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Category: Neighborhood Development

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Participatory Budgeting 2023-2024 is here!

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You can always find more information on the 40th Ward’s Participatory Budgeting (PB) page on our website. How does Participatory Budgeting Work– A Reminder Idea Collection, Committee Creation Neighbors brainstorm and submit Special Project ideas they want to see in their communities and applications are accepted to join the PB Committee. Look out for 40th […]

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Leavitt Greenway Virtual Community Meeting

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Later this summer at 6p on July 10, 2023, the Department of Transportation (CDOT) plans to convert Leavitt St. from Diversey Pkwy to Bowmanville Ave to a Neighborhood Greenway to calm car traffic and create a safer environment for cyclists and pedestrians. This will involve adding speed humps and striping a contraflow bike lane to […]

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Lincoln Ave Streetscape + Plaza Community Open House

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Update 7/11/23 On June 15th, the Chicago Department of Transportation held a community open house at Ainslie Arts Plaza to showcase the final design of the Lincoln Avenue Streetscape. This event involved posters showcasing the final designs of each block and neighbors walked through the event and were able to ask CDOT and the Alders […]

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Stabilization Housing Pilot Community Meeting

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Community Meeting On May 31st at 6 pm at Swedish Hospital Anderson Pavillion (2751 W Winona), our office will be holding a community meeting to present the redevelopment and conversion of the Diplomat Motel (5230 N Lincoln) into 40 units of stabilization housing for unsheltered neighbors in the 40th Ward. About the City Stabilization Housing […]

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Catalpa Plaza Open House Community Meeting

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Please join CDOT at this open house style community meeting to learn more about Catalpa Plaza and to provide input. At the meeting there will be exhibits displaying plaza design concepts that the community is invited to provide feedback on. There will also be opportunity for questions and answers during the entirety of the open […]

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Public Meeting Regarding Catalpa Plaza

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The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) in partnership with the 40th and 48th wards is conducting a plaza improvement project on Catalpa Avenue from Clark Street to Ashland Avenue. The project aims to create a pedestrian-only plaza by closing Catalpa between Clark and Ashland to through traffic and providing amenities that will create a neighborhood […]

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Eastbound Lawrence Lane Closure Update

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On Thursday, March 24th an eastbound lane on Lawrence Avenue was closed to traffic. This closure was due to an emergency sewer repair being conducted by the Department of Water Management. This work was unrelated to the ongoing streetscape construction. Unfortunately, due to the emergency nature of the work the Department of Water Management was […]

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Winnemac Park Improvement TIF Legislation Introduced

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This past Wednesday at the March City Council hearing, the Chicago Park District introduced legislation to appropriate $2 million of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds for improvements at Winnemac Park including baseball diamond, turf infield and ball field improvements, field drainage improvements and field restoration, tennis court rehab and site paving and site improvements which […]

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Neighborhood Business Development Centers awarded Funds to Assist Small Businesses

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Recently, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) announced the grantees of the BACP Neighborhood Business Development Centers (NBDC) grant program. Participants of the $3.3 million NBDC program will deliver highly specialized business programs and services that help entrepreneurs start, and business owners grow or sustain their small businesses, as well as assist their program peers […]

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Participatory Budgeting 2022-2023 Update

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Thank you so much to all who participated in our Participatory Budgeting (PB) process– the People’s Budget– this past year. By participating you helped decide how to spend public funds on community projects in the 40th Ward. We are pleased to share that we had close to 1,500 ballots entered for the 2022-2023 cycle!  How […]

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Update on TIF Improvements for Winnemac Park

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Funding requests for Winnemac Park I am excited to announce my support of the request for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) dollars for park improvements at Winnemac Park. The Park District is requesting $2 million for park improvements including a new artificial turf baseball infield, field drainage improvements, tennis court renovations and site improvements including pathway […]