format, or some other format that would involve developing concrete suggestions for how the development plan might be improved. That would require bringing in an organization to facilitate the workshops, and the meetings won’ t be scheduled until they figure out those details
The Mars plant at 2019 N. Oak Park Ave., opened in 1929. In 2022, the confectionary giant announced that it would close the factory by the end of 2024. It contracted Local Initiatives Support Corp. Chicago to come up with a community-driven plan for the property’s future. During several in-person and virtual community meetings, residents developed a plan, which was released in 2023.
McCaffery as a developer, but it hasn linquished the ownership of the property.
The proposal McCaffery presented in December largely followed the community McCaffery Interests CEO Dan McCa said that the Chicago Department of ning and Development vetoed the park, and that they would build ing at the northeast corner instead
Over the last 10 years, Galewood saw several major development proposals that included some combination of multi-story rental apar tments and retail. The opment of the for location at the northeast corner of North and Harlem avenues, and Bank site at 6700 Ave., are the major examples. The propoals usually attracted opposition from residents who pushed single-family homes or condominiums, arguing that apar tments would increase crime and create quality-oflife issues.
“It’s been three years since those LISC meetings happened. People move away, new people come in, people forget, real estate market changes. And we need to, not start over, but refresh the conversation.”
That plan called for a mixed-use building at the northwest corner of the site, green spaces that included local far ms farther east along the tracks and in the middle, and a business park at the northeast side of the property to make up for some of the job losses caused by Mars’ departure. The historic Mars office building, which has been designated a city landmark, would become part of a larger community center, and town homes would be built on the southeast side.
STEVE GREEN Chair of Galewood Neighbors
Residents also objected to building height and density, and raised concerns that there wouldn’t be enough parking. The developers tended to reply that they were proposing the kind of development that was popular with young professionals who are less likely to own cars and wanted to leave near transit.
ing” to Galewood. While the City of Chicago Affordable Requirements Ordinance would mandate that the developer make some units affordable, as defined by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, those units wouldn’t be part of Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program.
Taliafer ro didn’t respond to Austin Weekly News’ request for comment. But according to his announcement and Green, the three parties met virtually the weekend of Jan. 24-25 and ag reed that a town hall approach wouldn’t be productive.
need to, not start over, but refresh the conversation, so we can come to a communitybased decision.”
He said that when the next meeting will depend on when LISC, or whichever organization they bring in, would be available. Green, a realtor and a Galewood resident since 2011, felt that some backlash was inevitable. But he believed it was still possible to move forward.
After the plan was completed, Mars chose
The same dynamics played out during the Dec. 3 community meeting. The residents who spoke also insisted that they weren’t aware of the LISC planning process, and said they felt that Galewood residents weren’t consulted. The meeting got heated at times, with some speakers accusing McCaffery of trying to bring “Section 8 hous-
Green said that the three parties broadly ag reed that they had to bring back LISC or some other group that would serve a similar function.
“It’s been three years since those LISC meetings happened” Green said. “People move away, new people come in, people forget, real estate market changes. And we
“Any new housing is frowned upon, especially in Galewood, when it’s highly dense,” Green said. “Anything other than [single-family homes] is frowned upon, and we understand that concern. But we need to have a community-based conversation, and the community-based discussion, and the meetings we’ve had thus far is some people trying to talk, and McCaffery trying to respond, and a lot of yelling and hecking for the back of the room.”
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Anabel Mendoza, Jazmin Robinson, Reed Showalter, and Felix Tello. Republican candidates Chad Koppie and Patricia Easley were also present. Democrat Melissa Conyears-Ervin joined the forum during the second question, which she answered with her opening statement. Other candidates running include Democrats David Elrich and Jason Friedman.
Democrat Kina Collins was unable to attend the forum due to a previous engagement with voters, but submitted a comment: “My campaign is rooted in advancing equity and opportunity on the West Side, fighting for quality public schools, accessible and af fordable healthcare, economic investment that creates good paying union jobs, and real public safety solutions that center dignity and justice.”
After opening statements, the forum’s participating candidates answered three questions. Candidates were seated randomly and responded in the same order for both questions.
QUESTION 1
Remel Terry: What specific federal policies would you champion to improve economic opportunities for Black Chicagoans in the 7th district? Please be specific about programs and explain how you would track progress in closing disparities.
Jazmin Robinson (D)
Senior human resource professional who designs, builds and manages employee benefits and systems
Robinson is running on her HEAL Act that tackles the root causes of inequality by increasing funding for health care and education, amending access to government by banning PACs and lobbyists, and raising the living wage.
Robinson said every congressperson gets $10-20 million in community and project funding annually and suggested using this to replace lead pipes and invest in local libraries and schools in the neighborhoods of the 7th district that need it most. Robinson also named federal surplus personal
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property donations as a way to get laptop furniture and vehicles that the federal government is no longer using into the 7th district. She said, in the bills that could accomplish these things, legislators can write earmarks that dictate that resources must go to those who need them most.
If elected to Congress, Robinson said she’d hire a grant director and coordinator to help small businesses and nonprofits apply for grants. She would also aim to unbundle multi-million-dollar government contracts that often go to one compan aiming to redistribute funds to smaller businesses.
Patricia Easley (R)
Host of the Black Excellence Hour, News contributor “I’m going to bring capitalism back the district,” Easley said, stating the need for manufacturing to return to the West Side. She said that, when Sears was located in North Lawndale, it was one of the richest Black neighborhoods in the country. “When that manufacturing comes back, we’ll have opportunities to open up small businesses to support those manufacturing corporations, and that’s how we build wealth.”
Easley added that the West Side has become a social service economy: “We don’t want any more grants. We don’t need any grants,” Easley said. “I want to put my people back to work.…We are better than social working. We know how to work for ourselves. We know how to count our own money. We know how to balance our own checkbooks. We are not a charity. What we are is mismanaged.”
Reed Showalter (D)
Former attorney at the Federal Trade Commission, former senior policy advisor of National Economic Council, former work er on Congress’ Judiciary Committee
Showalter also said there was a need to break up monopolies, which he said dismantled the manufacturing district Easley wants to bring back
“We had a whole lot of monopoly capitalism roll through and buy up, shutter and destroy the local businesses here,”
Showalter said. “There’s a reason why our hospital systems, West Suburban and Loretto, are struggling on the frontline because they keep g etting purchased and sold.”
Showalter added that, instead of subsi-
dizing gover nment progr ams, we should be creating new opportunities in the 7th district. He said we could build homes in the district with union labor, rather than “hoping that if we give enough tax breaks to private developers, that they’ll ride in and they’ll save us.”
Richard Boykin (D)
Attorne y, former chief of staff for Cong. Danny Davis, former Cook County commissioner
Boykin said there’s a need for a concentrated, stateside strategy like the Marshall Plan, where the United States sponsored over $13 billion in recovery programs to Western Europe after World War II. He said economic development for a plan like this would create thousands of jobs on the West Side, ones that have been lost without the presence of major manufacturing companies.
Boykin said the West Side also needs an education plan, where young people are better prepared to go to colle ge, into a trade or employment after high school. And he advocated for comprehensive access to affordable, quality health care, adding that he would reverse cuts made by President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and extend Obamacare subsidies.
Illinois State Representative for the 8th District
Ford also touted the need for better educational opportunities, like more funding for higher education and trade schools, in order to reduce the unemployment rate on the West Side. And he cited the need for federal funding to create jobs through large organizations in the district.
“We need to make sure that, when the government funds hospitals, those contracts and opportunities trickle down into the community, so that we can grow our businesses in the neighborhood, so that we can hire people,” Ford said. He cites Rush University Medical Center as an example, stating that the hospital could grant contracts with West Side businesses. The same with the Illinois Department of Corrections, the Cook County Jail, Chicago Public Schools and Chicago parks. “These are jobs that have to be transferred to the community. Jobs and contracts create low unemployment, and it also creates safer communities.”
“For the last 19 years, I’ve connected people to jobs every day,” Ford added. “There hasn’t been a day in our office where we haven’t connected people to a job.”
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La Shawn Ford (D)
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Felix Tello (D)
engineer at Siemens Tello founded and leads the Community Justice and Equity Movement, which helps communities across the county to fight for parations — something he said the Conessional Black Caucus has been advocat-
“The Black community has had centu. The Black wealth is oneealth in this couneally a shame,” Tello said. He added that his organization is learning from existing communities with reparaEvanston, “building on successes, addressing challenges and investing in justice, equity and opportunity for all.”
Chad Koppie (R)
Retired airline pilot, farmer, octogenarian
“I am well aware of the crisis in the Black community that’s gone on for hundreds of years,” Koppie said, citing the millions of people who came to the United States and were sold into slavery.
“There’s another issue, the abor tion issue, that is very much akin to the slavery issue. They were both approved by the Supreme Court in the United States. The slavery issue was resolved with the Civil War, which was an awesome situation. We all know about the 600,000 people who were killed. Since the abor tion thing became legal in the United States, there’s something like 75-to-100 million dead Americans. And the ratio of abor tion in the Black community is much higher than it is in the white community.”
Rory Hoskins (D)
Mayor of Forest Park, attorney, former village commissioner
Hoskins said that funding public works would improve economic oppor tunities for Black Chicagoans in his district, specifically around I-294. Hoskins was a founding member of the I-290 Blue Line Coalition, which advocates for reconstruction of the Eisenhower, the CTA rails that run along it, and surrounding streets. Hoskins said more funding for projects around the expressway would create jobs and new space for businesses.
Hoskins also wants federal forgiveness of student loans and public service loans, and for federal tax credits to incentivize hiring people in vulnerable communities.
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Anabel Mendoza (D)
Immigrant rights organizer, youngest candidate
Mendoza said three main things could help improve this economic opportunity. First, she wants to invest in local entrepreneurs and small businesses, rather than large corporations, which don’t know what communities need or want.
“That’s the obligation of the federal government to bring those dollars back into our communities to make those small businesses a reality for these entrepreneurs,” Mendoza said. She added that Congress needs to raise the federal minimum wage, from $7.25 an hour to closer to $30, and advocate harder for reparations.
“We need to make sure that reparations drive direct cash payments to close that racial and opportunity wealth gap, so that people are able to invest in their communities the way that others have been able to for decades,” Mendo za said.
Thomas Fisher (D)
Emergenc y room doctor at University of Chicago Medicine
Fisher also said he wants deeper federal investments in post-high school education, like trade school and community colle ge And for more investment in local entrepreneurs and small businesses, which create jobs across communities.
He also would advocate for better infrastructure, like federal funding for updates to CTA trains lines and stations. Infrastructure projects create jobs, and legislators can embed sections into bills that require investment in low-income communities, Fisher said.
Anthony Driver Jr. (D)
Former executive director of SEIU IL, former president of CCPSA, where he now serves as commissioner under Remel Terry If elected to Congress, Driver would support legislation where “every single person who wants a job should be guaranteed a job by the federal gover nment,” one where they make at least $20 an hour and have universal health care. Driver said one of the things he’s most proud of in life is leading SEIU’s fight to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 an hour, though that’s not enough. He said there needs to be more funding and legislation specifically for Black people
“I also watched how, when we raised the minimum wage, Black people were the first to lose their jobs. You hear people talk about Medicare for all, but you won’t hear people talk about the Black maternal health crisis where black women die at three times the
rate. What are you doing if you get Medicare for all, but you don’t specifically ddress the Black maternal health panding access to i
“You hear people talk college for all, but they about HBCUs,” said Dr Howard University.
Driver said the federal go also subsidize the remo which added are more County than anywhere else in the — and prioritize hiring ed communities to do the jo
“This one single i lead service lines in a lot of these economic issue of political will. here talking about ‘I’ around this whole time.’ Why do things still look the same way?”
QUESTION
Remel Terry: One of the leading causes of personal bankruptcy is medical debt. Federal public health and healthcare utilization data shows Black people experience poorer health outcomes and higher exposure to medical debt than other eral policy levers thority to address this disparity?
Felix Tello
Tello is for universal health Congress needs to appropriate money for health care by restoring Trump’s cuts to the Af fordable Care Act
“We need to focus on appropriating money, not just for Black folks, but everybody who’s at a disadvantaged level. It just takes one little trip to the emergency room and they’re screwed, so we need to cover everybody,” Tello said.
Chad Koppie
Koppie said, “We’ve got to stop the fraud. In other words, the hospitals, the doctors, the insurance companies are looting the system. If we could just have truth to the matter and stop the fraud, that would be my answer.”
Rory Hoskins
Hoskins supports Medicare for all. He also cites a program where Cook County used Covid-era relief funds to buy medical debt and suggests a broader program that would allow for the purchase of medical debt incur red by vulnerable families.
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Anabel Mendoza
“I absolutely support Medicare for all, but I want to go a little deeper,” Mendoza said, adding that the federal government should forgive all medical debt. “I think of someone like my mom, who was recently diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo a very invasive surgery. I can’t imagine having come out of that surgery, and now she has to worry about losing her home on top of that. That’s unacceptable.”
Mendoza said housing is intrinsically linked with medical debt. In Congress, she’d create legislation that provides emergency funding to ensure homeowners who are in crisis, including medical debt, don’t lose their homes.
Thomas Fisher
Fisher also advocates for Medicare for all or other universal coverage, and for restoring the Af fordable Care Act and Medicaid.
“The No. 1 predictor of whether or not people survive cancer right now is whether or not they’re driven into bankruptcy in the course of their treatment. That’s immoral. That is not right,” Fisher said. But he added that access to health care isn’t the primary indicator of health.
“The reason there’s a 20-year life expectancy gap between West Garfield Park and Streeterville has nothing to do with health care,” Fisher said. “Do Black folks have the housing that we deserve, the jobs, the food, security? Until we do that, health care is not the primary issue.”
Anthony
Driver Jr.
Driver also believes in free health care, but ag rees that Congress needs to take it a step further by writing legislation that respects and protects Black people.
“What is Medicare for all if you don’t have culturally competent doctors? What is Medicare for all if you struggle to find a vein when you draw blood from Black people?” Driver said. He added that he’d work to ban those working in the health insurance industry from contributing to political campaigns.
“People don’t talk about why we don’t have universal healthcare. It’s because our
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cal debt from residents. But he said Coness needs to take it a step further with rsal health care coverage. Boykin said, if elected, he would cut 10% of the Department of Defense’s budget and funnel the $88 billion into health care.
“They found money for the illegal miants who came here, and we can find for citizens, so that they don’t have ry about being bankrupted for medical debt,” Boykin said.
La Shawn Ford
In addition to restoring the Af fordable Care Act, if elected to Congress, Ford would prioritize more federal funding for safety net hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers. These would provide accessible care that prevents reentry into hospitals, which often causes medical also stresses the need for culturally competent doctors and funding for HBCUs “because Black people need culturally sensitive doctors in our communities.”
QUESTION 3
politicians are bought and paid for. They’re not accountable to the people, they’re accountable to these industries,” Driver said.
Jazmin Robinson
Robinson ag reed that health insurance companies should be banned from contributing to campaigns, along with all PACs and lobbyists.
“We need to ban them completely because they buy our Congress representatives. Every single one of them are sold,” Robinson said.
According to her fair tax plan, Robinson said removing people who buy Congress could finance free, high-quality health care.
Because medical debt can be sold to a debt collector for pennies on the dollar, Robinson suggests partnering with nonprofits who could buy medical debt to fight corporations. A $50,000 investment from nonprofits could wipe out $5 million of medical debt, Robinson said.
Patricia Easley
Easley wants to re-legislate Medicaid, making it so that the federal government pays 100%, instead of 60-to-70% of the total cost. She also wants to restrict banks from
participating in the health care business and to improve safety net hospitals. Safety net hospitals like West Suburban and Loretto don’t have access to credit, “which means that they do not have the money to give people charity for their medical bills like a Rush, like a Northwestern. If you don’t have the money to function, you cannot do it. And that is legislative,” Easley said. “If you are a private institute insurance holder and you go to a safety net institution, you are going to pay more because that institution does not have the cushion to absorb the health care costs.”
Reed Showalter
Showalter also supports Medicare for all, but added that Congress needs to restructure the health care system.
“We need to wipe out the possibility of medical debt, but you don’t get to do that unless you take on the structure of the medical system in the first place,” Showalter said. He said that means making it so for-profit companies can’t own hospitals and capping the price of pharmaceuticals.
Richard Boykin
When Boykin was a Cook County commissioner, the county started buying medi-
Remel Terry: What do you see as a key challenge facing the 7th district and how would you solve it?
La Shawn Ford
Ford said unity is a big challenge, as the 7th district covers part of Chicago and the suburbs, the city’s financial district and medical district.
“The biggest problem that we have in this district right now is the disparities in education, health care and opportunities,” Ford said. “We must do better by making sure we spread and share the wealth in this district.”
Felix Tello
When he was canvassing, Tello said he heard that constituents’ main priorities are democracy and the economy.
“We have got to get jobs back into our community. There’s nothing else but the economic engine to bring back prosperity to the community,” Tello said.
Chad Koppie
Koppie said the 7th district has “skyrocketing crime, unaf fordable housing, an unmanageable migrant crisis and crushing cost of living.”
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION SERVBANK, SB Plaintiff, -v.TASHIA GAINES, SEDRIC B SMITH, JR. A/K/A SEDRIC B SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 23 CH 06914 4203 WEST HARRISON STREET CHICAGO, IL 60624
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 9, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 24, 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 4203 WEST HARRISON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60624
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The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
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.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION CTP FUNDING CORPORATION
Plaintiff, -v.447 449 NORTH HARDING, LLC, ERICK A. SODERBERG, COUNTY OF COOK D/B/A COOK COUNTY LAND BANK AUTHORITY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2025 CH 09047 447 N. HARDING AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60624
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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 22, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 19, 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 447 N. HARDING AVE., CHICAGO, IL 60624
Property Index No. 16-11-127050-0000
The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. 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
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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.
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510 W Erie St #1705, Chicago, IL 60654
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 10/23/2025, an agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www. auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 2/23/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on February 25, 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 510 W Erie St #1705, Chicago, IL 60654 Property Index No. 17-09-122010-1097; 17-09-122-010-1197
The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgment amount was $493,931.07 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 510 W Erie St #1705 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, 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)(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(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. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-03988. 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. 14-25-03988 Case Number: 2025CH06429 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. I3280736
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF GREENE STREET FUNDING TRUST II Plaintiff, -v.THANK GOD FOR THIS ROOF, LLC, ERICK A. SODERBERG, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2025CH08866 426 NORTH LAWNDALE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60624
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 15, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 10, 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 426 NORTH LAWNDALE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60624
Property Index No. 16-11-131039-0000
The real estate is improved with a commercial property. 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, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876
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.
CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300
E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com
Attorney File No. 14-25-03734
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002
Attorney Code. 21762
Case Number: 2025CH08866
TJSC#: 46-180
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 # 2025CH08866 I3281172
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Fr the West Side with L e
Cover and spread photography by KENN COOK JR.
time marked by economic strain and cultural uncertainty, staying grounded has become increasingly difficult. Anxiety is rising across the nation, and underserved communities are feeling the weight of these challenges most intensely.
Kenn Cook ’s loving view of the West Side
#MyWestSideStory is a testament to the enduring strength of Chicago’s Westside, a visual diary that captures the soul of the community. Through my lens, I seek not just to document faces but to reveal lives in full: the struggles, the triumphs, and the undeniable resilience that defines this place. This project is a love letter to the streets, the culture, and the spirit that pulse through this neighborhood, honoring a Black experience too often overlooked.
I want to move beyond the headlines to show a world where life persists despite systemic hardships. Through intimate portraits and unguarded moments, this work challenges the limited narratives imposed on the Westside. These are faces of strength, unity and pride -- a counter to the nar row portrayals of crime and neglect.
This project is more than a collection of images; it is an invitation. I want viewers to feel the streets beneath their feet, hear the laughter rising from the corners, and sense the deep history in the air. It is a call to see this community not as outsiders but as part of a larger shared human experience. For the residents of the Westside, I hope these photographs reflect their power not as victims of circumstance, but as architects of their own narrative, proud of their past and empowered in their present.
From The Westside, With Love is not just a documentation of a place it is a celebration of its people. It amplifies voices too often silenced, giving them space to tell their own stories. The heart of this community beats not just in its trials, but in its triumphs, its beauty, and its unity.
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DOORS OPENING AT CENTRAL, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2023: is photograph was made at the Central Green Line stop, a point of entry into Chicago’s Westside.
‘Held in the highest esteem’ Tea party
for Black and Brown girls promotes leadership
By DEBORAH BAYLISS Contributing Reporter
Black and Brown girls “understood the assignment” as they showed up wearing beautiful white dresses in a wide array of designs for Ase Production’s 5th Annual Uniquely You Tea Party held at Oak Park’s 19th Century Club Sunday afternoon.
Held annually under one of five tenants -- friendship, resilience, creativity, culture and leadership -- the event is really a social and emotional workshop where elementary and middle school girls are surrounded by reinforcement to be proud of who they are and that being Black or someone of color, is a beautiful and special thing.
Juanta Griffin, Ase Productions executive director, added that because African Americans are sprinkled here and there through-
out Oak Park, Black girls are not necessarily aware that they are a part of a larger Black community until they get to junior high school.
Her daughter Yemi Griffin, now in 8th grade, attended Horace Mann Elementary School in northwest Oak Park which is predominantly white.
“So putting on events like the Tea Party is a way to help Black and Brown girls feel seen,” Griffin said.
What started with empowering Black girls in Oak Park has grown over the years to include girls from neighboring communities
“When we did that we got more girls with more experiences and we got a richer, more fulfilling workshop where the girls are really sharing, “ Griffin said.
Elementary and middle school girls are the focus of the event. With the exception of the 8th grade mothers who took part in the rite of passage ceremony, mothers are not allowed to attend so that girls feel free to express themselves
Ryann Dawson, a junior at Fenwick High School served as emcee for the event. An icebreaker session kicked off the event with 100
or so girls seated at tables covered in white tablecloths, chanting “I love being Black.”
“Speaking up, knowing when to listen,
and continuing to learn are three leadership characteristics,” Dawson told the girls, her voice filling the second-floor banquet hall
ERICA BENSON
Cook County Board Commissioner Tara Stamps asks Oak Park stude nt Oliv ia Br yant what it means to be a leader
with a kind of “Black girl magic.”
Dawson also introduced the Inaugural 2025 Uniquely You Tea Party Court made up of 8th grade girls referred to as ‘butterflies’ which symbolizes their evolution from middle to high school.
Presented with class and elegance in an upbeat manner to the delight of all in attendance, the court entered the banquet room in step with Kendrick Lamar’s “They Not Like Us.”
Wearing white cowboy hats topped with lights, the court performed a line dance to the popular “Boots on the Ground” song with fan popping and audience participation part of their routine
The “It Takes a Village” saying was put into play with people from all walks of life in Oak Park and surrounding communities including elected officials who either sponsored, in some way supported or attended the event.
State Sen. Don Harmon, Oak Park’s village clerk’s office, The Nova Collective, Suburban Unity Alliance and Westgate Flowers sponsored the event. People from the community donated all of the swag bag items that were gifted to the girls.
Khalida Himes, a social worker at Oak Park and River Forest High School and mentor fo r the event, led this year’s leadership-themed exercise centering around putting the girls in
the mindset of creating a product and owning their own company.
“I like being here because a lot of these 8th graders are going to be seeing me next year,” Himes said. “So, it’s really important for them to see a Black woman in the building. I just love being involved with anything that’s going to help them with their social and emotional health.
It was 13-year-old Journi Bolar’s third time taking part in the event.
“I feel special and I learn something every time.”
Sophy and Katara Watson were among the mothers and daughters who took part in what was a tearful, and emotional rite of passage ceremony for the eighth-grade girls.
they’ve received “This event allows my daughter to be involved culturally and to experience sisterhood,” Sophy said.
Juanta and her own daughter, Yemi, were also part of the rite passage ceremony.
ERICA BENSON
Eighth-grade members of the Butter y Cour t dance during the tea party.
The ceremony was also an opportunity for words of appreciation, encouragement and support as mothers placed a gold key – symbolic of unlocking the door to the future –around their daughter’s neck.
The daughters in turn presented their mothers with a meaningful bouquet of flowers and a word describing the parenting
In a touching exchange, Juanta told her daughter that her wish for her was that when she made decisions for herself, that she would also make them for others and also fo r her community. Yemi expressed her appreciation for her mother’s hard work.
“I love being part of the event,” Yemi told Wednesday Journal prior to the ceremony. “It’s a way for [girls] of color to feel included They come here and feel supported. My main takeaway is women empowerment. I’m in a room filled with powerful women.”
Tara Stamps. 1st District Cook County commissioner, has been part of the event since the beginning
“Juanta does so much for the community at large,” Stamps said. “Specifically trying to amplify the voices, the images and the selfconfidence of Black and Brown girls in the Oak Park community which has a history of being very liberal and welcoming but that’s not always the experience of our girls.”
Vicki Scaman, Oak Park village president, was in attendance, telling Wednesday Journal the event was a display of Black excellence.
What’s behind the big numbers in participation? Griffin said she thinks it’s because people want to connect culturally and belong.
“I like cotillion culture,” Griffin said. “That’s a part of our culture that I want to reclaim. This is like a mini cotillion. Our girls deserve to be presented and held in the highest esteem and have beautiful things around them and to dress beautifully. I think this is important for all Black girls.”
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SNOW CONES, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: One person hands a snow cone to another on a warm day, a simple act of care and connection.
SPLASH , CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: Children play on a hot summer day, running through sprinklers and chasing laughter across the street.
SMILE, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: is photograph captures a bright, open smile from a Westside resident.
Photography by
COOK JR. founder of Westside Historical Collective kenncookjr.com
QUEEN ESTHER JACKSON #2, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: Queen Esther Jackson has lived and owned her home on the Westside for over forty years.
DAYDREAMING, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: A quiet moment of pause when someone is lost in thought while the neighborhood continues around him.
MACA R THUR’S LOBB Y, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: is photograph was made inside the lobby of MacArthur’s Restaurant, a place deeply tied to my ow n memories of the Westside.
BIG & LIT TLE RALPH GO FOR A WALK , CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: A father and son walk together, their steps in rhythm with each other and the street around them.
A HOUSE IN AUSTIN, CHICAG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: is photograph shows a group of students from Nash Elementary School sitting in front of the building that houses A House In Austin.
SUN SHINE, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: is photograph was made at the Marshall High School All-Class Reunion. A young boy holds a family member closely, his body pressed into their arms, taking in the energy of the celebration
SAVING OUR PARK , CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2023: Westside residents rallied to protect Amundsen Park from a proposal to conver t it into a temporar y migrant shelter.
NO LOITERING, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: On a summer a ernoon, a group of older Black men hang outside, sharing stories and laughter.
WESTSIDE STRONG, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: #WestsideStrong
HOLDING HISTORY, CHIC AG O ’S WESTSIDE, 2024: Inside a woman’s home, a hand rests along a worn staircase banister.
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First elected to Congress in 1996, Davis has spent 46 years in elected o ces
DEBORAH BAYLISS Contributing Reporter
As an eight-year-old son of a sharecropper in 1949 who spent his days picking and chopping cotton in the sweltering fields of Parkdale, Arkansas, Danny K. Davis could never have foreseen he would become a noted African-American member of the U.S. House of Representatives with a tenure spanning decades.
Davis, a Democrat who currently represents Illinois’ 7th Congressional District that includes parts of Cook County, this summer announced his retirement from public office. He will trade Capitol Hill for quiet mornings and peaceful evenings chatting with wife Vera G. Davis.
At the end of next year, Davis will have been in public office for 46 years including the 11 years he served on the Chicago City Council as an alderman prior to serving in Congress.
He said he always has seen his primary responsibility to be to help lift the lives of those that have been stuck at the bottom.
“That’s been my focus but not to the neglect of any other segment of society,” he said. “I just feel good when I see the desolate person uplifted. When I see a kid go to colle ge who wouldn’t have been able to go unless they got some help which is what we did with my scholarship fund.”
Reflecting on where it all started, Davis, born in 1941, credits his parents, his teachers and his church, for bestowing upon him the foundation necessary to reach the highest plateaus this country offers.
“We lived on a farm and my parents were sharecroppers,” Davis said in his distinguished baritone, echoing the cadence of Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery, later a free man, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who played a crucial role in the fight against slavery.
He added: “I had two wonderful parents. My dad finished the fourth grade when he was 19 years old. My mother finished the eighth grade. Where we lived, they didn’t always have a school and they certainly did not have a high school.”
Young Blacks who were of high school age had to go to another town to continue their education, Davis explained.
“Parkdale was real rural but the people were wonderful,” he said. “The average family size was five or six. In my family there were nine of us children. In our church we had about 10 families. When you added all the children in, there would be about 100 people at church on a Sund ay.”
Despite working hard on the farm, chopping and picking cotton and all the other labor that was necessary, along with the hardships Black families faced during those times, Davis describes his childhood as “pretty cool.”
Cong. Danny Danis has deep West
roots.
“There were always chores, including milking a cow,” he said. “You learned to do it all and generally started when you were eight or nine years old. You talk about child labor…We’d actually do what you would
call a full day’s work and you only went to school about five months out of the year.”
From the middle of July until the middle of August was referred to as the “lay by season,” meaning there was no work to be done because the crops had all been planted and cultivated. Davis explained.
The congressman moved to Chicago in 1961, after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arkansas A.M. & N. Colle ge at 19. He subsequently earned both Master’s and Doctorate de grees respectively from Chicago State University and the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“I was part of what you would call that last big migration wave that came from the rural South,” Davis explained. “Chicago was ‘poppin’” in the neighborhood I came to live in which was the North Lawndale community. There were just eons of people. I mean Black people were leaving the South, trying to get away from racism and there were plenty of jobs so people came.”
Things were also changing in terms of technology so work on the far ms was decreasing. The previous manpower or womanpower needed to work a farm was no longer as necessary due to farm machinery becoming more proficient.
Davis has never lived in any other area in Chicago except the West Side.
“When I got here, I had two sisters who lived here so of course my first stop was living with them,” he said. “Quite honestly, I fell in love with the West Side and decided as I sized things up, that this was where I was going to live and where I was going to try and be helpful.”
Davis had not set his sights on Congress at that point but knew he wanted to be publicly eng aged.
After working a short while for the postal service, Davis began a teaching career in the Chicago Public School system in North Lawndale at age 20, something he said he always knew he would do.
“This was during the Civil Rights Movement,” he said. “I went to meetings and listened to (Rev.) Dr. (Martin Luther) King and all of those things,” Davis said. “That was my motivation to do public work. I was teaching G.E.D. classes at one of the Urban Progress Centers when I met Ms. Rosemarie Love who was chairman of the personnel committee for the Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission.”
Love convinced Davis to leave his “good” teaching job to work for the Conservation Commission, his entry into public involvement. From there, it was a continuation of working for one agency or another.
As an alderman during the Harold Washington era, Davis was known as an inde-
pendent who was not part of the “political machine” that was still the dominant force in Chicago politics, he said.
Davis was elected to the Cook County Board where he remained for six years and was elected to Congress in 1996 and started his service in 1997.
“At the end of next year, I will have spent 30 years as a member of the House of Representatives,” he said.
“You’re asking people to put their faith and trust in you to represent them and their positions on things.” Davis said of his role in public life. “So, if they’re going to give you that kind of responsibility, then you got to try and live up to it.”
Davis responded to the Trump administration’s ef for ts in turning back civil rights and other gains made over the years,
“The road has been rugged,” he said. “We made progress during the reconstruction period where we elected African Americans to public office, even two Black Senators from Mississippi. Then all of those individuals were put out. There were ef for ts to make them look bad and redistricting. These are the things that the Trump administration is doing now.”
He added: “The only thing I can figure out about the Trump administration is that they must be checked! They must be fought and we have to say ‘we’re not going back.’ The courts in some instances have been complicit. It seems to me that some of them are following the Trump law more than they are following the constitution of the United States.”
In order to get back on track, Davis said it is time to change leadership.
“If we don’t change leadership, we don’t change our direction, so there’s no other way,” the congressman stressed. “I’m amazed at the number of people who did not vote in the last election so, everywhere I go, I’m saying vote.
Josie Ware, Davis’s scheduler and office manager, has worked with him for years.
“I am proud to have known Rep. Danny K. Davis for at least 40 years, if not more,” Ware said. “He has served in several elected government positions and has proven to be a trailblazer throughout his public service career, who always put the interest of the people he re presents first.”
Davis has two sons, Jonathan and Stacey (deceased), and is a member and Deacon of the New Galilee M.B. Church
