Community Highlights
Bringing people together is a conscious strategy of the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corp., whether it is a family fest in the summer or a winter Blues Breakfast for senior citizens. Read about some of the past events in our neighborhood, and watch the calendar for new ones.
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Auburn Gresham VIRTUAL PlayStreets 2020 #2!
- Aug 15, 2020
- Welcome to Playstreets activation #2 in three parts! Check out each of the videos, YOGA and DIY Affirmations, NAMASTE!
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AGREEN THUMB’S - UP
- BY MANNY RAMOS, STAFF REPORTER mramos@suntimes.com | @_ManuelRamos_, Aug 7, 2020
- State gives boost to urban farm project that is expected to bring jobs, food, renewable energy to South Side
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Auburn Gresham VIRTUAL PlayStreets 2020 #1! HEALTHY MOVES TO CELEBRATE AGGOLD SUMMER CAMPS!
- Aug 7, 2020
- Auburn Gresham VIRTUAL PlayStreets 2020 #1! HEALTHY MOVES TO CELEBRATE AGGOLD SUMMER CAMPS!
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The State of Illinois and Green Era Announce $32M Investment in New Renewable Energy & Urban Farming Campus on Chicago’s South Side
- State of IL Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Aug 7, 2020
- The State of Illinois and Green Era Announce $32M Investment in New Renewable Energy & Urban Farming Campus on Chicago’s South Side.
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Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle HUB Proclaims Hope for a Deserving Community
- Mark Rivera, ABC7 Chicago, Aug 6, 2020
- In a neighborhood that for generations has been disinvested now comes a financial windfall. "Now we're here proclaiming, yes! There's hope being instilled, there's resources coming," said Carlos…
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Auburn Gresham Project Wins $10 Million Prize From Charitable Foundation
- Reprinted from Block Club Chicago, Maxwell Evans AUG 6, 2020 2:15PM CDT ENGLEWOOD, CHATHAM, Aug 6, 2020
- The Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s Chicago Prize will help bring a community inclusive of an urban farming campus , a long vacant building anchored by a health center, urban farm to life.
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Auburn Gresham wins $10M to revitalize neighborhood
- WGN9 by: Rob Sneed Posted: Aug 6, 2020 / 07:28 PM CDT / Updated: Aug 6, 2020 / 07:28 PM CDT, Aug 6, 2020
- Auburn Gresham won $10 million to help revitalize parts of the neighborhood
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Auburn Gresham Wins the Inaugural Chicago Prize!
- Aug 6, 2020
- Auburn Gresham Wins the Inaugural Chicago Prize!
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Pritzker Traubert Foundation announces recipient of the Chicago Prize - Official Press Release
- PR Contact: Kimberley Rudd, Aug 6, 2020
- Always Growing, Auburn Gresham has been awarded the first ever Chicago Prize, a $10 million grant competition of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation that sought to invest in collaborative initiatives…
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How A COVID-19 ‘Rapid Response Team’ In Chicago Is Working To Fix Decades Of Neglect In Black, Latinx Communities
- Reprinted CBSNews Chicago By Dorothy Tucker, Samah Assad, Carol Thompson, Aug 1, 2020
- The distribution is among several events part of the efforts by Chicago’s Racial Equity Rapid Response Team . Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the creation of the team in early April, which…
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CDFI Fund Announces More Than $3.5 Billion in New Markets Tax Credits
- Jul 16, 2020
- Washington-- The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced $3,548,485,000 in New Markets Tax Credits today that will spur…
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Your Neighborhood: Auburn Gresham | Community Reporting Series
- Chicago Tonight - Nick Blumberg | Brandis Friedman | July 2, 2020 8:49 pm, Jul 2, 2020
- Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood is a majority Black, working-class community that at the beginning of the pandemic was considered a hot spot for cases of COVID-19; the neighborhood saw…
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Mayor's Office Announced CARE ACT Funding For Two Projects
- Reprint, Photos CHICAGO CITIZEN NEWSPAPERS, Weekly Newsletter 6-24- 2020 1, Jun 30, 2020
- Mayor's Office Announced CARE ACT Funding For Two Projects in the running for the Chicago Prize.
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Glimpses from the front lines: Food and compassion during COVID-19
- By Megan Bennett CONTACT MEGAN SHARE STORY, Jun 18, 2020
- The new pop-up partners, like the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation, are feeding people in communities that have suffered for years from disinvestment, structural racism, and as a…
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Rapid Resource Information Line - TOPICS@2pm June Week #6 Lineup!
- Jun 8, 2020
- Join us every day for interesting topics around community engagement, health, finances, COVID-19 updates and many more! The latest topics for GAGDC's Rapid Resource Information Line (RRIL), call in…
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COVID-19 Response Effort - Food Stability Pop-Up
- Jun 5, 2020
- When a already existing food desert becomes even more arid, Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation (GAGDC) Pops-up into a call to action,
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Anonymous African American donors step up to tackle food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic
- By Jon Schlosberg and Deborah Roberts May 22, 2020, 3:24 PM, May 22, 2020
- ABC News Live takes us inside Chicago's Auburn Gresham community.
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Topics @2pm: Call the Rapid Resource Information Line!
- May 4, 2020
- The latest topics for GAGDC's Rapid Resource Information Line (RRIL), call in everyday to 1-727-731-8195, from 1:55pm - 2:15pm, to hear 5-10 minutes of key topics to keep you connnected.
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Auburn Gresham COVID-19 VIRTUAL Town Hall Recap
- Apr 25, 2020
- The City's Racial Equity Rapid Response Team (RERRT) https://www.chicago.gov/…/press…/2020/april/RERRTUpdate.html - is partnering with local community organizations and is hosting…
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COVID-19 virtual town hall meeting for Auburn Gresham Residents 4/25!
- Apr 21, 2020
- The Office of Mayor Lori E Lightfoot and the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation invite you join a COVID-19 virtual town hall meeting for residents living in or near Auburn Gresham.
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Auburn Gresham COVID-19 Community VIRTUAL TOWN HALL
- Apr 20, 2020
- Join the Office of the Mayor, the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corp and Neighborhood Network Partners this Saturday, 4/25th, at 10:30am for a VIRTUAL TOWN HALL on FACEBOOK or Call In…
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TONIGHT, 4/22 7PM CT |Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson, Kelly Rowland to host BET COVID-19 Benefit Concert Saving Ourselves
- Reprint Entertainment Weekly By Marcus Jones April 17, 2020 at 01:00 PM EDT, Apr 20, 2020
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WBEZ RESET: The Latest On The Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund
- Bianca Martin Friday, April 10, 3:12 PM CT, Apr 10, 2020
- United Way of Metro Chicago and The Chicago Community Trust created The Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund to support nonprofits serving many in need.
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Coronavirus is crippling Chicago's census outreach
- Reprinted from Crain's Chicago Business, March 23,2020 Brett Chase, Better Government Association., Mar 31, 2020
- Coronavirus is crippling Chicago's census outreach-- Mayor Lightfoot, already worried the city could lose billions of dollars in the 2020 headcount, had worked to boost participation. Now COVID-19 is…
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Pritzker to order schools to close from Tuesday until March 30
- Reprint from WBEZ - The Rundown, Mar 13, 2020
- Govenor Pritzker cancels schools in IL in an effort to contain coronavirus
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