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Chicago’s New Planning Chief Has Fresh Eyes For INVEST South/West
WBEZ News, Natalie Moore, Nov 29, 2019

Chicago’s new planning commissioner, Maurice Cox, observed something very quickly when he met with community groups across the city. An empty building on West 79th Street, owned by the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation, that the city says it will help redevelop.

Mayor Emanuel’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund Opens For Applications This Fall!
Aug 11, 2017

The Neighborhood Opportunity Fund is a new grant to help strengthen our commercial corridors on Chicago's South, Southwest and West Sides. The NOF grant cycle is will open in the fall.

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