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Points of light amid foreclosure funk 8/2/2011

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

Free tax prep offered in NCP neighborhoods 4/26/2011
Residents of five NCP neighborhoods and four others in Chicago once again had the opportunity to seek free tax preparation help in 2011.
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
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.
Hot town enjoys Hoops, markets, festivals 8/6/2010
Summer in the city has meant no shortage of outdoor activities in NCP neighborhoods.
North Lawndale Heroes:
Caring People Outreach, Dr. Betty Green
11/17/2009
The community heroes saluted by the New Communities Program lead agencies and their partners are the ones doing the heavy lifting, often with little acknowledgement or reward.
Chicagoans take to the Open Streets 7/30/2009
Thousands of bicyclists, inline skaters, runners and strollers hit the boulevards in five West Side NCP neighborhoods Saturday morning and early afternoon when last October’s twin Sunday Parkways events were reprised all at once under a new name: Open Streets.
King Legacy project set to begin this fall 4/22/2009
Construction of the $17 million Dr. King Legacy Apartments is expected to begin this fall on the site where Martin Luther King Jr. stayed during his 1966 visit to Chicago.
Stimulate this! NCP provides platform for feds 3/17/2009
Chicago’s working-class neighborhoods are hard hit by the severe economic recession, but LISC’s NCP neighborhoods are positioning themselves to take full advantage of federal recovery programs headed our way.

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