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Community seeks indigenous development

Humboldt Park is a low- to middle-income, mixed African-American and Hispanic neighborhood that has begun to show significant signs of gentrification on its eastern end, east of Humboldt Park itself -- although that may have slowed in the past few years as the housing market has cooled.

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News and articles

Mayor hails first fruit of foreclosure fight 1/19/2012

Rahm Emanuel tours West Humboldt rehab and explains the city’s Micro-Market approach 


"Que Viva!" 9/18/2011

It’s been a long struggle, but construction of Zapata Apartments is underway thanks to the many who refused to give up

 


Points of light amid foreclosure funk 8/2/2011

Failed mortgages continue to dog Chicago neighborhoods, but new or improved programs show promise

 


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Lead agency

Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation

www.bickerdike.org

2550 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 278-5669 phone
(773) 278-5673 fax

Joy Aruguete
Executive Director

Christy Prahl
Program manager - NCP

Keith Muhammad
Outreach worker - NCP

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May 2012

Fri 18 Beyond Baseball: The Life of Roberto Clemente

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