Community News Archive

• 10.9.23 (Newcity) Dry Run: Why Feda Wardak is Building a Waterless Water Tower in Englewood (CAB 2023)

• 9.22.23 (Block Club Chicago) Grow Greater Englewood Is Fighting Climate Change On The South Side One Tree At A Time

• 9.21.23 (Eater Chicago) A Chicago Food Desert Will Soon Welcome Its Only Sit-Down Restaurant

• 9.19.23 (WTTW Chicago Tonight) Chicago Explores Possibility of a City-Owned Grocery Store In Effort to Improve Food Access

• 9.18.23 (WTTW) Mayor Brandon Johnson Vows to Pass New Law Protecting South, West Sides from Pollution

• 9.14.23 (WBEZ Chicago) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering a city-owned grocery store for some South and West side neighborhoods

• 9.14.23 (Block Club Chicago) City-Owned Grocery Store Could Be Coming To Chicago’s Food Deserts

• 9.14.23 (Block Club Chicago) Closed West Englewood School Will Become Affordable Housing

• 9.12.23 (Lumpen Radio: Mutual Aid Report) Grow Greater Englewood: Tanya Ward & Anton Seals

• 9.5.23 (Civil Eats) The Organic Urban Farm Growing Healthy Food for One of Chicago’s Most Underserved Neighborhoods

• 8.25.23 (The Crusader) Examining the Tentacles of Poverty

• 8.3.23 (WBEZ Chicago) Meet the citizen scientists mapping Chicago’s heat inequities

• 7.19.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood Nature Trail Gets $3.8 Million Boost From Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund

• 7.8.23 (Block Club Chicago) 18 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Street Fests, A Vintage Market, Limoncello Tasting, Zine Camp And More

• 7.7.23 (Block Club Chicago) The South Side Needs Better Bike Infrastructure. These Big Projects Aim To Close ‘Notable Gaps’

• 7.6.23 (Lawndale News) City of Chicago Selects Initial Round of Community Growers Program Awardees

• 6.22.23 (Hyde Park Herald) Hyde Park Summer Fest celebrates hip-hop on the Midway

• 6.21.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood’s Long-Closed Woods Elementary Now Will Be A Community Center, Health Clinic And Affordable Housing

• 6.9.23 (Architect Magazine) Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces 2023 Participants

• 4.29.23 (ABC Chicago) National Rebuilding Day: Nonprofit brings free home repairs, improvements to Englewood, Cook County

• 4.28.23 (Chicago Magazine) There Is One Map of Chicago

• 4.26.23 (TimeOut Chicago) The 22 best farmers markets in Chicago

• 4.26.23 (CBS Chicago) Black farmers, growers to lobby in Springfield for equity in agriculture

• 4.24.23 (The Crusader) Harper to host Capitol Lobby Day for Black Farmers & Growers

• 4.24.23 (WBEZ Chicago) Chicagoland is a rails-to-trails hub

• 4.21.23 (City of Chicago) City of Chicago Commits $42M to Municipal Fleet Electrification Initiative, Chicago Electric

• 4.21.23 (WTTW Chicago) How the Owners of Englewood’s New Save A Lot Hope to Win Over Skeptical Community Members

• 4.21.23 (The White House) Executive Order on Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All

• 4.20.23 (Block Club Chicago) Chicago Solidarity Collective Wins $2.25 Million To Hire Formerly Incarcerated Black Chicagoans Into Workers’ Co-Ops

• 4.19.23 (Chicago Business Journal) Food manufacturing facility to be built in Chicago with grant from JPMorgan Chase

• 4.19.23 (Block Club Chicago) Dion’s Chicago Dream Needs Your Help To Raise $1 Million To Bring 1,000 Families Fresh Food For A Year

• 4.17.23 (Chicago Sun-Times) Englewood Nature Trail stays on track with $3 million in state funding

• 4.17.23 (The Crusader) Groundbreaking held for new Englewood mixed-income development

• 4.17.23 (Chicago Sun-Times) In Englewood, Powell’s Barbershop marks new chapter years after fatal shooting struck business

• 4.14.23 (Block Club Chicago) South Side Leaders Demand Meeting With Walmart, Threaten Boycott As Mega-Retailer Closes 4 Neighborhood Stores

• 4.12.23 (Block Club Chicago) $40 Million Affordable Apartments Break Ground In Englewood, But Frustrated Neighbors Say They Want More Input

• 4.10.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood Nature Trail Gets $3 Million In State Funding To Bring ‘Community-Led Project To Life’

• 4.10.23 (Chicago Sun-Times) Historic Antioch Church in Englewood looks for donations ahead of expansive rebuild

• 4.7.23 (CBS Chicago) Englewood Nature Trail receives additional $3 million in state funding

• 4.6.23 (Chicago Defender) Englewood Residents and Officials Say ‘No’ to Save A Lot Store

• 4.6.23 (WBEZ Chicago) Englewood Save A Lot opening postponed after pressure from community

• 4.5.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood Residents, Alderpeople Protest As Controversial Save A Lot Prepares To Open: ‘This Is No Way To Enter A Community’

• 3.30.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood’s Long-Awaited Nature Trail Will Cost $72 Million To Build, City Says

• 3.30.23 (Lawndale News) City of Chicago Announces Community Growers Program

• 3.30.23 (Architect Magazine) How Is Chicago Addressing Its Vacant Lot Problem?

• 3.30.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood’s Long-Vacant Leon’s Bar-B-Q Will Soon Become A Dining Destination

• 3.28.23 (Streetsblog Chicago) Report looks at how infra and enforcement limit freedom of movement in Black communities

• 3.24.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood’s Save A Lot Will Open ‘As Soon As Possible,’ Replacing Closed Whole Foods Market

• 3.22.23 (Crain’s Chicago Business) Englewood project seeks to create housing for middle-income families

• 3.20.23 (Block Club Chicago) Want To Start An Urban Farm? The City Could Help You Pay For It

• 3.10.23 (Streetsblog Chicago) It’s getting real: Biden budget proposal earmarks $350M for $3.6B south Red Line extension

• 3.9.23 (WTTW Chicago) Englewood Residents Didn’t Want Save A Lot to Replace Whole Foods, But Lease Shows It Was Always a Backup Plan

• 3.9.23 (WTTW Chicago) Englewood Residents Overwhelmingly Back Reopening Racine Green Line Station. CTA Says It’s ‘Fully Committed’ to the Idea

• 3.2.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood Voters Overwhelmingly Support Referendum To Reopen Racine Green Line Station

• 3.1.23 (Urbanize Chicago) Permits issued for Thrive Englewood

• 2.19.23 (CBS Chicago) Cook County gives away deeds to 12 vacant lots in Englewood for redevelopment

• 2.14.23 (WBEZ Chicago) Southside Blooms teaches young people to grow flowers, create arrangements

• 1.13.23 (Chicago Tribune) Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s signature Invest South/West program is 3 years old. But some of its big projects were already planned when she took office

• 1.12.23 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood Residents Demand Jobs, Community Improvements As Norfolk Southern Railway Expands Into Neighborhood

• 1.8.23 (Chicago Tribune) Hundreds of Englewood homes were razed for a railroad expansion. Those who remain on Chicago’s South Side want clean air, green space and jobs. (EN ESPAÑOL)

• 12.16.22 (Block Club Chicago) Black-Owned Company Behind Save A Lot Overhaul Is Taking Over Englewood Whole Foods Lease, But New Grocer Still Unknown

• 12.11.22 (Streetsblog Chicago) How the Englewood Nature Trail will be different than The 606

• 12.10.22 (Chicago Sun-Times) Englewood Whole Foods saga shows why neighborhood investment is sometimes about more than profit

• 12.2.22 (Fox 32 Chicago) State, local leaders celebrate new trail in Englewood neighborhood

• 12.2.22 (WTTW Chicago) The $20M Check Is in the Mail. Federal Funds Coming to Englewood Nature Trail

• 12.2.22 (WGN Chicago) ‘We deserve beautiful spaces’: Abandoned railway in Englewood to be transformed into nature trail

• 12.2.22 (NBC Chicago) Federal Government Provides Financial Boost for Englewood Trail

• 12.2.22 (CBS Chicago) Chicago lawmakers celebrate future site of Englewood Nature Trail

• 11.17.22 (Chicago Sun-Times) Save A Lot plan is a hopeful sign for food deserts

• 11.11.22 (Block Club Chicago) Whole Foods’ Decision To Close Englewood Store Inspires Resident To Build Thriving Community Garden

• 10.01.23 (Bronzeville Life) Anton Seals, Jr.: Fighting for the Future of Englewood While Preserving the Past

• 10.27.22 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood Residents Demand Affordable, Local Grocer Replace Closing Whole Foods Market

• 10.20.22 (WBEZ Chicago) Can urban farming make our food system better?

• 10.7.22 (WGN Chicago) Feelings of music nostalgia in South Side 'Vinyl and Vittles' event

• 9.18.22 (Chicago Tribune) Second annual Englewood Music Festival brings a community together with tunes, food and plenty to do. Plus free veggies, anyone?

• 9.15.22 (Black Enterprise) ‘The Windy City’ Gets First Solar-Powered Refrigerator in Englewood Community

• 9.9.22 (CBS Chicago) 'A hidden gem': Englewood first 'ag crawl' takes place on Sunday, showcasing urban produce

• 8.17.22 (AXIOS Chicago) Challenges of a South Side nature trail

• 8.11.22 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood’s Elevated Nature Trail Gets $20 Million In Federal Funding

• 8.11.22 (CBS Chicago) $20 million in federal funds awarded for Englewood Nature Trail project

• 8.11.22 (Block Club Chicago) Nonprofit That Built Englewood’s Peace Campus Turns Over Reins To Imagine Englewood If, Which Wants To Grow It

• 7.25.22 (City of Chicago) A draft of the City of Chicago’s citywide plan, We Will Chicago, has been posted for public review and comment. Please give your input by November 1, 2022!

• 7.8.22 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood’s Nature Trail Is Being Designed For Neighbors, By Neighbors: ‘I’m Happy Something Positive Is Coming Here’

• 6.29.22 (Block Club Chicago) Black-Woman-Led Sistas In The Village Farm Bringing Fresh Food To Chicago’s South Side

• 6.16.22 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood Village Market Kicks Off Saturday, Bringing Fresh Produce, Live Music To The South Side

• 6.3.22 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood’s Vinyl & Vittles Brings A Spin Of Music And Fun To The South Side

• 6.1.22 (WBEZ Chicago) Chicago Innovators: Increasing home ownership in Englewood one cohort at a time – The fourth Buy the Block Fast Track series will begin in July

• 5.31.22 (Chicago Tribune) In Englewood, food leaders look ahead in wake of Whole Foods’ planned departure. ‘We need more options.’

• 5.27.22 (TimeOut Chicago) A record collector’s paradise in Englewood; Check out food, music and community at Vinyl and Vittles, a new music event in Englewood

• 5.7.22 (Block Club Chicago) Cook County’s Scavenger Sale Is Meant To Fix Blighted Properties — But Advocates Say It Needs To Help Everyday Buyers, Not Hedge Funds

• 4.29.22 (WTTW Chicago) Chicago Tonight’s In Your Neighborhood Features Grow Greater Englewood!

• 4.22.22 (City of Chicago) The City of Chicago Unveils its 2022 Climate Action Plan

• 4.5.22 (Illinois Senate Democrats) State Senator Mike Simmons & Rep. Sonja Harper push forward House Bill 5201 to create Agriculture Equity Commission

• 4.24.22 (Chicago Sun-Times) $2.7 million initiative to spur real estate development on South and West sides

• 4.23.22 (Chicago Sun-Times) Community leaders kick off planning for Bronzeville Trail, a years-long project

• 4.15.22 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood’s Multimillion-Dollar Nature Trail Is Moving Forward. Locals Want It To Be For Neighbors, By Neighbors

• 4.1.22 (WTTW Chicago) Englewood Nature Trail Among ‘Green Infrastructure’ Projects Chicago Has Slated for a Funding Infusion

• 3.31.22 (City of Chicago) Mayor Lightfoot Unveils Citywide Vision for Connected Network of Trails and Corridors

• 3.9.22 (Block Club Chicago) Newly Opened Go Green Community Fresh Market In Englewood Hailed As A ‘Milestone’ After Years Of Work

• 2.23.22 (Block Club Chicago) Englewood Artist Launches ‘Inequity For Sale’ Exhibit Featuring 2 South Side Homes Sold Through Racist Practices

• 2.18.22 (Belt Magazine) The Englewood Line–Not Just the Anti-606

• 2.2.22 (City of Chicago) Mayor Lightfoot Signs Executive Order to Formalize Food Equity Council

• 2.1.22 (Chicago Tribune) Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton aims to make Illinois’ agriculture industry more equitable and reduce food insecurity. She’s not alone in her pursuit.

• 1.20.22 (The Crusader) Chicago’s palpable energy sets historical cultural movements across Black America

• 11.18.21 (Architectural Digest) What Design Can Do to Help the Climate Justice Movement

• 10.7.21 (The Crusader) Englewood Square reaches five-year milestone, new development on horizon

• 10.5.21 (Architect Magazine) Possibilities and Limitations at the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial

• 10.1.21 (Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago Architecture Biennial helps create ‘oases’ on vacant lots on South, West sides

• 9.28.21 (Fast Company) The pink playground effect: How Chicago turned 12 vacant lots into vibrant community space

• 9.16.21 (Newcity) The Future Is Shared: Restitution and Reparations in Englewood (CAB 2021)

• 9.15.21 (WTTW Chicago) Chicago’s 4th Architecture Biennial Reimagines City’s Vacant Lots

• 8.24.21 (Civil Eats) Meet the Black Women Driving New Ag Policy

• 6.24.21 (Chicago Defender) The Monumental Tour Art Exhibition Comes to Englewood

• 6.21.21 (The Reader) The city’s first food equity council works to feed everyone

• 4.14.21 (University of Denver Magazine) Anyone, anywhere can be a gardener

• 2.1.21 (Block Club Chicago) Business Hubs, Housing And Public Plazas: Developers Make Their Pitches For 2nd Phase Of Englewood Square

• 11.17.20 (NYC Food Policy Center) Chicago-Area Farmers of Color Receive Grants to Produce More Food

• 6.26.19 (Block Club Chicago) With Legal Weed, South Side Neighborhoods Hurt By War On Drugs Will Get Economic Boost, Officials Say: ‘This Is Reparations’

• 8.20.18 (Block Club Chicago) Teens Transform Englewood Viaducts — And Opinions About The Area — Thanks To Park District Program

• 5.8.18 (Streetsblog Chicago) How to Make Sure the Englewood Line Trail Is a Real Asset for the Community