| Title: | HOW Meeting | |
| Date: | Monday May 28, 2007 | |
| Time: | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | |
| Location: | Mile Square Health Center | |
| Street: | 2045 W Washington Blvd. | |
| City State Zip: | Chicago, IL. 60612 | |
| Notes: | www.howesttown.com | |
Sunday, May 27, 2007
HOW Meeting Monday
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Market Day on Madison Street
Forwarded from Victor Fuller:
Attention all vendors and shoppers! Help us pass the word!
On June 16, 2007, the Greater Garfield Park Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the first annual Market Day On Madison Street. The event will occur from 9 AM until 6 PM.
Hosted at the intersection of Madison, California and 5th Avenue, this event will incubate local vendors and entrepreneurs as well as highlight Madison's significance as East Garfield Park's retail corridor, a place where neighbors come to shop and local businesses come to grow.
We are looking for community entrepreneurs interested in participating in this event. Additionally, we hope you all can attend and pass the word along.
If you know any vendors, would like to participate yourself or have any questions, please contact Kyle Smith at kyledsmith@gmail.com or 773.722.6650.
Hope to see you there!Wednesday, May 23, 2007
From HOW: Funding for Westside Development
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$26 million targets poorer areas
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Gift of MacArthur Foundation will fund development
By Johnathon E. Briggs
Tribune staff reporter
May 23, 2007
Chicago's largest philanthropic organization, the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation, announced Tuesday that it will invest $26 million during
the next five years to help redevelop 16 of the city's lowest-income
neighborhoods.
The New Communities Program seeks to revitalize beleaguered neighborhoods and
preserve the diversity of others in the path of gentrification, officials said.
Launched in 2003, the program is a public-private partnership aimed at helping
the 16 neighborhoods implement 10-year "quality of life" plans drafted by
residents and community-based organizations to correct long-standing problems.
Included are programs to train ex-offenders as auto mechanics and ideas for new
multimillion-dollar housing and commercial strips.
On the Northwest and West Sides, the communities include Logan Square, Humboldt
Park, East Garfield Park, North Lawndale, Little Village, Pilsen and the Near
West Side.
On the Southwest and South Sides, they are Chicago Lawn, Douglas, Englewood,
Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Woodlawn, Auburn Gresham, South Chicago and
the North Kenwood-Oakland area.
"Chicago's neighborhoods, even its poorest, are significant assets, holding
tremendous untapped human and economic potential," said MacArthur President
Jonathan Fanton. "We believe that the New Communities Program is leading a
renaissance that will bring lasting value to the city and provide a model of
what can be done in cities all across this country,"
Coordinated by the Local Initiatives Support Corp., a community development
organization, the MacArthur committed $21 million in seed money for neighborhood
projects in 2002. Foundation officials said those grants helped generate more
than $255 million in new investment in the communities.
The corporation's consultants met with residents and took them on bus tours of
the neighborhoods, seeking to identify their most urgent problems and to draft
solutions, officials said.
Foundation officials said they expect the grants announced Tuesday to generate
$500 million in new investment.
"From my perspective, this is called success," said Mayor Richard Daley, who
joined Fanton in Auburn Gresham at the Center for Working Families, a program
supported by the Local Initiatives Support Corp. that works to increase the
financial stability of low-income residents. "How we change Chicago is
block-by-block."
Each community effort is led by a neighborhood-based agency. LISC provides funds
to mount short- and long-term initiatives, as well as technical support.
In just four years, the Greater Auburn-Gresham Community Development Corp. has
led groups to improve housing for seniors, establish minority-owned businesses
along the 79th Street corridor and launch an annual street festival.
By fall of 2008, the community group expects to have transformed a city-owned
abandoned building near the corner of 79th and Sangamon Streets into a mixed-use
development made of energy-efficient materials.
On the Northwest Side, the Logan Square Neighborhood Association already has
helped 54 families keep their homes in the face of redevelopment plans.
Meanwhile, the Quad Community Development Corp. is establishing a vibrant
commercial district that will bring more shops and residences to the Hyde Park
area.
Fanton also announced an additional $4 million grant to help expand the
Chicago-based New Communities Program to 10 other regions.
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jebriggs@tribune.com
Copyright (c) 2007, Chicago Tribune
$26 million targets poorer areas
--------------------
Gift of MacArthur Foundation will fund development
By Johnathon E. Briggs
Tribune staff reporter
May 23, 2007
Chicago's largest philanthropic organization, the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation, announced Tuesday that it will invest $26 million during
the next five years to help redevelop 16 of the city's lowest-income
neighborhoods.
The New Communities Program seeks to revitalize beleaguered neighborhoods and
preserve the diversity of others in the path of gentrification, officials said.
Launched in 2003, the program is a public-private partnership aimed at helping
the 16 neighborhoods implement 10-year "quality of life" plans drafted by
residents and community-based organizations to correct long-standing problems.
Included are programs to train ex-offenders as auto mechanics and ideas for new
multimillion-dollar housing and commercial strips.
On the Northwest and West Sides, the communities include Logan Square, Humboldt
Park, East Garfield Park, North Lawndale, Little Village, Pilsen and the Near
West Side.
On the Southwest and South Sides, they are Chicago Lawn, Douglas, Englewood,
Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Woodlawn, Auburn Gresham, South Chicago and
the North Kenwood-Oakland area.
"Chicago's neighborhoods, even its poorest, are significant assets, holding
tremendous untapped human and economic potential," said MacArthur President
Jonathan Fanton. "We believe that the New Communities Program is leading a
renaissance that will bring lasting value to the city and provide a model of
what can be done in cities all across this country,"
Coordinated by the Local Initiatives Support Corp., a community development
organization, the MacArthur committed $21 million in seed money for neighborhood
projects in 2002. Foundation officials said those grants helped generate more
than $255 million in new investment in the communities.
The corporation's consultants met with residents and took them on bus tours of
the neighborhoods, seeking to identify their most urgent problems and to draft
solutions, officials said.
Foundation officials said they expect the grants announced Tuesday to generate
$500 million in new investment.
"From my perspective, this is called success," said Mayor Richard Daley, who
joined Fanton in Auburn Gresham at the Center for Working Families, a program
supported by the Local Initiatives Support Corp. that works to increase the
financial stability of low-income residents. "How we change Chicago is
block-by-block."
Each community effort is led by a neighborhood-based agency. LISC provides funds
to mount short- and long-term initiatives, as well as technical support.
In just four years, the Greater Auburn-Gresham Community Development Corp. has
led groups to improve housing for seniors, establish minority-owned businesses
along the 79th Street corridor and launch an annual street festival.
By fall of 2008, the community group expects to have transformed a city-owned
abandoned building near the corner of 79th and Sangamon Streets into a mixed-use
development made of energy-efficient materials.
On the Northwest Side, the Logan Square Neighborhood Association already has
helped 54 families keep their homes in the face of redevelopment plans.
Meanwhile, the Quad Community Development Corp. is establishing a vibrant
commercial district that will bring more shops and residences to the Hyde Park
area.
Fanton also announced an additional $4 million grant to help expand the
Chicago-based New Communities Program to 10 other regions.
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jebriggs@tribune.com
Copyright (c) 2007, Chicago Tribune
Note from HOW: HOW Alert:
There is a map attached to the print edition article listing where the MacArthur Foundation will invest. Note our community is listed as Near West Side (WestHaven).
Near West Development Corp (NWSDC) is the LISC agency for this area,West Haven and minority partner in the LLC which will develop Madison & Western.
What effect will this continued identification as one of the city's lowest-income neighborhoods have on efforts to attract quality retail locations to our community? Does anyone know what the current demographics are for the area ?
- Karen
Garage Power Wash - June 5th
The garage will be power washed by Budget on June 5th, all cars should be moved out of the garage from 9am-1pm.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
4th floor - east side wall repair
Repair of the water-damaged wall on the east side of the 4th floor will begin on Wednesday, May 23rd.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tax Info in Sun Times
In the May 2nd issues of the Chicago Sun Times PINS with non-paid taxes/missing info were listed. There were apparently 9 listed from One South Leavitt.
Affordable Housing Ordinance Passes
From: perezeg@aol.com
To: PerezEG@aol.com
Subject: AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE PASSES
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:08:12 -0400
To: PerezEG@aol.com
Subject: AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE PASSES
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:08:12 -0400
Dear Neighbor:
At a special City Council meeting this morning (Monday, May 14), the City Council voted overwhelmingly to amended the Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO), with only two "No" votes cast by the alderman present. The now amended ordinance will require, among other things, the following:
1. Whenever a developer builds under certain conditions that include zoning changes allowing for higher density or in which a developer buys City land, the developer shall be required to establish ten percent (10%) of the units in the development as "affordable," this according to the definition provided in the ordinance.
2. Whenever a developer receives financial assistance in connection with a development, the developer shall be required to provide twenty percent (20%) of the units in the development as "affordable."
With Mayor Daley among the ordinance's supporters, the amended ARO was touted by some as a less "severe" alternative to the "Inclusionary Housing Ordinance" championed by Alderman Toni Preckwinkle. The "Inclusionary Housing Ordinance would have automatically required that 15% of all units in all new or rehabbed developments in the City of Chicago (with more than 10 units) be "affordable," regardless of whether any zoning changes or financial incentives were received by the developer. The "Inclusionary Housing Ordinance" has yet to be called for a vote by the Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
Some of the drama during the debate that preceded the vote on this ordinance involved two separately proposed amendments by two different alderman which attempted to lower the income threshold used in the ordinance. If they had passed, these proposed amendments would have used the median income of the City of Chicago as the threshold in calculating what is "affordable," instead of the median income of the surrounding metropolitan area as the ARO called for. It was mentioned by at least one alderman during the debate that since the median income of Chicago is lower, that the proposed amendments would have helped a broader range of people in lower income brackets find affordable housing.
The two motions for these amendments failed on a simple majority vote and the amendments were tabled.
Please see the attached text of the amendment to the Affordable Requirements Ordinance that passed the City Council this morning:
www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/agendas/housingzoning050107.pdf
Immediately after the Council meeting adjourned, a group of about 30 people staged a rally in the large hallway outside of Council Chambers. The group was pushing for even tougher affordable housing measures.
Enrique Perez
May 19th Greater SouthLoop Association Meeting/Contact Info
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