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Affordable apartment project opens in Soul City SYDNEY LOVAN

Mayor Brandon Johnson, among other politicians and community organizers, cut the ribbon for the Austin United Alliance Apartments on Sept. 10.

Oak Park Regional Housing Center led effort to build 78-unit apartment with 50 affordable units. Rehabbing Laramie State Bank is next By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Five years after the Oak Park Regional Housing Center submitted a proposal to construct affordable housing in Austin, the nonprofit has completed its first development project on a stretch of the Soul City Corridor on Chicago Avenue. The ribbon cutting for the Austin United Alliance apartments next to the historic Laramie State Bank building took place Sept. 10 at 5200 Chicago Ave. The apartment building hosts 78 mixed-income units, including 50 affordable units. See APARTMENTS on page 2

Barbosa said he felt most welcome while running the streets of the West Side By HECTOR CERVANTES Staff Reporter

Joabe Barbosa has already run every street in Chicago. Now, he is exploring the city’s 77 community areas, highlighting the people, businesses and history that make each neighborhood unique. After becoming the first person to run every street in Chicago, Barbosa is now exploring the city through a video series focused on its neighborhoods, their histories and the people who call them home. Barbosa posted on Sept. 7 a video in his series on Austin. “If you ask people about their neighborhood, their home, their neighbors or where they’re from, people can speak for hours because they have so much experience. In Chicago, people are very proud of where they’re from or where they’ve lived. That’s something I think I’ve See BARBOSA on page 9

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cause Chicago and America needs housing. But there are people who didn’t think we needed housing here.” According to the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, since February, it has provided rental counseling to more than 1,000 Austin residents. And over 400 people attended a single housing application session this June. “This was a response to a need,” Oak Park Village Trustee Jenna Leving Jacobson said of the new apartments after the ribbon cutting. “As some of the speakers alluded to, it’s going to make the whole community healthier and safer, and that’s why I’m invested in figuring out solutions to the housing crisis. It’s public safety, and that’s my job in this role.”

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On Sept. 25, tenants will begin moving into one-, two-, and three-bedroom units. Each unit boasts large kitchens and bathrooms with lots of natural light. “Our residents have the opportunity to live in what I like to call modern suites, right here on the West Side of Chicago,” said Ald. Emma Mitts of the 37th Ward at the ribbon cutting. “These are spaces that provide comfortable dignity and a sense of pride, and our residents deserve nothing less. …When we invest in our buildings and neighborhoods, we’re not simply changing the appearance of a block. We are creating environments where people can feel proud to live, raise their families, and build their future. And that is why development like this matters.” Lissette Castañeda, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Housing, gave multiple examples of the types of tenants who would be moving into the 50 affordable units. “This would be a family of four making $60,000-to-$73,000 a year,” Castañeda said. “That’s a single mom working two jobs to make ends meet. That’s Grandma on disability and Grandpa on a fixed income from his pension. That’s the young family on their own, trying to ensure they keep a roof above their heads and food on the table.” During his speech, Mayor Brandon Johnson, who lives in Austin, spoke about the need for affordable housing on the West Side. “Working people should be able to live wherever they want in this city, and we should make sure we prioritize the communities that raise them,” Johnson said. He added that Austin used to be the largest neighborhood in Chicago. Today, it’s “the most concentrated, largest community where Black people reside. The only folks that have been pushed out of this city have been individuals who live on the West and South Sides. And if we’re going to build the safest, most affordable big city in America, it starts by repopulating the very communities that bring the soul to this city.” State Rep. La Shawn Ford — who is the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the November election — said the Austin United Alliance

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The new Austin United Alliance Apartments stand to the left of the historical Laramie State Bank building on Chicago Avenue on Sept. 10. apartments are improving the economic value of the neighborhood he grew up in. “This building right here, it increases property value for my mother’s house that she bought in 1974 because this vacant lot that was a brownfield is now a place where people live,” Ford said.

Journey to Austin United Alliance In Jan. 2020, over 600 people attended Chicago Department of Planning and Development community meetings “to help identify the most catalytic investment locations along Chicago Avenue,” said Ciere Boatright, commissioner of the department, at the ribbon cutting. “The consensus was overwhelming. The best spot was the corner of Chicago and Laramie.” Responding to a Request for Proposals, seven developers submitted prospective designs, which were analyzed at more community meetings. In 2021, Athena Williams, executive director of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center and an Austin resident, and Austin United Alliance were announced as the winning proposal. The nonprofit, which provides services to housing seekers and housing providers, then began its first development on the long-vacant lots and restoration of the adjacent, decrepit Laramie State Bank. “Right here, next to this old bank building sat four vacant lots, and they sat empty for years,” said Jessica Caffrey, executive director of the Cook County Land Bank,

which bought the vacant parcels in 2022. “They were tax delinquent, and nothing was happening. They had racked up years of back taxes that made potential buyers question whether it was worth the investment. But that’s what the Land Bank does, and that’s why we exist. We take properties that everyone else has written off as not worth it, and we make them a great investment for the community.” The Chicago Department of Housing contributed $30 million to the Laramie State Bank apartments project, and tax credits for low-income housing generated another $20 million, according to Castañeda. Cong. Danny Davis — who attended the ribbon cutting and to whom Williams dedicated a mural wrapping around the first floor of the building at the start of the ceremony — was one of the original sponsors in 2000 of new market tax credits, which give private investors tax credits in exchange for developing in low-income communities. Despite city funding and buy-in from Pivotal Housing Partners — a design and development partner that Oak Park Regional Housing Center recruited — the apartment project was not without its hiccups. “This didn’t come because Athena [Williams] snapped her fingers and pulled everyone together. Athena actually had to deal with opposition, but she stayed the course,” Ford said. “When you see this, you’d think everyone would be for it be-

The Austin United Alliance apartments are the latest addition to the Soul City Corridor — a stretch of Chicago Avenue that is actively being redesigned to uplift a historic part of the West Side. The Austin African American Business Networking Association has played a large role in the initiative. “When no one really focused and believed in Chicago Avenue, Malcolm [Crawford, executive director of AAABNA] did,” Ford said. “He made sure that he got on peoples’ nerves, he offended people, he did all the things he needed to do to make sure that Soul City became the destination that it is today.” There are several more developments planned for Chicago Avenue and the surrounding area. “Many more improvements are coming to nearby blocks that will ensure that Chicago Avenue thrives on behalf of all the people that live and work nearby,” Boatright said. “Roughly two dozen planned and pending projects valued at more than $60 million are happening under the leadership of Alderwoman [Emma] Mitts and Mayor Brandon Johnson.” In six weeks, the same contractors who completed the Austin United Alliance apartments will begin work on the neighboring Laramie State Bank building. This time next year, the historic Art Deco building will have a bank, coworking space, business incubator and cafe. “This section of Chicago Avenue is currently still under construction, and that’s proof positive of the investments that are being made,” Johnson said. “The West and South Sides of Chicago will never be ignored, not as long as I’m mayor of the City of Chicago. This economic enclave and corridor on Chicago Avenue, Soul City, really embodies the essence of what this project is about.”

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New Genesis Assembly of God unveils Chicago landmark plaque Church celebrates its landmark designation and the building’s history

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has in store for us. I can see that God is going to continue to bless us beyond measure,” Staff Reporter Fitzpatrick said. During its development, the building was More than a century of history at 1400 transformed through multiple phases of N. Laramie Ave. was celebrated on Sept. 5 construction into the structure seen today, as members of New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church and community leadas the congregation faced financial difficulers gathered to unveil a plaque marking the ties during the Great Depression and World church as a Chicago Landmark. War II. Designed by architect Moritz F. The City Council had officially designated Strauch in a neo-gothic style, the building’s the building, constructed in phases from 1924 Lannon stone exterior, unusual bell tower to 1949, as a Chicago landmark almost a year with lantern and distinctive wall articulaago. The designation protects the building tion are notable features. from being altered without formal review. Alderman Emma Mitts of the The ceremony brought to37th Ward spoke about the city’s gether Pastor C.L. Norman, role in helping the church rechurch members and comceive landmark status and what munity leaders to celebrate the designation means for its the landmark designation future. and the generations of wor“A Chicago landmark is not ship and service connected just a compliment, it is a legal to the site. About 25 people protection. This building cannot attended. be altered or torn away withDuring the ceremony, Deaout review. Only a few hundred con Don Thompson spoke buildings in the City of Chicago about the history of 1400 N. have this status,” Mitts said. Laramie Ave. and what the Mitts said she began her Chicago Landmark desigmorning focused on Jesus and nation means for New Genasked God for the words to share esis Assembly of God and the with the congregation. She emAustin community. phasized that the plaque unveil“For generations, this BY HECTORCERVANTES ing was a celebration and that place has stood for more than Church and community leaders speak during Sept. 5 Chicago Land- history was being made in the just bricks, stones, mortar Austin community. and stained-glass windows. mark plaque unveiling at New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Thompson thanked God for It has been a beacon of hope Church in Austin. Pastor C.L. Norman reveals the plaque that is the landmark designation and and a sanctuary for this com- located on the building of New Genesis Assembly of God. praised Pastor Norman, the conmunity,” Thompson said. gregation, Austin community The history of 1400 N. and city officials for their work. Laramie Ave. dates back He recognized Janice Smith, adto accumulate what we needed so it could be more than a century to Trinity Evangelical something we could achieve,” Norman said. ministrative secretary for New Genesis AsLutheran Church, a German-American consembly of God, for her efforts. Bishop Derrick M. Fitzpatrick, pastor of gregation organized in 1870 under Rev. John Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church in “Within these walls have been written Bond. The congregation’s 31 founding mem- North Lawndale, spoke during the ceremony. countless prayers and shared moments of bers separated from their parent church to He congratulated New Genesis Assembly of joy, comfort and enduring fellowship. This preserve the religious beliefs and traditions God on receiving landmark status, noting landmark designation is a testament to the they had practiced in Germany. Trinity even- that Stone Temple received its own landmark visionaries who laid the foundation and to tually moved to the Laramie Avenue site. the dedicated caregivers who preserve it. By designation in 2016. Currently, the building is home to New “A landmark plaque today is not just about honoring our past today, we ensure that our Genesis Assembly of God, which was estab- the past. It’s not even just about today. But a story, our values and our architectural legalished in 1995 under Pastor Rev. C.L. Norman landmark plaque propels you into what we cy will be protected for generations to come,” and moved to the Laramie Avenue building call God’s future. I can see so much that God Thompson said. in 1997. New Genesis Assembly of God held its first worship service on Aug. 13, 1995, at Leak Memorial Chapel, a funeral home at 5744 W. North Ave. Norman founded the church in 1995 after answering a call to organize a new congregation. He has led New Genesis Assembly of God through more than three decades of ministry, including its move to the Laramie Avenue site in 1997. “It was around 10 years ago when this vision popped into my mind about trying to become a historic landmark. That was when I really started getting serious about it, trying

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Garfield Park native hosts design company’s 40th fashion show at Obama Center Barbara Bates has designed hundreds of prom dresses for West Side teens and donated over $500,000 to Mount Sinai’s imaging center By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Born and raised on the West Side of Chicago, Barbara Bates has designed clothes for the likes of Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Harvey and Whitney Houston. To celebrate 40 years of her company, Barbara Bates Designs, Bates is hosting a fashion show at the Barack Obama Presidential Center on Oct. 3. Forty models will show her work and that of four designers out of Columbia College. Though Bates had to rework the show and expand seating after the first round of tickets sold out in May, she said that her community impact in Chicago and on the West Side has been more significant than her influence on the fashion industry. “My impact is not really the big fashion thing. I don’t get huge fashion awards. It’s been for the community work that I’ve done. It had to do with what I saw growing

up and how I grew up,” the self-taught designer told Austin Weekly News. Bates used to live down the street from Garfield Park. Once Bates started gaining success from her design career, she began giving back to her neighborhood and other Chicago communities. “I grew up in an era of tons of drug addiction on the West Side. Drugs were really rampant. Everybody had a family member that got caught up in them in some kind of way,” Bates said. She added that, later in life, she saw old school friends struggle with addiction. “Empathy has stayed with me throughout my entire career.” Bates was pregnant at age 15, so when someone from her high school asked her to come speak to young, expecting moms at Bethany Hospital in East Garfield Park, she went, though reluctantly. “I never talked about it in front of anybody. As a matter of fact, I didn’t want to go because I didn’t know what I was going to say. I didn’t understand the impact of shar-

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Barbara Bates poses with models wearing her designs. ing something like that,” Bates said. “I was crying. The girls in the room were crying, and I just felt like there was something that I was supposed to do.” So, Bates told them that, if they graduated high school, she’d make their prom dresses. In 1999, she created a foundation to continue the annual initiative. “I became the prom dress queen for like

20-something years,” Bates said, estimating that she’s designed 500 of the garments. Bates is also known at Mount Sinai Hospital in Douglass Park, where her name is on the wall of the imaging center. In 2009, Bates was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I got so many people who reached out See BARBARA BATES on page 6

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Austin’s ‘good bones’ made Aspire Center’s ‘good bones’ worth preserving

Rehabilitated former Emmet School honored with preservation award By HECTOR CERVANTES Staff Reporter

The Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation in Austin has received the 2026 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Rehabilitation for transforming the former and long vacant Robert Emmet Elementary School into a workforce development and community services hub. The awards ceremony will take place Nov. 6 at the Art Institute of Chicago. The award recognizes the center’s rehabilitation of the vacant school building and its new role providing job training, financial coaching, legal aid and other services to Austin residents. Westside Health Authority and Austin Coming Together partnered to co-develop and manage the Aspire Center. At the highly visible intersection of Madison Street and Central, this project turned a discouraging symbol of disinvestment into a community driven asset. Morris Reed, president and CEO of Westside Health Authority, and Darnell Shields, executive director of Austin Coming Together, reflected on the Aspire Center’s recognition, its transformation of the long dormant school and its role in serving the Austin community. “This project is very deserving of recognition in terms of the ambitions that we took on to renovate and transform an old school building. That involved adapting a lot of the existing infrastructure to the property while also trying to meticulously preserve certain aspects of the historic building and at the same time, making sure that it could serve and function in a way that fulfilled the uses that the community had hoped for,” Shields said. For Reed, the recognition represents both a personal honor and an important moment for the Austin community. He said the award symbolizes reinvestment in neighborhoods by preserving, re-energizing and repurposing

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The exterior of what is now the Aspire Center, before construction and after. long-standing community assets. Reed also said the decision to rehabilitate the former school was influenced by architects who told them the building had ‘good bones.’ “It’d be a waste to demolish good bones just to build something that’s not as great. For me, it was also a comparison to how I perceive the neighborhood. I think Austin has good bones, with its people and its story,” Reed said. According to Shields, residents helped shape the Aspire Center by advocating for the building’s reuse and participating in Austin Coming Together’s Quality of Life planning process, which guided the project around community needs. “Community members got to work with urban planners, architects, designers and different types of planning professionals who really helped them shape their vision and synthesize the things they wanted to see happen into very feasible uses for the property. As a co-developer along with Westside Health Authority, we were tasked with bringing that vision to life. The blueprint was really laid out by the community,” said Shields. Reed emphasized the importance of preserving the former school’s history and identity, noting that many people from Austin and the West Side attended Robert Emmet Elementary. “They had a lot of interest in preserving some of that history and legacy, providing education not only for themselves but perhaps for a prior generation and creating a lesson for things to come. It was important for us to make sure that people didn’t feel like we were going to disrespect their history of attending this school and their memories of the chairs, the principal’s office and the auditorium,” Reed said. The award recognizes projects that contribute to economic development and quality of life. When asked how he sees the Aspire Center contributing to those goals in Austin, Reed pointed to improvements in the quality of life in the

immediate area, including what he described as a drastic reduction in crime. “People can come up here and save. People can come up here and receive financial literacy. People can come up here and find a job. They can get training. Just that alone, this past year, we’ve placed over 150 people in new careers. So, that’s economic development,” Reed said. As a lifelong Austin resident, Shields said the recognition is especially humbling after spending years looking for ways to make a difference in the community he has always called home. “It’s hard to describe the joy that it brings to be a part of something like that. It’s such a unifying experience because no one person could do something like this. It’s just really great to be connected to so many people with a common focus that yields something much bigger than us,” Shields said. “That’s exciting and inspiring. It’s something that I think I’ll cherish for as long as I’m here.” Looking back to when Westside Health Authority acquired the former school in 2018, Reed said the organization saw an opportunity to work with community members on something that had not been done in Austin in a long time. He said that opportunity ultimately helped shape what the building would become. “When we first took over the building in 2018, we saw an opportunity to bring others in, not to go solo, but to bring others into a project of this scale. I like the fact that a lot of people take ownership of this project, not just Westside Health Authority and Austin Coming Together, but they talk about their contributions, whether they participated in a community focus group, worked on the project, helped protect the project or helped activate things beforehand,” Reed said.

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Barbara Bates and the imaging center named after her at Mount Sinai Hospital in 2021.

BARBARA BATES Investing in Mt. Sinai from page 4 and prayed for me and were there for me until after I finished. I just thought, ‘Wow, I have a voice in the community. I need to use this voice to tell women that you need to be afraid. Breast cancer is out here so strong, and people don’t talk about it,’” Bates said. To raise awareness for breast cancer and encourage people to get regular mammograms, Bates held a fashion show with 50 models who were all survivors of breast cancer. She raised $50,000 and donated it to Mount Sinai Hospital. “The reason Mount Sinai is that I live in that neighborhood,” Bates said. “When there are hospitals in your neighborhood, they’re small, and they’re not the hospitals you want to go to. You always want to rush downtown to the big hospitals because we assume, because they’re big and fancy, they do a better job.” She said Mount Sinai invited her to the hospital and taught her some of the history of the hospital and surrounding community. “It was once an affluent Jewish neighborhood, but now it was an indigent neighborhood with African American and Latino

people that could barely afford the treatment,” Bates said. After she donated $50,000 to Mount Sinai, the hospital told her that, if she raised $500,000 in five years, they’d name an imaging center after her. In 2021, they did just that. “We bought them their very first 3D breast imaging machine,” Bates said. At the Oct. 3 fashion show at the Obama Presidential Center, “We’re asking people to donate $40 that will go straight into Sinai to the breast imaging center, and we’re hoping to pledge $40,000 to them that night,” Bates said. After 40 years of Barbara Bates Design, Bates said she’s most proud of “the fact that we’re still here. I’ve seen something like Sears go away from here, and I’ve seen Saks Fifth Avenue close on Michigan Avenue,” Bates said. “To get up and be healthy enough to come here and provide work for other people, for their families. …I’m happy to still be here.”

History of Barbara Bates Design Bates’ earliest memory of fashion and design include Barbie doll clothing. “It was truly real, tailored clothing. It had the little plastic pumps, and the shoes and all of the accessories that went with it,” Bates said. She added that her mother and aunts were also beautiful and stylish. “My mom was always asked to be in hair

Austin Weekly News, September 16, 2026 shows. …I saw what beauty looked like, even though we lived right in the heart of the inner city.” In high school, Bates won best dressed. She said she often searched for and bought fabric that her friends, who knew how to sew, would make into a pencil skirt or Aline dress. Bates became even more known for her fashion sense when she was working as a secretary at First National Bank of Chicago. “I would have girls come by my desk to see what I was wearing,” Bates said. Soon, she was designing clothes for her co-work-

short. She researched where to get leather from, found a manufacturer in New York and journeyed there to introduce herself. “I was rapidly becoming the girl that sells these really cool leather outfits,” Bates said. She would meet people at parties and offer to design for them, advertising herself through word of mouth. In 1986, Bates opened her own design company. Some of its first high-profile clients were basketball players. Bates said she saw Sam Perkins, who played basketball at the University of North Carolina with Michael Jordan, at a leather store and approached him. She made a pair of leather pants for Perkins, who connected her with Jordan. “I had NBA players from all over coming to my studio to get some of the cool stuff that Michael was wearing,” Bates said. When asked what advice she has for young people who want to turn a selftaught hobby into a successful career, Bates said connections and networking are paramount. “People do buy you first, and then they buy your product. So, you want to have the one thing that is worth more than money, and that’s relationships,” Bates said. “Start honing in on relationships now. Save those relationships. You get to go back to them later on in life and use them in ways that you never really thought of.” And when it comes to advice for emerging fashion designers, Bates said that clothing doesn’t have to be overly whimsical or revolutionary. PROVIDED BY BARBARA BATESQ “You want to make money. Designs by Barbara Bates You want to have a living that can sustain you for generations,” Bates said. “You ers, too — finding fabric, taking their mea- want to put everything into it and make it surements, then sending it off to be sewed the best that you can make it. And it probinto a garment. “That’s how it started with ably needs to be something that’s wearbuilding my own portfolio of clients. There able, not something that’s so way-out that were a lot of women who worked at the you get accolades for it.” bank. …So there was a large audience to Tickets to the 40th anniversary Barbara draw off of if you were interested in fash- Bates fashion show at the Barack Obama ion.” Presidential Center on Oct. 3 start at $268 Bates began working with exotic skins, and can be purchased at https://events. like leather and python, after searching for eventnoire.com/e/40th-anniversary-barbaleather pants to buy herself and coming up ra-bates.

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Changing course, judge to appoint receiver for West Sub

Blow to Prasad as judge says new leadership necessary By BILL DWYER Staff Reporter

Saying the legal imbroglio over the shuttered West Suburban Medical Center “has gone on long enough,” Cook County Circuit Court Chancery Judge Patrick Stanton on Friday said he will appoint a receiver to assume control over both West Sub and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Stanton said he will make a formal appointment during a hearing in his courtroom on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 15 (after print deadline). Asked about the development Saturday morning, Illinois State Senate President Don Harmon, in whose district West Suburban Medical Center is located, said he was waiting to learn more details before commenting. “We’ll watch this closely,” Harmon said. “I can offer more thoughts when I know

who the receiver is.” Ramco Healthcare, which owns the actual hospital properties, has sought to have Kansas City based attorney Mike Flanagan appointed receiver since May. Other community groups not party to the lawsuit have called for Chicago-based Insight Health Systems to be appointed. In his renewed emergency motion to appoint a receiver filed with Stanton last week, Ramco attorney Scott Kaplan said Ramco did so “in order to protect the ongoing and future operations of Resilience Healthcare at Weiss Memorial Hospital, LLC.” Kaplan made note of the fact that due to numerous “shortcomings” on the part of Resilience Healthcare and owner Manoj Prasad, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) declined to extend the hospital’s provisional license. “Despite having over a year to make improvements at Weiss Memorial,” Ka-

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Manoj Prasad, CEO of West Suburban Hospital, leaves court at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago after a closed-door settlement conference on July 2. plan quoted the IDPH decision, “hospital leadership has not demonstrated the necessary improvements to safely re-open the hospital to care for the community’s residents…” According to numerous media reports, Stanton said in court Friday that the receiver’s role will be to “secure the assets” of both West Sub and Weiss, and work to assure the transfer of the hospital assets as outlined in a settlement agreement reached back in May. In explaining his decision, Stanton said several developments led to his reconsidering his decision on a receiver, including Weiss Memorial’s losing its state license and detailed allegations that Prasad was transferring medical equipment from the two hospitals. “Based on what’s occurred to date, I think someone needs to take control of this entity and it should no longer be the current parties,” Stanton said. The judge’s decision is a major defeat for embattled West Sub CEO Manoj Prasad,

who has fought for months to maintain control over both hospitals and their considerable assets. Stanton had previously denied Ramco’s request for a receiver after a daylong hearing in late May. Ramco had asked that a receiver be appointed, or in the alternative, enforce a settlement agreement that had been hammered out in the judge’s chambers between the parties months ago, with Prasad present for the deliberations along with attorneys for his Resilience Healthcare. Prasad eventually dropped the attorney who’d been involved with that settlement and has attempted to back out of the agreement. Kaplan asked Stanton in May to appoint Flanagan as receiver, saying Flanagan has extensive experience serving as a receiver in the healthcare industry, and is “willing and able to act … to effectuate the settlement” and work toward allowing Insight Healthcare to manage West Sub pending the sale of assets to Insight.

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Block by block from page 1 learned through this journey,” Barbosa said. Barbosa is a Brazilian-born runner who was raised in England and moved to Chicago in 2022 to pursue a doctorate in clinical psychology at Roosevelt University. In June 2026, he became the first person known to have run every street in all 77 Chicago neighborhoods, covering more than 5,000 miles over 680 days. He also holds a Guinness World Record for the fastest time visiting all 146 CTA stations. Barbosa interviewed Charles Perry, a Westside Health Authority associate who has spent 17 years working in violence reduction and prevention, during his recent Austin neighborhood video. “All the interactions I have in the videos are snippets of hour-long conversations I have with people. It’s about seeing that I have good intentions. Not, ‘Oh, I want to put a camera in your face,’ but actually being nice and showing that I have good intentions, which I think is the most important thing,” Barbosa said. Karen Clapp, a docent with the Chicago Architecture Center and an Austin resident, was also interviewed for the video. “She was super knowledgeable and super

nice and it was a good experience because she’s a local as well. They’re all super nice and friendly, and easy to get to know,” Barbosa said. Barbosa visited Forty Acres Fresh Market as well and highlighted the quality of the market and the humility of its owner, Liz Abunaw who works alongside her employees. It also showed how city grants and funding can help support community markets. While running through the West Side, Barbosa met many people who left an impression on him. One summer, while running and extremely thirsty, he came across three men selling water on the side of the road in West Garfield Park, turning a difficult run into one of his favorite moments running in Chicago. “There were these three guys selling water on the side of the road and I was so thirsty. I ran past them, and they were like, ‘Oh, do you want some water?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, sorry, man, I don’t have any money,’ but they offered it to me for free,” Barbosa said. “That was my first time seeing someone be nice to the point of giving something away for free. I’ve always had great experiences in Austin, West Garfield Park and Humboldt Park. They’re always the nicest people,” Barbosa said. Barbosa frequently highlights in his videos how some neighborhoods viewed as more dangerous are often where he has encountered the kindest and most welcoming people.

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Barbosa on the Green Line stop at Austin Boulevard. He says West Siders have always been welcoming.

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Joabe Barbosa set out to run every street in Chicago. More than 4,000 miles later, he became the first person known to have completed the feat, visiting all 77 neighborhoods and turning his runs into a massive exploration of the city.

“When I’m in the West Side neighborhoods, there are always a lot of people supporting me. Whereas in other neighborhoods, near downtown or in other areas of Chicago, people just saw me as someone else. On the West Side, I was truly treated well,” Barbosa said. Barbosa was at the Chicago Half Marathon that took place on the West Side of Chicago on June 7 and took on a different challenge by intentionally trying to finish last. He walked much of the race, ultimately finishing second to last, which allowed him to connect with runners at the back of the pack. Looking ahead, Barbosa wants to find new ways to encourage people to explore Chi-

cago beyond their own neighborhoods. He is in contact with the Chicago Architecture Center and Choose Chicago about creating a challenge that would motivate people to visit all 77 community areas and document their experiences along the way. “You can give people a reason, like, ‘Oh, there’s this really cool market that you should check out called Forty Acres.’ So giving people reasons to go to different places around Chicago is something I’m learning to encourage people to do and something I’m doing for myself. That’s why I’m doing this neighborhood series, to go to different neighborhoods. That’s my reason to go to different areas of Chicago,” Barbosa said.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-9 Plaintiff vs. ERMA L. SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 19 CH 11160 CALENDAR 57 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on October 13, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty's office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-09-221-003-0000. Commonly known as 4853 W. OHIO STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 2215 Enterprise Drive, Suite 1512, Westchester, Illinois 60154. (312) 940-8580. 19-08906 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3293542

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC Plaintiff, -v.ROOSEVELT DEERING, JANICE DEERING, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2025 CH 09190 4646 W SUPERIOR ST CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 13, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 14, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4646 W SUPERIOR ST, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-10-101016-0000 The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The judgment amount was $44,975.99. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ''AS IS'' condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF

POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Alexander Potestivo, POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff's Attorneys, 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number 320856. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago IL, 60606 312-263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. 320856 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 2025 CH 09190 TJSC#: 46-1679 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2025 CH 09190 I3293722 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION EF MORTGAGE LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. LARRY MCMAHAN, DEFENDANTS. CASE NO.: 2025CH10105 130 NORTH WALLER AVE, UNIT B CHICAGO, IL 60644 CALENDAR: 59 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 21, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will on September 30, 2026 at 10:30 AM, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 130 NORTH WALLER AVE., UNIT B, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-08-415035-0000 The real estate is improved with a townhouse. The judgment amount was $106,862.77. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 100% of the bid

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amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ''AS IS'' condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr., KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. Plaintiff's Attorneys, 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150, CHICAGO, IL, 60602 (312) 216-8828. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. Johnny Dale Frevert, Jr. KELLEY KRONENBERG, P.A. 20 N CLARK STREET SUITE 1150 CHICAGO IL, 60602 312-216-8828 E-Mail: jfrevert@kelleykronenberg.com Attorney ARDC No. 6305960 Attorney Code. 49848 Case Number: 2025 CH 10105 TJSC#: 46-251 I3293318

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION SELF HELP FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Successor in interest to Second Federal Saving And Loan Association Plaintiff vs. EUSEBIO ANASTACIO CALIXTORUIZ; ASUNCION RUIZ-GARCIA; GABRIELA TOVAR occupant; ROMANA TOVAR occupant, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendant 25 CH 10724 CALENDAR 62 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on October 6, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty's office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-24-314-042-0000. Commonly known as 2832 W. 21st Place, Chicago, IL 60623. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd., 1900 Spring Road, Suite 200, Oak Brook, IL 60523. 630-571-1900. SHFCU vs. Calixto-Ruiz INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3293162

that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on October 20, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty's office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-15-216-028-0000. Commonly known as 4340 W. Gladys Ave., Chicago, IL 60624. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 2215 Enterprise Drive, Suite 1512, Westchester, Illinois 60154. (312) 940-8580. 25-00465 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3293921

cial assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-04179. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-25-04179 Case Number: 2025CH09560 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I3294149

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DATA MORTGAGE, INC. DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE Plaintiff vs. KAWANA JONES; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("MERS"), AS MORTGAGEE, AS NOMINEE FOR THE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 25 CH 2969 CALENDAR 60 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. Bank National Association Plaintiff, -v.Lottie B. Dean; Michael Dean; Defendants. 2025CH09560 1124 N Massasoit, Chicago, IL 60651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/23/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 10/26/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 1124 N Massasoit, Chicago, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-05-404-0230000 The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $141,186.98 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 1124 N Massasoit into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction's end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, spe-

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