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Food Stamps Available for Illinois Flood Victims
Victims of the recent Northern Illinois flooding may now be eligible for food assistance.
Governor Pat Quinn on Monday said that food stamps are available to residents of the seven counties that were declared federal disaster areas as a result of last month’s flash flooding.
“The recent floods in Cook and six other northern Illinois counties have [...]
HUD Invests Today in What Can Happen Tomorrow
HUD wants to protect Chicago homeowners from natural disasters that haven’t happened yet.
Last week, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted almost $312 million to 13 states to “reduce the human, physical and economic toll of future disasters.”
Illinois is slated to get $23,517,970 of it.
The grants, which are being provided through HUD’s Disaster Recovery [...]
Mural New Source of Pride to Uptown Neighborhood
Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood was just uplifted.
A new mural designed by teenagers was unveiled Saturday at Uplift Community High School, 900 W. Wilson.
The bricolage mosaic, which covers multiple exterior walls of the school, was created over six weeks this summer by After School Matters students involved in the Green Star Movement’s Uplift Bricolage Mural Program.
According to [...]
Daley Chooses Chicago Native to Head the CHA
Mayor Richard M. Daley on Saturday appointed James Reynolds, Jr., to the board of the Chicago Housing Authority; his first step in making Reynolds the new CHA chairman.
Reynolds, 56, is the chief executive officer of Loop Capital Markets, a Chicago-based global investment firm.
Daley appointed Reynolds as a member of the board of the CHA and [...]
Chicago Pledges to House Its Homeless
This is really cool: The city of Chicago is participating in a program that hopes to house 100,000 homeless people and families by 2013.
Mayor Richard M. Daley this week announced Chicago’s involvement in the 100,000 Homes Campaign, a national program aimed at finding homes for 100,000 of the most vulnerable and long-term homeless individuals and [...]
