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Abandoned and in disrepair, city brings suit vs. owner of Our Lady Help of Christians

Lawsuit aims to compel current owner to x or demolish church

By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter

Information about the ownership of the for mer Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church in Austin is sparse, but two things are known for cer tain.

The city of Chicago has brought suit against the current owner of the boardedup church at 832 N. Leclaire Ave. and “seeks to abate dangerous and unsafe conditions at the property in question.”

Second, the graffiti and broken windows that pock the church’s exterior belie the building’s profound internal and structural problems, including cracked rafters, exposed wiring, and masonry that has stress fractures

The city filed its suit April 17, 2025 in Cook County Circuit Court, against St. Mark International Christian Church, along with the California-based mortgage holder and the apparent contract buyer. The cause for the case is to be continued for jurisdiction on June 8 at the Daley Center

“The Chicago Department of Buildings (DOB) remains committed to ensuring the safety of our communities through our enforcement action,” said Nefsa’Hyatt Brown, director of public af fairs. “DOB has conducted various inspections at the St. Mark International Christian Church, resulting in enforcement actions escalating to the Department of Law in 2021 and 2026.

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Rose window with missing pane of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church on April 3.

“DOB inspectors have documented various violations posing a hazard to the surrounding community and have ordered the building vacated and secured. Upon reinspection, our team document-

ed that the building was open, leading to the most recent referral to the Department of Law. The property is currently in active litigation”

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With West Suburban closed, where will expectant mothers in

Austin deliver?

Labor and deliver y ser vices at the hospital ceased last summer, a ecting maternal health on West Side

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Before West Suburban Medical Center’s labor and delivery, postpartum and nursery units closed last July, doctors from PCC Community Wellness Center, who worked out of the hospital, delivered about 50 babies a month there. For decades, PCC providers were West Suburban’s main delivery personnel. With West Suburban closing the rest of its patient services March 27 — and announcing a limited reopening some primary care services last week — expectant mothers in Austin still have nowhere to deliver in their own neighborhood. The next closest hospitals with labor and delivery services are MacNeal Hospital in

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Stamps calls for pr ‘radical solidarity of West Sub closur

Speaks

to Leaders Network gathering

By BILL DWYER Contributing Reporter

Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps (D-1) is calling for West Side residents to be more proactive and less reactive in the face of the ongoing crisis at West Suburban Hospital.

Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Leadership Network, a coalition of West Side ministers, at the Columbus Park Refectory in Austin on April 14, Stamps excoriated West Sub owner Manoj Prasad in particular and private for-profit hospitals in g eneral. She warned people that they must be infor med and prepared to respond effectively to protect their rights and interests.

“We must stop being angry and reactive,” Stamps said. “We must be infor med and proactive.”

Stamps comments came in the wake of news on April 13 that eviction notices had been posted at Resilience Healthcare’s River Forrest campus on Lake Street. “He owed $7.5 million to the landlord, and at the end he wasn’t even paying that,” Stamps said.

Later on April 14, news broke that Prasad has sued his landlord, Ramco, over the eviction notices. Eviction notices have also been reportedly filed against West Suburban’s main campus in Oak Park, and at Weiss Hos-

pital in Chicag million in total in unpaid rent.

And on announced that some services w on that da

The eviction notices after a contentious press ing Prasad and 8th District La Shawn K. defensive failures, blaming it on a near tient tracking and billing system glitch

However management has ignored patient needs and rights closure of labor and deli called the hospital administration tude in that case “a precursor to how disrespectfully the hospital engaged with this community.”

“The majority of babies on the West Side are delivered at West Suburban Hospital,” Stamps said. Prasad’s decision to cease delivery services, she said, “immediately threw expectant mothers into crisis.”

The shuttering of West Sub’s Emergency Room was just the culmination, Stamps said. “Unilaterally and with no consultation whatsoever, that program closed,”

Stamps said. “On March 27, they just kicked us down the steps.”

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they pull up stakes,” she said. “If it is privately owned, that means we are at the mercy of the owner. They only see us as consumers, they see us as a product.”

Stamps said the impact of West Sub’s closure goes beyond the absence of critical medical services, saying, “West Sub is also one of the largest employers in our community. Seven hundred people worked at West Suburban.”

Stamps was particularly derisive regarding Prasad’s contention that he was a “servant leader” through his work at West Suburban Hospital.

Side will either stand together or fall individually against forces too big for lone individuals to oppose. Whether it is state agencies allowing privately owned hospitals to be purchased by undercapitalized, heavily leveraged interests, or the federal government working to eliminate social programs like SNAP, Stamps said the public must pay attention and demand answers before matters reach a crisis point.

“What’s happening at West Suburban is just the tip of the iceberg,” she said “This calls for radical solidarity, y’all. It’s about people saying, ‘Hell no!”

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Cook County Comissioner Tara Stamps

Antonio King, city’s rst LGBTQ+ director, comes to West Side for a discussion

Discusses funding cuts, mental health access and uneven support across neighborhoods

By HECTOR CERVANTES Contributing Reporter

Community members gathered at TaskForce Prevention and Community Services on April 15 for a conversation with Antonio King, Chicago’s first director of LGTBQ+ Af fairs, to share their experiences and offering insight into how the city can better support their needs.

The event, held at 9 N. Cicero Ave., drew about 10 people, who spoke about how they often struggle to find affirming, welcoming spaces and reliable resources, especially in underserved areas.

Referring to the Trump administration, King said, “This is the most adversarial administration we’ve seen since the outbreak of HIV. This administration has taken us back to the ‘80s and ‘90s. The first thing Trump came out to fight was trans people.”

TaskForce Prevention and Community Services empowers LGBTQ+ youth of color on the city’s West Side, providing HIV/STI prevention, testing, PrEP navigation, mental health counseling and essential services.

King discussed how he had worked at the agency earlier in his ca reer in a management role and what he took from that experience.

“We believe in TaskForce. So where I am now, I started at TaskForce Prevention and Community Services. When I came on board, we were changing the name. [Mayor] Brandon Johnson wants to implement a policy plan in Chicago for LGBTQ, transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals, as well as all citizens of Chicago. That’s why I’m here,” King said.

King turned the discussion over to the participants and asked them where they were from and what services in their neighborhoods were lacking, focusing on issues such as access, safety and mental health support.

He also pointed out that many programs are shaped by funding requirements rather than actual community needs, emphasizing that their honest experiences were essential for building a policy plan that truly serves them.

Funding cuts came up when a participant mentioned that services at some drop-in centers had been reduced.

According to King, HIV was once referred to as GRID (Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Syndrome), a label that fueled stigma and denial. This, he said, led to a lack of funding for education and research and ultimately prompted many organizations to mobilize and push back against then President Ronald Reagan’s administration during the early AIDS crisis.

The discussion focused on concerns that the current administration is restricting transgender healthcare, including genderaffirming care, which has contributed to funding cuts affecting local agencies. Several organizations have reportedly had to scale back programs, close services, or reduce staf f as a result of these financial losses, according to King.

“The mayor and the governor are looking for ways that the state and the city can fill in the gaps where federal funding is lacking,” King said.

King said the issue comes down to identifying where the money

will come from, who it would go to and how it would be distributed to agencies.

“It’s going to take the public and when I say public, I mean our community, to keep it at the forefront of politicians’ attention and on their agenda,” King said.

King also asked participants where they access mental health support outside of TaskForce Prevention and Community Services.

“We’ve all been through some traumatic experiences with the pandemic and everything else. Mental health isn’t a phrase, it’s people dealing with depression, anxiety and isolation in real time,” King said.

A participant shared that they had even spoken with ChatGPT for support, which led to a discussion about how people are increasingly turning to digital tools when they need someone to talk to.

“You have to go to those people and ask them what they need. Even at my age, I don’t know what you all need or what the needs are. I don’t have my finger on the pulse of every layer in the community, which is why I need the community to talk back,” King said.

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Pace suburban bus overhaul calls for more

-peak, weekend service

Public meetings, outreach expected later this year

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Pace suburban bus agency’s has unveiled a new draft plan, which includes no major changes to routes for Chicago’s West Side and western suburbs but proposes more frequent service in Brookfield, North Riverside, Oak Park and Austin and a potential service reduction in Forest Park

For the past three years, the suburban bus agency has been working with Jarrett Walker + Associates public transit consulting firm on ReVision, a new system that they hope will better reflect post-pandemic ridership needs and financial realities.

The review first began in 2024 with three potential scenarios for public review and on April 15 a revised draft plan was released that combined elements from all three and took into account the public feedback and the new legislative requirements included in the Illinois transit funding and reform bill.

Pace is expected to hold public meetings later this year.

For now, it is focusing on the first phases of the transition to the new re gional transit structure that will turn the Re gional

Transportation Authority into the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. According to Pace executive director Melinda Metzger, the plan will need to be approved by the revamped Pace board and the new NITA Board of Directors, neither of which will be seated until September.

In his presentation to the board, Daniel Costantino of Jarrett Walker + Associates gave a broad overview of the implications of the changes. The maps he presented didn’t show routes or street names, so it isn’t always clear exactly what the changes will mean for individual municipalities. But there is enough detail to indicate that major route changes will mostly fall within collar counties and Cook County suburbs further from Chicago.

Costantino told the board that one piece of feedback that was consistent across the entire re gion was that Pace needed more weekend service, especially on Sundays.

Service along Cermak Road, including the section that runs through North Riverside, would be more frequent, increasing from an average of every 20-30 minutes to every 15 minutes across the board, even during the usually slower Sundays. Route 331, which serves much of downtown Brookfield, Brookfield Zoo, Hines medical campus and Triton Colle ge, would get the same kind of increase.

Route 305 primarily serves the section of Roosevelt Road between Desplaines and Cicero avenues, making stops in Austin, Oak

Park and Forest Park. During the weekend, the buses run once every hour. ReVision would bump it up to once every half an hour.

In Oak Park, Route 314, which serves the section of Ridgeland Avenue south of Lake Street, currently doesn’t have any Sunday service. ReVision would have those buses run on Sundays once every half an hour.

The map Costantino presented appears to be missing the section of Route 318 between Harlem Avenue and Forest Park Blue Line ‘el’ station, which serves the Forest Park portion of the Madison Street corridor east of Desplaines Avenue. The section of Route 318 along the portion of North Avenue that for ms Elmwood Park/River Forest border appears to be unchanged. Service along the section of Madison Street west of Desplaines Avenue, which for ms River Forest/Forest Park border, which is collectively provided by Route 303, 310 and 217, appears unchanged.

Pace spokesperson Maggie Daly Skogsbakken didn’t respond to a follow-up question re garding the potential changes to Route 318.

The map also includes a new route that will provide an express service among I-290/Eisenhower Expressway between the Forest Park Blue Line station, Oak Brook’s Oakbrook Center Mall and Yorktown Center mall in Lombard, with intermediate stops in Maywood and Hillside. While Pace board signed off on that route in Jan. 21, it still needs to secure about $1.4 million to get it of f the ground.

Costantino told the Pace board that the more detailed version of the draft will be publicly available once Pace is ready to hold meetings and collect feedback.

“This is a plan that is basically ready at this point, and we would like to bring it to the public,” he said. “We’re just waiting to identify what the next steps are as NITA gets set up.”

Archambault named new St. Catherine-St. Lucy principal

‘Per fec t blend of curriculum expertise and the ability to challenge’

By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter

St. Catherine-St. Lucy Catholic School’s new principal is a familiar face.

Asst. Principal Kelly Archambault will officially take that position July 1, re placing the retiring Sharon Leamy.

“I’m beyond grateful and I have big shoes to fill, but she has been the most gracious and intelligent and effective leader I’ve ever worked for and worked under,” Archambault said of Leamy. “She’ll be doing some coaching for me, even though she’s retired.”

That’s not all. Archambault said the personnel that she knows very well from

serving as assistant principal the past two school years at St. Catherine-St. Lu cy will be a big help as well.

“There is a faculty and staf f that has been here and is coming into this new transition with me,” she said. “Even though it’s a new journey and it’s exciting, with some nerves, you’ re in a much more comfortable position when you know and trust your staf f.”

According to a press release, Archambault joined St. Catherine-St. Lucy through the Big Shoulders Fund Schreiber Assistant Principal Residency program after five years at St. Gabriel School in Chicago and many years as an AP English teacher at Foreman High School.

$5 rounds of youth golf return to Columbus Park

Golf with Us program aims to make the sport more a ordable and accessible for kids

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Last year, Bank of America and Youth on Course held their inaugural Golf with Us program, offering $5 rounds of golf to make the sport more accessible to young people Golf with Us returns this year for Chicago-area kids ages 6 through 18, who can sign up for a free one-year membership for Youth on Course, which provides access to thousands of golf courses across the country for less than $5 a round. Columbus Park Golf Course is the only participating course on Chicago’s West Side. The next closest courses are Indian Boundary near O’Hare airport and Edgebrook Golf Course

Rita Cook, president of Bank of America Chicago, said in a statement that Golf with Us is “a vital investment in the future of

our young people right here in Chicago. It’s about breaking down barriers and making golf truly accessible and affordable for the next generation. Through Golf with Us, we’re nurturing the important life skills that will shape who these kids become on and off the course.”

In its first year in 2025, Golf with Us helped over 3,600 Chicago youth, including many first-time golfers, get a free Youth on Course membership. They played over 4,400 rounds of golf across Chicagoland.

Last year’s Chicagoland Golf with Us participants primarily came from the norther n and northwest suburbs, though a sizeable number of participants were also from the Mount Greenwood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side

On Aug. 17, there will be a Golf with Us clinic in Chicago, where professional golf

Archambault “possesses the perfect blend of curriculum expertise and the ability to challenge and support our ty academically, all while faithfully ing every student with open arms eac morning,” said St. Catherine-St. Lucy president Staunton Peck Archambault, who is a member of St Giles Parish, said her time as assistant principal at St. Catherine-St. Lu cy helped her understand how crucial a role Leamy has, and what her approach has to be – a focus on value and relationship building.

“I think one of the biggest challenges for a Catholic school is continually g etting out there in the community and advocating for your school, having a healthy

enrollment and being able to show f amilies that there are different models for your children,” Archambault said.

“Why are we different? What makes us different? When it is a tuition-based school, you have to show people that, Here we are and these are the good things we’re doing and it is a viable option for any family.”

An array of West Side leaders turned out to open the up graded golf facility

bus Park last year.

players and instructors will help teach kids relevant skills.

“Golf teaches powerful life lessons, how to compete, stay patient, and handle setbacks, and those lessons shape who you become,” said Rory McIlroy, who won last year’s and this year’s Masters Tourna-

ment, in a statement. “Opening access to the game is key to giving more kids that opportunity.” Mcllory donated $500,000 to Youth on Course to fund 70,000 rounds of golf this year.

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WEST SUB’S FUTURE

West Suburban Medical Center future in limbo

One campus reopens while another is r ed to be under new management

By BRENDAN HEFFERNAN Staff Reporters

While some “hospital and clinic-based” sumed at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak management has re por tedly taken River Forest campus

Resilience Health leadership put out a statement last week saying that staf f were car rying out some el patient care services at West Suburban main campus on Austin Boulevard. calling patients to set up appointments last the spokesperson said.

Services resuming at the hospital with “primary care initially and then some specialist visits, along with testing services,” the hospital spokesperson said. Some staf f were brought to support the initial reopening, the statement said. T he news of reopening comes amid escalating le tension between Resilience and the hospital’s landlord and part-owner Ramco Holdings. T he dispute between the entities reached a new level last week with Ramco re por tedly looking to evict Resilience from West Sub’s River Forest Campus and install new management.

A five-day eviction notice was placed on an entryway to West Suburban Medical Center’s River Forest campus on Monday, Austin Weekly News repor ted last week.

T he notices were addressed to Resilience Health CEO

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Berwyn, St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood, or Mount Sinai Hospital and Saint

Anthony Hospital near Douglass Park

“It’s problematic that it takes longer to get to the hospital,” said Paul Luning, PCC’s chief medical officer and a family physician. “Patients don’t know where to go.” After West Sub’s family birthplace floor closed, PCC family doctors started delivering at St. Mary’s, and PCC midwives

Manoj from Ramco Holdings T he notice alle ged that there is more than $7.25 million in unpaid rent owed to Ramco for the River Forest proper ty.

Prasad has challenged the eviction in Cook County ourt, he told Austin Weekly News last week. T hough wner Rathnakar Reddy Patola is also a 40% ownesilience Healthcare, his press re presentative said last month he was not involved in the management or operations of West Suburban.

re ported last week that nonprofit Insight Chicago, a non-profit agency that recently took over the operations ofMercy Hospital in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, had taken over the River Forest campus nsight has leased the space from Ramco, hired multile doctors and support staf f from West Suburban and opened clinics for cancer care , primary care, rheumatoly and more, the television station re ported Chicago officials have not responded to Austin s request for comment.

As oflast week, there was also a River Forest notice placed at an entry way to the facility saying that the West Sub building at 7411 Lake St was not fit for occupancy due to there being no r unning water in the building. River Forest officials have not responded to requests about the status of the building.

delivered babies at MacNeal. “We love what we’re doing, but it’s terrible for women on the West Side to not have a hospital to deliver at.”

And while a little bit longer ofa car or ambulance ride might be painful for someone in labor, it can be detrimental to those with more complicated births or sudden deliveries.

“When Maggie arrived, she arrived in a hurry,” said Don Harmon, president of the Illinois State Senate, ofhis youngest daughter who was born at West Suburban in 2000. “There are certainly circumstances where time matters.”

“There are situations in which an extra 15 minutes is something that is detrimental, as they’re driving past the closed hospital that was 4 minutes away,” said Dr. Theresa Chapple, a public health professional and for mer head ofOak Park’s public health department. “Those extra minutes can cost a life.”

The odds that a closer hospital can be life

saving for some expecting mothers is even higher on Chicago’s West Side.

Before Manoj Prasad, CEO of Resilience Healthcare, bought West Suburban at the end of2022, the previous owners, Pipeline Health, reported that over 80% ofthe hospital’s patients were Austin residents, and nearly the same percentage ofpatients were Black.

“Oftentimes when we think about labor and delivery, we think about the best-case scenarios,” Chapple said. “That’s really not the experience of Black people.”

According to a National Center for Health Statistics report, in the United States, the average maternal death rate for Black women is over three times higher than it is for white women. And Black infants are over two-and-a-half-times more likely to die from premature birth or having a low birth weight, according to the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services

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go’s South Side, Austin has the next-highest rate ofsevere maternal morbidity hospitalizations in the city, according to the Chicago Health Atlas.

Such stark disparities are almost certainly linked to disproportionate access to prenatal care and labor and delivery services.

Before PCC midwives were told in November 2024 that they would no longer have delivery privileges at West Suburban, an expecting mother could receive obstetric care, deliver a baby, and continue postpartum care and family medicine services from PCC doctors all at the same hospital.

“We really liked having our family docs, midwives and our OBs all in the same place because we really could be supportive ofeach other,” Luning said. He added that having those same services under one roofprovides a deeper level oftrust and comfort for patients. “That can get a little daunting for a patient who’s going through something that is challenging enough as it is, just having a baby, but trying to figure out who’s going to deliver me and do I trust them, that can be tricky.”

While some area hospitals might have the continuity of care that West Suburban once did, Chapple said many ofthose hospitals “are already taxed” and “one extremely complicated birth can end up costing hospitals an awful lot ofmoney.” She added, “Labor and delivery wards are high-liability wards for hospitals and lowreturn when it comes to financial investments.”

West Sub glory days

West Suburban was once a critically acclaimed hospital for labor and delivery, among other specialties

In the 1970s, Dr. Allison Burdick launched the hospital’s f amily medicine residency prog ram — which lost accreditation last year — to train doctors who recently graduated from medical school in the specialty, including delivering babies.

T hough the Parent Child Center was created in 1980 to provide prenatal, postpartum and infant care to Austin residents, it became a nonprofit in 1992 and a Federally Qualified Health Center two years later, allowing it to expand into a network of over a do z en health centers.

“The reason West Sub was so excited about supporting the Federally Qualified

Health Center was because they were g etting so many patients from Austin that didn’t have primary care,” Luning said.

Dr. Mark Loafman was founding medical director for the PCC Community Wellness Center in 1992. Around the same time, he launched a mater nal-child health fellowship to train f amily doctors to do C-sections.

Luning said that adding the fellowship on top ofthe residency progr am seemed innovative at the time and “I really think elevated the quality ofobstetrical care at West Sub,” Luning said. “No question, in the ‘90s was when West Suburban’s re putation as [having] stellar labor and delivery really arose.”

Luning graduated from West Suburban’s family medicine residency prog ram in 1998 and said, around that time, most ofthe people delivering babies at West Suburban were private obstetricians and f amily doctors who didn’t work for PCC.

“Gradually between 2010 and 2020, we started to see fewer private groups delivering there,” Luning said. Around the Covid-19 pandemic, Luning said PCC doctors and midwives delivered most, ifnot all, the babies at West Suburban.

While it’s difficult to say exactly what contributed to the shift in who was delivering babies at West Suburban, Luning said a few OB groups left the hospital to practice in different municipalities, possibly because ofdisputes with the for-profit hospital owner at the time. He said, while some commercially insured patients left West Sub to stay with their private OB group, “Even in 2020, there were an awful lot of commercially insured patients from Oak Park that would come to the hospital for their knee surgery or to deliver,” Luning said. “It wasn’t the same proportion as it was in 1995, but [the shift] was fairly gradual.”

T hough Chapple came to Oak Park in 2021, she said a factor to the changing demo graphics could be because ofthe several changes in ownership of West Suburban over the past decade.

“As that has happened, services have started to decline. Services decreased as they struggled with finances that led to the hospital’s change-of-hand so many times,” Chapple said.

“I am also wondering whether the forprofit hospital model actually works,” Har mon said. “I’m just not sure the profit motive goes well with a community hospital.”

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Major internal, structural damage

According to the Archdiocese of Chicago real estate department, Our Lady Help of Christians Church was sold in March 2006 to St. Mark International Christian Church, which has locations at 400 N. 5th Ave. in Maywood and Kennesaw, GA. Multiple calls to both locations were not returned. There was also no response to an email to local church pastor Andre Thurmon, who is named in the lawsuit.

No information was available from mortgage holder Ministry Par tners Investment Company, LLC in Brea, CA. Jerry Kurzac, who the lawsuit terms a trustee and contract buyer, could not be located.

Additionally, there was no response to multiple requests for information and comment from the 37th Ward Ald. Emma Mitts

But the lawsuit contends there have been dangerous and unsafe conditions at the vacant and open premises since at least September 2024. The long list includes:

■ A heating system that is missing ductwork, stripped, inoperable and has vandalized.

■ Missing and warped flooring.

■ Missing roof shingles.

■ Broken or missing plaster and damaged studding.

■ Masonry that has step or stress fractures and washed-out mortar joints.

■ Broken or missing glazing, with cracked panes.

■ Broken, missing or inoperable sashes

■ A plumbing system that is missing fixtures, stripped and inoperable, with approximately six inches of standing water in the basement.

■ A staircase with damaged decking and handrails.

■ Cracked rafters.

■ An electrical system with exposed wiring and missing fixtures that is stripped and inoperable.

■ Damaged joints.

Many of the issues identified in the suit are possibly due to smoke, fire or water damage, according to the city’s lawsuit.

According to the first of seven counts indicated in the suit, the city of Chicago requests the court issue an order to either require the defendants to demolish, repair, enclose or clean up the property under proper city permits; authorize the city to do the same, with costs paid by the defendants as a judgment against them; or appoint a receiver to correct the conditions with full powers of receivership. The city also asks the court to permit foreclosure of any city liens against the property.

The second count requests the court assess civil penalties against the defendants in the maximum amount per day from the date of service of summons in the case “until the dangerous and unsafe or uncompleted and abandoned condition is abated.”

Church’s long history

According to information gleaned from archdiocesan archives, Our Lady Help of Christians was founded as a mission of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Oak Park in the 1890s. In summer 1901, Rev. Louis A. Campbell, St. Catherine of Siena pastor, authorized construction of a church buildat Iowa Street and Leamington Avenue, with then-Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan reorganizing the mission as a parish that fall. The first resident pastor was Rev. Joseph P. O’Reilly.

St. Catherine-St. Lucy Church at Austin and Washington in Oak Park was closed a year ago and is currently for sale by the archdiocese

At first, O’Reilly named the parish Our Lady of Mercy but shortly changed the name to Our Lady Help of Christians. That church building was blessed by Auxiliary Bishop Peter J. Muldoon in late 1901. A rectory was constructed in 1902, with a school that opened in 1907.

The foundation of the current church building was laid in August 1926. Cardinal George Mundelein dedicated that building just over a year later in November 1927. In 1936, the school was expanded, with ground broken for a new school in summer 1960, which included classrooms, a gymnasium and a library.

The archdiocese currently owns the school building at 819 and 831-847 N. Leamington Ave. but is attempting to sell it through Chicago-based Baum Realty Group for an asking price of $1.25 million. According to information from the Baum Realty website, the school has “a two-story classroom configuration alongside full sized, high ceiling gymnasium,” along with a 4,500-square-foot gated parking lot and a 27,500-square-foot adjacent vacant parcel.

But again, few details about that sale were for thcoming from Baum Realty.

“I am not able to provide any public comment re garding the property at this time,” said Baum Realty’s Ari Topper.

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West wall of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church on April 3.

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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 15, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 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 3018 W. FLOURNOY ST., CHICAGO, IL 60612

Property Index No. 16-13-301031-0000

The real estate is improved with a three story multi family residence.

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

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. 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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 24-19640IL Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 2024 CH 10730

TJSC#: 46-5

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 # 2024 CH 10730 I3285350

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-E, MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-E Plaintiff, -v.-

MARIA E. RITZUN; IRMA CHAVEZ; THE CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; STATE OF ILLINOIS; Defendants. 25 CH 604 1513 North Springfield Avenue, 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 1/30/2026, an agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www. auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 5/11/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on May 13, 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 1513 North Springfield Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-02-102-

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

022-0000

The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $207,019.09 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 1513 North Springfield Avenue 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: LOGS Legal Group LLP (847) 2911717 please refer to file number 25-102402-FC01. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-2254985 You can also visit www. auction.com. Attorney File No. 25-102402-FC01 Case Number: 25 CH 604 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. I3285288

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF WATERFALL VICTORIA III-NB

GRANTOR TRUST

Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EARLENE COOPER;THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; CLEMENTINE S. BURROUGHS; BARBARA JEAN EDWARDS A/K/A BARBARA SMITH EDWARDS; NORRIS J. COOPER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANTOINETTE MCCLAIN; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DELORES COOPER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MILDRED HAYS; GERALD NORDGREN AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EARLENE COOPER; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 25 CH 7961 CALENDAR 64 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 May 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. 16-15-112-025-0000.

Commonly known as 4736 W. GLADYS AVE., 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, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 4536960. 1422-216351

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3285041

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION

MILL CITY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2021-NMR1

Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LAMARR SPRINGS A/K/A LAMARR TIMOTHY SPRINGS; NEIGHBORHOOD LENDING SERVICES, INC.; DAMON RITENHOUSE AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LAMARR

ESTATE FOR SALE

SPRINGS; LAMARR SPRINGS, JR; SHALAMARR SPRINGS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendant 24 CH 10295 CALENDAR 60 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 May 12, 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. 16-05-425-017-0000 and 16-05-425-017-0000. Commonly known as 5828 West Rice Street, Chicago, IL 60651. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a common interest community unit, 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, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 4536960. 1496-210245 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3284597

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AGENCY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, TIMOTHY WINTERS-BROWN, MATTHEW BROWN, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VELVEDEAN BROWN, WILLIAM BUTCHER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VELVEDEAN BROWN, DECEASED, JAMES BROWN, ELEANOR BROWN, STEVEN BROWN, DANIEL BROWN, CANDACE BROWN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2024CH01953 914 N LOREL AVE 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 February 11, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30

AM on May 15, 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 914 N LOREL AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60651

Property Index No. 16-04-320033-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $378,040.63.

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. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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 CHAD

LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 2416901. Please refer to file number 23-165293. 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.

CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901

E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM Attorney File No. 23-165293 Attorney ARDC No. 6306439 Attorney Code. 65582 Case Number: 2024CH01953 TJSC#: 46-414

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD BANK N.A., Plaintiff, -v.MELISSA JEAN DANIEL; 2159 W. WARREN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants.

2024CH05780

2159 W Warren Blvd, Unit 1, Chicago, IL 60612

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 2/2/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 5/18/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on May 20, 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 2159 W Warren Blvd, Unit 1, Chicago, IL 60612 Property Index No. 17-07-330061-1001

The real estate is improved with a Condominium. The judgment amount was $210,550.84 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 2159 W Warren Blvd, Unit 1 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: Diaz Anselmo & Associates, LLC (630) 453-6960 please refer to file number 1446-202474. 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. 1446-202474 Case Number: 2024CH05780 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. I3285514

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFRA TRUST 2021-1 Plaintiff, -v.1878, INC., JEMAL KING, CAMILLE KING

Defendants

23 CH 09520

6223 S. SAINT LAWRENCE AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60637, 7400 S. PRINCETON AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60621, 7420 S. KENWOOD AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60619, 24 W. 111TH PLACE CHICAGO, IL 60628, 4007 W. JACKSON BOULEVARD 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 March 5, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 18, 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 6223 S. SAINT LAWRENCE AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60637, 7400 S. PRINCETON AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60621, 7420 S. KENWOOD AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60619, 24 W. 111TH PLACE CHICAGO, IL 60628, 4007 W. JACKSON BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 20-15-420007-0000, 20-28-224-016-0000, 20-26-225-025-0000, 25-21203-017-0000, 16-15-219-0200000

The real estate is improved with a two story multi family residence for each property.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 23-16341IL Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 23 CH 09520 TJSC#: 46-817

Case # 23 CH 09520 I3285737

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AUSTIN FORWARD. TOGETHER. 2026 QUARTER 1

April 22, 2026

THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY PUBLISHED ITS FIRST QUALITY-OF-LIFE PLAN CALLED AUSTIN FORWARD. TOGETHER. (AFT) IN 2018. THIS QUARTERLY PUBLICATION DESCRIBES HOW AUSTIN COMING TOGETHER (ACT) IS SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT AFT AND OTHER EFFORTS.

CENTRAL AVENUE ACTIVATED

The Central Avenue plan has brought major momentum to Austin

Since 2010, Austin Coming Together (ACT) has facilitated collaboration to improve education and economic development outcomes in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Today, we serve a network of 50+ organizations committed to improving the quality of life in the Austin community. Our strategic plan is called Thrive 2025 and outlines how we will mobilize our resources to achieve four impact goals by the year 2025: Quality Early Learning, Safe Neighborhoods, Living Wage Careers, and Stable Housing Markets.

ACT BOARD

OF DIRECTORS

Officers

CHAIR

Larry Williams

Broker, State Farm Insurance

VICE CHAIRMAN

Bradly Johnson

CEO, BUILD Inc.

SECRETARY

Jerrod Williams

Law Clerk, Illinois Appellate Court

ACT STAFF

Leadership

Darnell Shields

Executive Director

Research & Evaluation

Andrew Born*

Senior Director of Community Impact

Mia Almond Research Associate

TREASURER

LaDarius Curtis

Director of Community Engagement, Greater Chicago Food Depository

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Darnell Shields

Austin Coming Together

Directors

Sharon Morgan

Director of Graduate Support & Community Outreach, Catalyst Schools

Reverend Reginald E. Bachus

Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church

Naysha Alcala

Data & Systems Analyst

Operations

Deirdre Bates Director of Operations

Dearra Williams Executive Liaison

Londen Mance Office Administrator

Alfred Jackson Community Liaison/ receptionist

Marsha Williams Office Clerk

Strategic Initiatives

Sandra Diaz*

Service Delivery Enhancement Manager, Hub @Aspire Center

Emone Moore Engagement Specialist

ACT MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

A House in Austin

Academy of Scholastic Achievement

Austin Childcare

Providers Network

Austin Community Family

Center

Austin Weekly News

Be Strong Families

Beat the Streets Chicago

Bethel New Life

Beyond Hunger

BUILD Inc.

By The Hand Club For Kids

Cara

Catholic Charities

Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures

Chicago Community Loan Fund

City of Refuge

Defy Ventures Illinois

Erikson Institute

Friends of the Children

Friendship Community Development Corp. of

Austin

Greater West Town

Community Development

Project

Housing Forward i.c. stars

IFF

Institute for Nonviolence

Chicago

Jane Addams Resource

Tenisha Jones

Executive Management Professional

Reginald Little

Business Development Specialist, Great Lakes Credit Union

Deborah Williams-Thurmond

Founder & CEO, D.W. Provision Consulting Services

Ruth Kimble

Founder & CEO, Austin Childcare Providers Network

Dollie Sherman Engagement Specialist

Ethan Ramsay* Planning and Investment Manager, Austin Forward Together

Grace Cooper Lead Organizer

Natalie Goodin

Special Projects Manager

Arewa EKUA Community Organizer

Corporation

Kids First Chicago

KRA Westside American

Job Center

Learning Edge Tutoring (fka Cluster Tutoring)

Legal Aid Chicago (fka LAF)

Manufacturing

Renaissance

Mary Shyrese Daycare

Maryville Academy

Mercy Housing Lakefront

New Moms

Max Komnenich

Associate Principal, Lamar Johnson Collaborative In Memoriam

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jack Macnamara

1937–2020

FOUNDING BOARD CHAIR

Mildred Wiley 1955–2019

La’Shawna Bundy

Community Land Trust Coordinator

Mary White Community Resource Coordinator

Krystal Cano Community Resource Coordinator

Ariel Bland Community Resource Coordinator

OAI, Inc.

Oak Park Regional Housing Center

Open Books

PCC Community Wellness Center

Project Exploration

Renaissance Social Services, Inc.

Sarah’s Inn

South Austin

Neighborhood Association

St. Joseph Services

St. Leonard’s Ministries

Marketing & Development

Robbie Gorman* Director of Development

Jon Widell

Marketing and Development Specialist

Sydni Hatley

Marketing and Development Specialist

Stone Community Development Corporation

The Catalyst Schools

The Journey Forward

The North Avenue

District, Inc.

Towers of Excellence

UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work

VOCEL

Westside Health Authority

West Side Forward

Worldvision

*Also part of the ACT Leadership Team

Youth Guidance

District, Inc.

Towers of Excellence

UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work

VOCEL

Westside Health Authority

West Side Forward

Worldvision

Youth Guidance

Hope is on the Horizon: Central Avenue is at the Center

By Darnell Shields Executive Director, Austin Coming Together

As we move further into 2026, we have been reflecting on both the progress Austin has made and the work still ahead. The Central Avenue Action Plan offers great inspiration for what this corridor could become. It sees Central Avenue as a main corridor connecting transit, schools, parks, business areas, and other important neighborhood spaces. It also outlines the partners and pathways for safer streets, stronger quality of life, and more investment in a communityled development. Below are a few examples of how that vision is already starting to take shape.

CULTURAL ANCHORS AND PHYSICAL SPACES

One of the clearest signs of progress is the growing strength of the corridor’s physical and cultural anchors. Kehrein Center for the Arts continues to be an important gathering place for performances, events, and community connection. Other nearby investments, including the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, PCC Wellness expansion, Habitat Housing, the Green Line renovation, and Frank Lloyd Wright Walser House.

Recent investments in public art from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and others are intended to help the corridor feel more welcoming while celebrating local culture. These efforts reflect the plan’s focus on strengthening key assets, highlighting Austin’s culture, and making Central a place where opportunity and identity grow side by side.

PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITY

The plan also makes clear that a stronger corridor depends on a safer and more inviting public realm. The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, part of the SC2 initiative, is a key partner in that work through community violence intervention and efforts to address the root causes of violence in Chicago. Their work helps create the conditions for residents to gather, for community events like farmers markets to grow, and for investment to take hold along the corridor.

SOUL CITY AND CORRIDOR IDENTITY

The Soul City Corridor expansion to a District spanning north to south from Division St. to Madison St. is another strong example of how the broader vision is taking shape. . Led by Austin African

American Business Networking Association, whose Executive Director Malcolm Crawford, was awarded the Mildred Wiley Community Fire Award at the 2025 ACT Membership Awards, has been a crucial partner in developing this. It has been designed to bring hope and investment in local businesses, with the initiative acting as a gateway to Chicago and expanded exposure highlighting black culture, art, food and music. This plan incorporates safety through design, aiming to reduce crime along the corridor around Central Avenue.

POLICY, TRANSIT, AND THE WORK AHEAD

The plan also recognizes that progress will depend on more than physical projects alone. It will take public investment, strong partnerships, and leadership that can help move community priorities forward. With the anticipated changes in political

representation resulting from the recent election for IL State Rep and US Congress, their offices will need to appropriately support districts where development is a major focal point, specifically addressing prosperity on the Westside, looking to align with investments in infrastructure and community safety, there is room for even more progress and growth in the community.

Additionally, a recent bill was passed, signed into law in December 2025, that requires the CTA to rebuild the Blue Line station at Central Avenue, which has been abandoned since 1973, as part of a $1.5 billion transit reform package that will add another viable public transit option in the community. There are already signs of progress along Central Avenue. The work is still unfolding, but these developments reflect several of the priorities laid out in the Central Avenue Action Plan.. n

Developments and major investment projects: A peek into a number of recent major investment projects reigniting the corridor

Organizing a plan for Central Avenue has not only created a renewed energy in the community, it’s influence has attracted real investment to reignite the corridor..

ASPIRE CENTER FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION ($44 MILLION)

Breaking ground in 2023, and opening its doors to the community in June 2025, this transformative development project, in partnership with Austin Coming Together and Westside Health Authority, has been a major milestone in the transformation of the Central Avenue corridor. This redevelopment of the former Emmet Elementary (a school closed in 2013) sits on the corner on Madison and Central is a workforce development hub for Austin with a manufacturing training center, bank branch, legal services, and community space. The Anchor Tenants in the building are: Austin Coming Together, Westside Health Authority, Jane Addams Resource Corporation, and BMO..

$44 MILLION

PCC WELLNESS EXPANSION ($20 MILLION)

PCC Wellness took what used to be five vacant lots in Austin and turned it into what is now the over 30,000 sq ft PCC Community Wellness Center’s Family Health Center. A state-of-the-art health facility that offers affordable primary care, and expands PCC’s behavioral health and substance use treatment options. The expansion has a particular focus around diabetes and nutrition education, and a growing behavioral team aimed at comprehensive care they can now offer to thousands more community residents. The expansion includes partnerships with Thresholds Health and Windy City Harvest.

$20 MILLION

When we make a commitment to a neighborhood, it’s not just the start. It’s where we are going to go for the distance…we’re going to be here for years and years to come.

JENNIFER PARKS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO

HABITAT HOUSING (2.8 MILLION)

GREEN LINE’S AUSTIN STATION RENOVATION ($25 MILLION)

In April of 2025, Habitat for Humanity broke ground on a multi-year project to spur the development of more a ordable housing in Austin. Their e orts will result in seven new homes in Central Austin. Habitat’s work with Austin Coming Together began in 2023 when they began seeking out working with organizations in the community invested in seeking to bring a ordable housing to the neighborhood.

This project, started in 2025, has aimed at improving accessibility at the Green Line’s Austin station. The station which originally opened in 1899, has not been upgraded since 1962. The renovation Includes a new elevator, escalator, and ramp, in addition to a platform extension and reconstruction of the stairs.

$2.8 MILLION $25 MILLION

With the release of the AFT Highlighted Agenda, ACT is going “on the road!” Our team will be on tour and available to co-host discussions about the new phase of Austin’s AFT quality-of-life plan and its vision and strategy, with block clubs, churches, community organizations, coalitions, etc. Other ways we’ll ensure to update the community on the progress of implementing the Highlighted Agenda are through newspaper sections like this, emails, and social media.

Plan Leaders

Community

Narrative

TASK FORCE CHAIRS

Kenneth Varner

Healthy Schools Campaign

Dearra Williams

Austin Coming Together

Reesheda Nicole Berry

The Kindred Civic Arts Forum

STRATEGY LEADS

Cindy Gray Schneider

Spaces-n-Places

Maria Sorrell

Community Resident

Megan Hinchy

Ann & Robert H. Lurie

Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Andraya Yousﬁ

By the Hand Club for Kids

Jai Jones United Way and Community Resident

Adrienne Otkins Community Resident

Michael Romain The Culture

Keli Stewart Front Porch Arts Center

Imani Lewis Civic Researcher

Kenn Cook Westside Historical Collective

Economic Development

TASK FORCE CHAIR

Roxanne Charles West Side Forward

STRATEGY LEADS

Emily Peters Jane Addams Resource Corporation

Tina Augustus Community Resident

Melissa O’Dell Defy Ventures

Fanya Buford-Berry Community Resident

Baxter Swilley Community Stakeholder

Ed Coleman Austin Chamber of Commerce

Nikea Banks

Community Resident

Education

TASK FORCE CHAIR

Charles Anderson

Michele Clark High School

STRATEGY LEADS

Pam Price Director of Parent University

Ruth Kimble

Austin Childcare Providers Network

Cata Truss Community Resident

Housing

TASK FORCE CHAIRS

Athena Williams Oak Park Regional Housing Center

Allison McGowan Community Resident

STRATEGY LEADS

Shirley Fields Community Resident

Rosie Dawson Westside Health Authority

Public Safety

TASK FORCE CHAIRS

Langston Harris Project Exploration

Deondre Rutues

Rutues Center for Business & People Development

STRATEGY LEADS

Edwina Hamilton BUILD Inc.

Jose Abonce The Policing Project

Ruby Taylor Taproots, Inc.

Youth Empowerment

TASK FORCE CHAIR

Kenya Hawkins Community Stakeholder

STRATEGY LEADS

Aisha Oliver Root2Fruit

Helen Slade Territory NFP

Dollie Sherman Austin Coming Together

Chris Thomas YourPassion1st

Civic Engagement

TASK FORCE CHAIR

Deborah Williams-Thurmond

D.W. Provision Consulting Services

New Aspirations on the Corridor

By Jonathan Widell Marketing & Development Specialist, Austin Coming Together

Since the release of Austin’s Central Avenue Action Plan in late 2024, there has been meaningful progress along the corridor. The plan laid out a vision for Central as the spine of the community, connecting business districts, transit, schools, parks and major neighborhood assets.

At Madison and Central, the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation has become one of the early anchors of that vision, bringing new activity and attention to a key corner. The center’s grand opening on Juneteenth (6/19) was one of the clearest examples. The day included a ribbon cutting, tours, food trucks, wellness activities and a community celebration that drew hundreds of residents, families and partners to the Aspire Center.

In the months that followed, the corner continued to see activity through events tied to Aspire’s partners, including grand opening and community focused events. Together,

those events brought a steadier flow of people to Madison and Central and offered an early sense of how Aspire can contribute to the corridor beyond the services provided inside.

At the same time, ACT and its partners have been working to better understand what that activity may mean over time. Through corporate and philanthropic partnerships, Aspire is part of a broader effort to study how projects like this interact with nearby economic activity. Using privacy-protected spending data, the partnership is helping surface more timely and nuanced information about how activity shifts around major investments.

The plan provides a framework for guiding investment, partnership and long-term growth. As development continues to take shape, ACT remains focused on stewarding both the plan and the momentum already beginning to build around it. Looking ahead, the work is to keep building from what is here: supporting new businesses, strengthening partnerships and helping new relationships take root along the corridor.

By leveraging the Central Avenue Action plan and the opening of the Aspire Center, we have an opportunity to champion our local economy by inspiring more people to shop local and continue supporting the amazing small businesses around Madison and Central.

ETHAN RAMSAY, CENTRAL AVENUE