Englewood seeks turnaround after long slide
Once home to the city's second busiest shopping districts at the transit-served corner of 63rd and Halsted Streets, the Englewood neighborhood in recent decades has struggled to reverse a long decline in population and economic health.
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GADC hosts citywide foreclosure briefing 10/31/2008
It was all about forging partnerships for the fight against foreclosures as more than 40 activist lawyers, mortgage counselors and community leaders gathered in Auburn Gresham on the Monday before Halloween to share tactics and strategies.
Youth internships provide job, life skills 8/29/2008
Through a unique partnership of the City of Chicago, LISC/Chicago, and several NCP agencies, 690 youth ages 14 through 21 spent two to six weeks of the summer as paid interns at 203 Chicago employers.
Foreclosures spike; communities respond 8/5/2008
Many of the neighborhoods hardest hit by the wave of foreclosures now sweeping Chicago are NCP neighborhoods.
- 'Walking around with holes in their hearts' 5/28/2008
- 'Don’t tell me every Black boy is bad' 4/28/2008
- Agencies learn art of the deal 4/25/2008
- Teamwork Englewood makes a difference 3/21/2008
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