journey to Reimagine, Rebuild and Revitalize 79th Street!
- Sep 6, 2019
Join the campaign to help the Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Building and other redevelopment projects become our neighborhood reality on 79th Street. #Rebuild79
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Auburn Gresham boosted by annual festival
- BY WENDELL HUTSON, Contributing Writer, The Citizen News Paper, Aug 21, 2019
he Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side is known for a lot of things and one of them is the annual 79th Street Renaissance Festival. Now in its 14th year, the free, outdoor festival will run Sept. 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the corner of 79th Street and Racine Avenue to Loomis Avenue.
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Safe and Peaceful Neighborhood Programming at Morganway Garden in August
- Aug 1, 2019
Auburn Gresham is taking back and revitalizing Morganway Community Garden to baack to its once beaufiful and family friendly community space, thanks to volunteers, community support and a Safe and Peaceful Communities grant.
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Mayor Lightfoot Wraps Up Community Listening Tour to Form Partnerships and Learn About Key Neighborhood Priorities
- Office of the Mayor, Jul 11, 2019
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined the One Chicago for All Alliance to wrap up a six-part “community listening tour” that the mayor participated in throughout Chicago from April to June.
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Auburn Gresham Free Tax Site Closes 2019 With Record Returns!
- Apr 1, 2019
Auburn Gresham Free Tax Site is open through Tax Day, April 15th. This year Ladder Up has joined forces with Center for Economic Progress and it's been a great tax season, offering the same great service for our clients, as we always have.
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GAGDC Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF) training gives tips for completing the application
- Feb 21, 2019
The deadline to submit the City of Chicago Neighborhood Opportunity Fund, for this current round is March 5th! Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation's Special Service Area team held training to give some key tips, to current and new business owners, working to complete applications.
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Auburn Gresham looks to help those who help us, Give to the Red Cross
- Feb 21, 2019
The Red Crosss helped Auburn Gresham "Sound the Alarm" and installed almost 500 smoke detectors, free of charge in the homes of local residents. To us, this is why the Red Cross Annual Fund Drive is so critical.
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John ‘Jack’ Lyle, one of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 98
- Reprinted from the Chicago Suntimes | By Maureen O'Donnell, Jan 7, 2019
What a treasure to have met and spent the afternoon talking with Mr. Jack Lyle. No holes barred, he shared stories that will stay with me forever. Will need to share some of the fantastic footage from that day with with wife. He was so loved by many. He led me beside still waters. Peace. --- Auburn Gresham Portal Editor
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2019 Building: Community Assets, Health and Prosperity
- Jan 1, 2019
Happy New Year to our clients, partners, residents and sponsors. Looking forward to a new year to continue to collectively impact building relationships and community assets.
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Westcott One of 5 CPS Schools Selected for Green ‘Schoolyard Transformations’ in 2019
- Reprinted WTTW | Alex Ruppenthal, Dec 28, 2018
Five schools were selected earlier this month for participation in Space to Grow, an initiative that transforms Chicago schoolyards with the goal of providing kids in low-income neighborhoods with safe spaces to play and recreate.
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You have nothing to lose and can gain a Lot for only $1
- Dec 3, 2018
The City of Chicago $1 Large Lot program is still open until July 21, 2018!
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Ji explores Auburn Gresham | Part 2
- ByJi Suk Yi @oh_em_ji_CST, Nov 29, 2018
Ji, from The Grid, Explores The Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s southwest side.
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The Grid: Exploring the Auburn Gresham neighborhood
- ByJi Suk Yi @oh_em_ji_CST | email, Nov 29, 2018
Welcome to “The Grid,” our in-depth look at Chicago’s neighborhoods. Today’s stop is Auburn Gresham!
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Give Thanks!
- Nov 22, 2018
From all of us at Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation, remember to help those in need and Give Thanks!
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The Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation Honored by Cook County Board For Community Service
- Nov 13, 2018
GAGDC honored by Toni Preckwinkle and the County Board, on November 13, 2018, for their comminitment, support and outstanding services to the Greater Auburn Gresham Communties.
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Self-Care On The Table for Educators
- Fenesha Hubbard, Personal Growth & Professional Learning Consultant,, Nov 12, 2018
What happens when a group of women gather to talk about taking care of themselves?
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Chicago Neighborhood Rebuild Training Pilot Program Unveils First Property
- Sep 28, 2018
Chicago Neighborhood Rebuild Training Pilot Program Unveils First Property unveils Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation’s (GAGDC) newly rehabbed property located at 7227 S. Vincennes Street in Chicago’s Auburn-Gresham neighborhood.
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A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER: THE ANNUAL 79TH STREET RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL IN AUBURN GRESHAM
- Reprinted from United Way Metropolitan Chicago (uw-mc.org), Sep 4, 2018
A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER: THE ANNUAL 79TH STREET RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL IN AUBURN GRESHAM
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A Conversation about Neighborhood Economic Development
- City Club Chicago, Jun 1, 2018
A Conversation about Neighborhood Economic Development
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Auburn Gresham Photo Album By LISC Chicago
- May 31, 2018
LISC Chicago Photo Highlights of Auburn Gresham through the years. Take a look!
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Auburn Gresham "Sounds The Alarm" With the American Red Cross
- Reprint, WGN News, Sean Lewis, May 20, 2018
What an absolutely great time we had installing 428 FREE 10-year smoke alarms in 141 homes Saturday, May 19, 2018.
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The Makings of a Strong Partnership: Chicago Cares and LISC Chicago
- Reprinted eNewletter, Meghan K. Harte LISC-Chicago, May 10, 2018
Chicago Cares, the city’s number one provider of impact volunteerism and corporate volunteer activation, and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago the local office of the nation’s leading community development support organization, joined forces to accelerate impact in Chicago neighborhoods where both organizations were ope
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CCLC 21st Century Community Learning Center LOI (Letter of Intent) to Apply
- Dec 19, 2017
The Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (GADC) is publicly expressing its Intent to Apply for FY 2019 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) grant funds. The GAGDC will work together with Network 11 Office and four of its Chicago Public Schools, in Auburn Gresham.
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Cuban delegation, UIC work toward better women’s health in Englewood
- Nov 15, 2017
Four physicians from Cuba are working in Chicago to improve maternal health and birth outcomes in Englewood.