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- QCDC establishes SSA, seeks commissioner 10/29/2008
- Quad Communities Special Service Area #47 was approved by City Council on September 8 to assist in cleaning, beautifying and revitalizing the Cottage Grove and 47th Street Retail Corridors.
- Food, fun and a healthier Bronzeville 10/16/2008
- The Bronzeville Community Farmer’s Market is helping to fill the fresh food void, but the Sunday gathering aims to improve community health in more ways than one.
- Foreclosures spike; communities respond 8/5/2008
- Many of the neighborhoods hardest hit by the wave of foreclosures now sweeping Chicago are NCP neighborhoods.
- 'Don’t tell me every Black boy is bad' 4/28/2008
- The African-American Male Initiative seeks to build education and opportunity for young Black males.
- Agencies learn art of the deal 4/25/2008
- As the implementation process carries forward across the 16 communities in NCP, lead agencies and their partners are learning the art of the deal.
- 900 join in the fun at 'Getting It Done' 4/3/2008
- They came from 24 Chicago neighborhoods and 56 cities for a whirlwind of workshops, tours, hallway skull sessions and even dancing. It was LISC/Chicago’s first national conference for community development practitioners, and by the looks on people’s faces, it was a heck of a good time.
- Download NCP quality-of-life plans here 3/26/2008
- More than 500 neighborhood and city leaders gathered May 18, 2005, to celebrate the rollout of 10 new quality-of-life plans by New Communities Program neighborhoods. The rollout culminated 18 months of planning that involved more than 3,500 people. Three additional plans were completed in 2006 and 2007. Download all the NCP plans here.
- Community Heroes honored at conference 3/25/2008
- All over Chicago, ordinary people go to extraordinary lengths to make life better for their families and their neighbors. Thirty of these “Community Heroes” will be recognized Wednesday night, March 26, during the “Getting It Done: New Tools for Communities” conference organized by the New Communities Program.
- Survey shows support for Quad Communities market 2/11/2008
- The development of a fresh-food market in Bronzeville is part of a broader effort that NCP lead agency Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC)has been leading to expand retail and entertainment options in the community -- and a recent community survey shows the concept holds significant promise.
- Bronzeville retail to get $12M from banks 2/4/2008
- In the midst of an increasingly tight credit market, NCP lead agecy Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC) has carved out a pot of funds to stimulate commercial real estate investment in Bronzeville.
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