Auburn Gresham in the News
The Auburn Gresham community has partnered with several residents, businesses and organizations who have graciously contributed their time and efforts to illustrate on our successes as Chicago's Best Kept Secret. Occasionally, we have an opportunity to share some of our practices and reflections.
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10/11 | Field Day at Westcott Elementary, From a Looming Strike To Student Joy
- Ciara Miller, GAGDC Edcuation staffer, Oct 19, 2016
- GAGDC staff member of the Edcuation team, shares her experiences during Field Day, at one of our CPS, Auburn Gresham GOLD schools. Read the ebbs of flow of community partner work, all in one day, as…
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How Auburn-Gresham Fought Back and Won | The Law Project's Spotlight on Success
- Reprinted from The Law Project, Sep 29, 2016, make a comment
- “These lead agencies are all operating on a shoestring budget,” Yates explains. ”To ask them to bear all the default risk of every subgrantee would make the lead-sub grantee…
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79th Street Renaissance Festival Celebrates 11 Successful Years!
- Norma Sanders, Sep 28, 2016
- Auburn Gresham's 11th annual 79th Street Renaissance festival, featuring 10 full hours of live music, carnival rides, family activities, and loads of information and services from local schools and…
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Clara Barton Receives Recognition Banner From Network 11 For Great Work Around Attendance
- Anya Cawthon, edited by Norma Sanders, Sep 21, 2016, 2 comments
- On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, Clara Barton Elementary School Principal Smith, received a very welcomed gift today from the Chicago Public Schools Network 11 office, for its great work around…
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Follow the 11th Annual 79th Street Renaissance Festival on Socail Media All the day!
- Sep 10, 2016
- Follow the 11th Annual 79th Street Renaissance Festival on Socail Media througout the day! It's not raining on our parade, so head out and join the party! Win a chance for a photo op with a celebrity!
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IL State Treasurer School Supply Drive, Support the 79th Street Renaissance Festival
- Aug 30, 2016
- August 31st is last day to donate school supplies to benefit the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation's 11th Annual 79th Street Renaissance Festival at the Illinios State Treasurers Chicago…
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This is a community hero you should know!
- Aug 30, 2016
- This is a community hero you should know!
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Auburn Gresham Housing “Decorative Design Disguise Decal Project” Is Underway
- Aug 24, 2016
- The Your Voice Matter (YVM) Community Housing Action Taskforce is working on strategies to “increase the safety and security of neighborhoods, by focusing on beautification efforts and…
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Job Program Offers "One Great Summer Chicago" Success for Rising College Freshman
- Linda Johnson, Aug 16, 2016
- One Summer Chicago provided ONE GREAT SUMMER for Auburn Gresham youth, Tiara Wilkes. Similar to her characteristics read her short, sweet and unpretentious soft spoken story...
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You want to be a teacher? AND you want to teach in Chicago? Why?
- Faith Overall, Aug 5, 2016
- Auburn Gresham is great indeed. Here's why!
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Red Cross Installs 400 Hundred Smoke Alarms in One Day in Chicago's Auburn Gresham Community
- Reprinted from American Red Cross Website, Posted July 22, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, Jul 26, 2016
- The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois, joined by community volunteers from the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation, went door-to-door in the Auburn-Gresham community on…
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Local Girls Take on Challenge to Build Solar-Powered Racecars from Recycled Refrigerators
- Annual Icebox Derby STEM competition kicks-off for 30 Chicagoland teens, Jul 21, 2016
- Local Girls Take on Challenge to Build Solar-Powered Racecars from Recycled Refrigerators . ComEd's Annual Icebox Derby STEM competition kicks-off for 30 Chicagoland teens, July 21st.
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CITY LEADERS ANNOUNCE PLAN TO REVITALIZE CHATHAM, AUBURN GRESHAM, AVALON PARK AND GREATER GRAND CROSSING NEIGHBORHOODS
- Reprinted from Channel 7 News - Leah Holt CHICAGO (WLS), Jun 29, 2016
- In a big push to revitalize what was once one of Chicago's most affluent South Side neighborhoods, city leaders introduced a new economic development program for Chatham, Auburn Gresham,
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CPS to hold community meetings about lead in schools’ water
- Reprinted from Chicago Suntimes, June 14, 2016, Lauren FitzPatrick, Jun 14, 2016
- CPS to hold community meetings about lead in schools’ water. A meeting is scheduled for June 24, at Simeon High School, 8147 S. Vincennes Ave from 4 – 5 p.m.
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GAGDC's Very Owns Makes It To The Sustainable City Urban App Finals
- Reprinted /www.cnt.org/urban-apps, Jun 8, 2016
- GAGDC's very own makes is one of the top finalists in the Center for Neighborhood Technology Urban Sustainability Apps Competition, which amplifies the impact of grassroots problem solvers by pairing…
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79th Street SBIF | Small Business Improvement Fund Open June 1 - June 30, 2016!
- SomerCor SBIFGRAM, Jun 1, 2016
- The City of Chicago’s SBIF grant uses local Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenues to reimburse eligible applicants for repairing and/or rehabilitating their facilities within specific TIF…
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Presidential Proclamation -- Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2016
- Reprinted: The White House Office of the Press Secretary, May 30, 2016
- Presidential Proclamation -- Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2016
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Northwestern Students Talks Trash With GAGDC!
- Norma Sanders, May 20, 2016
- Northwestern Students Talks Trash With GAGDC and there is nothing dirty about it!
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Auburn Gresham, Chicago's Fifth $1 Large Lot Purchase Program Ends Up Number One!
- "Property Owners Extend Thier Dream of Land Ownership", May 17, 2016, make a comment
- If you own land in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, for the past few months you had a chance to buy up two vacant lots, from the City of Chicago for only $1 and proof of ownership on the block. Huge…
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Your Voice Matters! Help Impact Your Community Attend May Planning Meetings!
- May 2, 2016
- Join the community in collective impact planning, at the MAY Your Voice Matters Task Force Meetings. The date, time and locations are attached in this news article. For more information please call…
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Auburn Gresham Friday Night Financial Fest!
- Apr 29, 2016
- Renaissance Park takes on Financial Festival, on a Friday night in Auburn Gresham!
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Financial Festival 2016
- Apr 29, 2016
- Renaissance Park takes on Financial Festival, on a Friday night in Auburn Gresham!
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Happy Earth Day!
- Apr 22, 2016
- To all our partners and residents promoting #healthy and sustainable communities across #Chicago and the world, Happy Earth Day!
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Internship Fair & Career Opportunities April 29th!
- Domini Gamble, Apr 22, 2016
- Calling all students in college or preparing to enter college in the fall, 21st Ward Alderman Howard B. Brookins Jr. and Chicago Park District invites you to an Internship Fair & Career…
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April 2016 Small Business Workshop Calendar
- Mar 31, 2016
- City of Chicago April 2016 Business Workshop Calendar. Download and share with local businesses and entrepreneurs.
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