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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  

NCP and the 2010 Census 3/3/2011

Most shrank, some steadied, but all NCP neighborhoods can learn much from 2010 Census data  

‘Urban Health’ documents data collection – and action in numerous communities 2/25/2011
Book traces efforts of Sinai, those it inspired to combat health disparities
Senator Durbin tours Rosa Parks Apartments 11/22/2010
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) recently joined leaders from housing organizations across Chicago for a tour of the Rosa Parks Apartments in Humboldt Park.
Programs bring harvest of locally grown food 11/4/2010
During the second five years of its New Communities Program and through other programs like Elev8, LISC/Chicago has redoubled its commitment to efforts that bring healthier, more diverse gastronomic options into NCP neighborhoods.
Humboldt Park art exhibit celebrates healing 10/23/2010
More than 150 people gathered on October 8 for the opening reception of Everyone Matters, an art exhibit that brought together "community organizations, art therapists and teaching artists sharing stories of personal growth in the Chicago Latino community."
North Lawndale anti-diabetes effort
follows in Humboldt Park’s footsteps
10/14/2010
Sinai Urban Health Institute received a two-year, $1 million grant from the National Institutes for Health for Block by Block North Lawndale.
East meets West in Humboldt Park 9/16/2010
To the north and east is what most folks think of as the Humboldt Park – the epicenter of Puerto Rican Chicago centered on the park itself. To the south and west is predominantly African-American West Humboldt, though tellingly, a lot of folks here say they live in East Garfield Park.

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