All Entries in the "City of Chicago" Category
Chicago Parents: Hug Your Children Every Day
Here’s a Chicago real estate statistic that is quite unappealing: Chicago has more gang members than any other city in the country. The information comes from a new book released this week from the Chicago Crime Commission, called The Gang Book, which determined that the city has between 70 to 100 gangs in the Chicago [...]
In What Ward is Your Chicago Real Estate?
The Chicago City Council last week adopted a new map of the city’s 50 wards, which might have just changed where your Chicago real estate lives. The redistricting came about after the 2010 Census showed a big change in the city’s population and demographics, including a major drop in the African-American population and a surge [...]
Chicago Town Hall Meeting on Monday
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is hosting a town hall meeting this week and you don’t even need to leave your Chicago real estate to attend. On Monday, January 23 at 6:30 p.m., the Mayor will participate in a live Facebook Town Hall meeting with Chicago residents that will be centered around education. Chicagoans are encouraged to [...]
Snow is On Its Way to Chicago
Have you enjoyed one of Chicago’s most mild winters on record? Hope so, because it’s about to end. Chicago has recorded 1.9 inches of snow so far this season. Had we seen no more accumulation by January 16, we would have been experiencing the winter with the lowest snowfall to date on record. But it [...]
The Search is on for Chicago’s Top Dog
There’s nothing like an incentive. The Chicago City Clerk’s Office is trying to get more Chicago dogs licensed and has created a contest to spur interest. There has been a city ordinance on the books for years that requires Chicago real estate owners and renters to register their dogs, but according to that registry, only [...]
