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Austin residents praise new Pop Courts

During the June 17 ribboncutting, city officials touted the project as a signal of West Side investment

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Austin residents living near the intersection of Chicago and Lockwood avenues now have a place where they can hang out, play basketball, get food from food trucks and enjoy occasional outdoor events.

Located on the previously vacant lot at the southeast corner of the intersection, the Pop Courts has a basketball court that can double as an event space, a gravel-paved alley for food trucks and a shaded lawn area with an artificial turf, chairs and triangular overhangs.

Artists painted a mural with prominent Black historical figures and fictional characters on the nearby wall and the concrete surfaces are painted in bright colors.

Pop Courts is a collaboration between Special Service Area 72 Austin Chicago Avenue Cultural Corridor, the Westside Health Authority, United Way Chicago, and the Chicago Department of Planning and Development.

Austin artist Vanessa Stokes, who manages SSA 72, wanted to do something with a vacant lot and the city’s planning department was looking to create community meeting spots as part of the Invest South/West initiative, which directs city and private resources toward Black and Brown communities.

The organizations held a ribbon-cutting on June 17. While the groundbreaking for the See POP COURTS on page 8

Art’s possibilities

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”God is love, I said, but art’s the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity,” (Ralph Ellison, “Juneteenth”).

Juneteenth revelers bask in the day in downtown Chicago on June 19. See more Juneteenth photos by Paul Goyette on page 4.

Austin Jesuit school planning $25M expansion The Chicago Jesuit Academy, 5058 W. Jackson Blvd., is looking to build an all-girls’ school

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Austin’s Chicago Jesuit Academy, 5058 W. Jackson Blvd., a Catholic elementary school that currently only enrolls boys in the third through eighth grades, is preparing to add a school for girls to its campus.

The Chicago Academy, which opened in 2007, shares the campus with Christ the King Jesuit College Prep High School. Ac-

cording to the Academy officials, Jesuit schools are traditionally either all-boys or all-girls, and they decided to make this school all-boys after getting community feedback about the need for an all-boys institution on the West Side. Since then, parents, alumni and community residents have been asking the school to create something similar for girls.

The Academy decided to build a separate girls’ school on what is currently the cam-

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pus parking lot and buy up some nearby homes and city-owned lots to build replacement parking.

Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), whose ward includes the portion of Austin the campus is in, said that, since the original Academy was built as a planned development, the city council needs to approve the project.

The Academy hopes to complete the project in June 2023.

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Vaccinated Illinoisans entered into $10M lottery Any resident vaccinated automatically entered into lottery, which includes $7M in cash prizes for adults over 18, $3M in student scholarships

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois

Any vaccinated Illinoisan will be automatically entered into a lottery for $10 million in prizes without having to take any extra steps to enter.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced the “all in for the win” vaccine lottery at an event in Chicago, noting it would award $7 million in cash prizes for adults 18 years of age and older, as well as $3 million in scholarship awards for Illinoisans ages 12 to 17.

The first drawing will be conducted by the Illinois Lottery on July 8 and drawings will continue into August. Prizes will include cash payments from $100,000 to $1 million. Scholarships would be in the form of Bright Start 529 savings plans worth $150,000 each.

The money is allocated from federal American Rescue Plan funding, of which the state received more than $8 billion.

Drawings will be conducted statewide and individually in the state’s Restore Illinois regions that coincided with mitigation efforts throughout the pandemic. In the final drawing August 26, the winners of the final two of three $1 million prizes will be chosen from a statewide pool.

To receive a vaccine, Illinoisans were required to give their

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at an event in Chicago on June 17 to announce a $10 million lottery in which vaccinated Illinoisans will be automatically entered. information to the medical professional who administered the vaccine, so Pritzker said that is how the names will be chosen for the drawings. Anyone having received at least their first dose by July 1 would be eligible for prizes in the first drawing.

Those who win would be contacted by the Illinois Department of Public Health, who will seek permission to share the winner’s name with the Illinois Lottery. IDPH will not share information without a recipient’s consent, according to a news release.

More information is available at allin.illinois.gov.

Pritzker made that announcement as the state’s positivity rate continued to plummet and as nearly 70 percent of the state’s 18-and-older population had received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. That number was 67 percent for Illinoisans 12 and older,

and 89 percent for those 65 and older.

For full vaccination, the number as of Thursday was 50 percent for 12 and older, 53 percent for 18 and older, and 73 percent for 65 and older.

Pritzker and IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said they were hopeful that the lottery would increase vaccine participation to continue to drive positivity rates and hospitalizations downward. They noted vaccinations remain free for Illinoisans at a variety of locations, such as mass vaccination sites, local health departments, chain and small pharmacies, doctors’ offices and Federally Qualified Health Centers.

“While our vaccination numbers in Illinois are good, we can’t stop there. We still need more people, as many people as possible, and there is a pool of 3 million eligible people who are not yet vaccinated. We still need you to step up and get vaccinated,” Ezike said.

Ezike and Pritzker also noted that more dangerous variants of the virus are gaining steam, and as long as there are unvaccinated individuals in whom the virus can find a home, it could continue to become more dangerous as a variant.

According to the IDPH website, the state has identified 64 cases of the delta variant first found in India. That strain is a “variant of concern,” according to federal health officials, and could be more transmissible and cause more severe symptoms for those who are unvaccinated.

“We have to stop this virus from circulating before it mutates to the point that we get a variant that threatens the vaccine immunity that the 70 percent of us… are already pursuing. And the way to stop that is through vaccination,” Ezike said.

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North Lawndale housing plan confronts affordability question Developers say residents who can’t afford the homes will get benefit from subsidies, but goal is also to lure high earners back to community

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The proposal to build 100 new single-family homes on the city-owned land in North Lawndale has encountered questions about just how affordable those houses are to the residents who are already there.

Lawndale Christian Development Corporation (LCDC), 3843 W. Ogden Ave., has teamed up with Pullman-based Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives to build 250 homes in North Lawndale.

As part of that goal, they are trying to buy 100 city-owned lots scattered throughout the area between Roosevelt Road, Christiana Avenue, Cermak Road and Albany Avenue. Under the City Lots for Working Families (CL4WF) program, they would be able to buy each lot for $1 and use private funding to build the homes, selling them for $250,000.

The sale has to be approved by several entities, including the Chicago Community Development Commission. During the June 8 meeting, Commissioner Gwendolyn Butler repeatedly asked whether the existing residents would be able to afford those homes.

The developers responded that they plan to use subsidies to make the homes affordable to residents while also acknowledging that they are looking to bring in homebuyers from outside the community who won’t need the subsidies.

The land sale will still need to be approved by the Chicago City Council. According to the presentation to the development commission, the city hasn’t settled on a date for when it will be introduced to the City Council.

The Lawndale Christian Development Corporation is an affordable housing development company launched in 1987 by the Lawndale Christian Community Church. Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives was founded in 2010 to encourage economic development in “lowto-moderate income neighborhoods” by developing affordable housing and grocery stores, and lending money to local entrepreneurs.

The 100 city lots are located on portions of Kedzie Avenue, Sawyer Avenue, Albany Avenue, 15th Place, 15th Street and Troy Street, as well as at 2433 S. Christiana Ave., 3122 W. 16th St., 3146 W. 16th St. and 3150 W. 19th St. According to the presentation to the commission, the developers are financing the project through a $21 million loan from the United Power for Action and Justice’s Reclaiming

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HOUSING SITES: An aerial image of the place in North Lawndale where developers want to build 100 new single-family homes on city-owned land.

Communities Fund, which gets money from “banks, foundations and high net worth individuals.” The developers have also secured $3 million in subsidies from the state. Most of the money – around $21.9 million – would go toward construction.

CL4WF requires all homes built on the property to be affordable to residents earning at least 120 percent of the Area Median Income for the Chicagoland region, which is currently between $85,560 and $99,820.

But according to the American Community Survey roughly 85 percent of households in North Lawndale earn incomes of less than $75,000. Roughly 74 percent of North Lawndale households make less than $50,000.

Ald. Michael Scott (24th) whose ward includes most of North Lawndale west of California Avenue, told the commission that he supports the project as part of his broader push to bring quality affordable housing to the community. Those homes would benefit existing residents and encourage residents who may have left the community to come back.

“We [want to] make sure that the individuals who have been here, who are indigenous to this community have affordable, quality homes,” Scott said. “In a community that has lost population over the last 60 to 70 years, it kind of helps us bring people to our community in a quality, dignified way.”

Butler pressed the developers on whether an average North Lawndale resident would be able to afford the homes.

Ricard Townsell, LCDC’s executive director, replied that they would use the state subsidies, as well as funding from the Illinois Housing Development Authority and private banks such as J.P. Morgan Chase to provide subsidies to make the costs affordable to an average North Lawndale resident.

The lower-income homebuyers would also get credit counseling through LCDC. Townsell noted, however, that they would also be look-

ing for homebuyers who earn more.

“We, think on the bottom end, [we will have homebuyers with] combined family income of about $50,000, and then on the top end, we’re trying to find people who don’t need any subsidy,” he said.

Scott said one of his goals is to bring people of various income levels to North Lawndale.

“We’re grossly underpopulated, so what this aims to do is not only to help folks who are there, but attract residents who would not be there, who would maybe be on the opposite end of that spectrum,” he said.

Butler pressed Scott on what he would do “to ensure that those who are living in the area can participate.” He responded that, when bringing the projects before the commission, “the first folks that I think about are folks who are indigenous to this community.”

“My grandparents got to Lawndale about 85 years ago and took root, and were not able to afford [to buy a home] in this community their entire lives,” Scott said. “I want to make sure that the [generational] wealth is passed down to folks, so they don’t have to jettison this community anymore, because we have quality, affordable housing that they can live in and pass it down to their children.”

Commissioner Shirley Newsome wondered how many local jobs the development would create. Under CL4WH, the developers will not need to follow the minority and local hiring requirements that usually come with any development involving city-owned land.

Townsell replied that they would be “largely [using] local African-American and Latino contractors.” The developers would also team up with the North Lawndale Employment Network to hire local residents.

Townsell that they will not know how many construction jobs the development will create until the land sale is complete.

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An architectural rendering of the proposed expansion for Austin’s Chicago Jesuit Academy.

JESUIT ACADEMY Soon for girls, too from page 1 Chicago Jesuit Academy and Christ the King College occupy the former St. Martin de Porres Parish elementary school property, with the Academy taking over the L-shaped former school building on the northeast side of the lot and Christ the King building a brand new, similarly L-shaped school on the southwest side of the lot. The parking lot is located on the north side of the property, between the two school buildings.

The Academy held a virtual meeting on June 10 to share the details about the plans.

According to the presentation, the new addition would be built over the parking lot, with a new entrance linking together two buildings.

Tom Van Grinsven, the academy’s vice president of operations, said that the green space that’s currently between Holy Cross and the parking lot will function more like a quad for the entire campus.

To make up for the loss of the parking lot, the academy plans to build two parking lots for both schools. Van Grinsven said the owner of 5099 W. Jackson Blvd. agreed to sell the property to the school, and they plan on buying a city-owned lot at 5093 W. Jackson Blvd. The second parking lot would be located closer to the Academy, at 5043-5047 W. Quincy St. When asked about local hiring, Van Grinsven said that their priority would be to hire the alumni who work in trades. Chicago Jesuit Academy President Mathew Lynch explained that the school found that they had to build their own pipeline to make sure their students can get into trades after they graduate, working with East Garfield Park-based Revolution Workshop, 3410 W. Lake St., to train them once they are old enough to qualify.

Van Grinsven said that the majority of the students come from Austin, West Garfield

Park, East Garfield Park, North Lawndale and Little Village, with a “significant number of students” coming from west suburban Maywood, Bellwood and Berkley.

Ervin said that the changes to the planned development would need to clear the Chicago Plan Commission before going to the City Council for final approval. He said that he didn’t expect the process to start until late this year.

Van Grinsven said that they hope to start construction in January 2022, with the goal of getting the school up and running in time for the start of 2023-24 school year begins in June.

Academy officials said Friday that the total current budget for the project, including architectural design, construction and furnishings, is $25 million.

“In the past year, we have raised $15.6 million in support of our campus expansion and the creation of the new girls’ program,” Lynch explained in an email statement. “We expect to raise the remaining $9.4 million by November.”

Ervin said that he supported the project and that he was pleased with the community outreach the academy has done.

“I think it’s a positive addition for the community,” he said, adding that he thought it offered a great preparation for a high school and that the more kids could enroll in quality elementary schools, the better.

Lynch said that the project will benefit new students and existing families alike.

“One of the big parts of why we’re doing it is we love the idea of what the campus will become — an accessible, [quality] education for any child in third through eighth grades,” he said.

“We ask families with sons and daughters to straddle two different schools and different schedules,” he added. “And the thought that they [will] have two children under one roof is very attractive for a lot of our families, and we’re excited that they will both be on campus.”

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The booming real estate market

had been reading about the current shortage of real estate inventory. Because of it, people have been offering to pay more than the listing price for houses. As I perused the real estate listings, I found a house for sale in the 1400 block of North Parkside.

The listing price was $125,000.

Based on the pictures accompanying the listing, it was easy to see that the house needed at least a minimum of $50,000, maximum of $100,000 in work.

At minimum, it would need a complete gutting of the interior, with a new kitchen and bathroom a must. I would presume the heating system and hot water system would need to be replaced. Repairs to the front and back porch would also be a necessity. And a new roof.

The listing said the house was “hot” and would sell quickly. Being a skeptic, I wondered if it would. So every couple of days I would check the listing to see what was going on. In just over two weeks, the listing went from available to sell pending.

And another quick check of the listing a couple of days ago showed it’s now reported as having sold. The fact that it closed that quickly means it was probably paid for in cash. And the closing price was $20,000 more than the asking price!

Truthfully, I was amazed the house sold for that much. But it was probably purchased by an investor type who will be rehabbing the house to resell it. And the resale price is going to be an interesting one. So fair warning to people who try to sell their homes outside the current real estate agent market. With the housing

market and the final sale prices going out the roof, you could be cheating yourself out of thousands of dollars if you accept a low cash offer. Rare is the property in Austin that should close for less than $100,000, no matter the condition.

I had the opportunity to be in a local home improvement store and checked the price of lumber. It is not a pretty sight!

But when work has to be done, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and just pay the cost. I am fortunate in that the majority of my projects currently do not involve needing to purchase lumber.

With the real estate market in Austin booming, it is imperative to take care of the property we already have. Thus, I spent two weeks removing Home Depot’s Behr brand DeckOver paint from my deck.

Since I am the one who painted it in the first place, my only anger was at myself for having been lured into the belief that the stuff would last for 10 years, maintenance free. It barely lasted four.

For the past couple of years it had been peeling in various spaces. I tried putting paint stripper on it, but even after an hour it would not get that stuff to come up. It was gummy like melted crayons. I was forced to use a heat gun and supplement that with a paint remover pad on a grinder. Finally I was able to make progress. I got the stuff all up and I’m currently resealing the deck with waterproofing sealer.

I currently do not have plans to sell my home, but when I do, I expect top dollar for it.

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Mayor Lightfoot calls racism a public health crisis The mayor’s declaration follows a report that showed Black Chicagoans suffer massive health disparities rooted in historic inequities

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

Chicago is battling another public health crisis alongside the global coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on June 17.

Systemic racism.

The declaration of racism as a public health crisis comes as the city wrestles with the disparate impact of the coronavirus pandemic that fell hardest on Black and Latinx communities. Chicago follows in the footsteps of about 150 cities and counties across more than two dozen states that have declared racism is a public health issue.

Lightfoot made the announcement at an exhibit honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The devastation of the pandemic “laid bare” how systemic racism impacts people’s health, not only through access to care but also through social determinants of health like income and food scarcity, Lightfoot said.

Pascal Sabino/Block Club Chicago “At almost every single point in our city’s history, racism has taken a devastating toll KICKER: Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared racism a public health crisis at the Martin Luther King Jr. exhibit in North Lawndale. on the health and well-being of our residents of color — especially those who are ers for the growing life expectancy gap be- health department study.

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Black,” Lightfoot said. “Without formally tween Black and non-Black Chicagoans. It To address those racialized health disThis year, the program will focus primaracknowledging this detrimental impact, estimates Black people in Chicago live 9.2 parities, the public health department is ily on increasing vaccine uptake in comwe will never be able to move forward as fewer years than non-Black people. creating six Healthy Chicago Equity Zones munities hardest hit by the pandemic, said a city and fully provide our communities Findings also show Black Chicagoans spanning the entire city in partnership Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the with the resources they have a 70 percent higher with local community groups in each zone. city public health department. In the funeed to live happy and death rate for diabetes- The department is reallocating $9.6 million ture, the zones will shift gears to “confront healthy lives.” related issues. Homicide in COVID-19 relief funds from the Centers the root factors” of health inequalities like Lightfoot said the decrates are nine times higher. for Disease Control and Prevention to lack of access to health care and social serlaration will be backed by Black people account for implement strategies to reduce health in- vices, food scarcity, housing conditions, city-led initiatives to adhalf of people living with equalities. public safety and the built neighborhood dress social factors that HIV. The opioid-related “The things that lead to life expectancy environments, Arwady said. overwhelmingly account overdose death rate is gap … are rooted fundamentally in system“Life opportunities, from education to for health disparities, inthree times higher, the reic racism,” Lightfoot said, “but they maniemployment to housing, are different in cluding lack of access to LORI LIGHTFOOT port found. fest themselves in lots of different ways. So neighborhoods just a few miles apart. And housing, public safety, Mayor of Chciago Infant mortality rates are what we have been trying to do is counter- this is the evidence of deeply rooted social, education and economic nearly three times higher act that history, that legacy by making the structural and power inequities that have opportunity, “every single for Black children com- kinds of investments, public housing, and long privileged white Chicagoans,” Arone of which have through pared to non-Black chil- public health, in the support services that wady said. our history as a nation dren in their first year of we provide.” have been impacted by systemic racism.”

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POP COURTS Bright addition from page 1 project in October 2020 was held in the shadow of climbing COVID-19 cases, the officials framed the ribbon-cutting as a symbol of the post-COVID recovery.

Lillie Sanders, who lives near the Pop Courts, at 624 N. Lockwood Ave., was one of the seniors who watched the kids play basketball.

“Whoever came up with this idea, this gorgeous idea … it couldn’t be better if I did it,” Sanders quipped.

“It’s beautiful and nice for the kids,” said Precious Pantoja, also of Austin. “The people who did it, they did a great job.”

Several artists involved in Pop Courts’ creation attended the festivities. Emone Quabeem, of Austin, was one of the artists who painted the paved surfaces. He said that he wanted to be part of the project, so he reached out to Stokes.

“I love how it came together, “Quabeem said.

Artist Barrett Keithley helped paint the mural that went on the wall and said that he wanted to create something that would ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer “pay homage to our ancestors” who fought for ON AND POPPING: The new mural is seen on Thursday, June 17, 2021, during the ribbon cutting the betterment of the for the Pop Courts on Chicago and Lockwood Avenues in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Black community, as well as something that kids portant that we are refocusing our urged residents to take good care of the Pop Courts. could see themselves in.

“If you see something, you say something, because we have efforts to ensure that the social and “It was a process that I economic recovery in our city is eq- to manage this park moving forward,” he said. “It has to be was glad to be a part of,” clean and it has to be safe.”

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer uitable, and that means no one gets Keithley reflected. “I’m Chicago Development and Planning Commissioner Maurice left behind.” happy to see so many peo- Gus Rickette, owner of Uncle Remus Chicken, embraces Cox described the plaza as “a down payment on long-term inAld. Emma Mitts (37th), whose ple come out and support friends on June 17, 2021, during the ribbon cutting for vestment.” the community.” ward includes the court, lauded the the Pop Courts on Chicago and Lockwood Avenues in Throughout the press conference, a toddler ran and danced Mayor Lori Lightfoot project as a step toward post-panChicago’s Austin neighborhood. in front of the podium, which is exactly what Cox wanted described Pop Courts as demic recovery. to see. part of her commitment “I never saw anything like this “Another part of this effort is to make sure that everyone to reverse the historic pattern of disinvestment in the West in my community and I’m truly, truly elated and excited,” she feels welcome in this space,” Cox said. “I can’t tell you how Side communities.

“I made a commitment to the West Side that we would not said. “Now is the time, coming out of the pandemic, that we excited I am to see a young kid running around. This is a abandon you, that we’d be present, not just with words but with can have a place where we can go and yes, a place where our space for them.” actions,” she said. “Ladies and gentlemen, as we continue to children can play, and yes, where we can listen to some blues.”

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West Siders lament another mass shooting

West Siders say the wave of crime will only end when young people have access to jobs, resources and programs

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

Five people were wounded on June 15 in a shooting in West Garfield Park — the second mass shooting that day in Chicago.

The shooting happened about 9:20 p.m. in the 3800 block of West Monroe Street, near the main commercial corridor of West Garfield Park. The victims — one woman and four men — were outside when one person or multiple people shot them. Detectives are investigating, but no one is in custody, police said.

“I feel and I hurt for the people involved. But this is nothing new. It’s a different scenario, but it’s the same type of tragedy that occurs in the community. And, unfortunately, it’s something that’s going to continue until something changes,” said Rev. DeWayne Davis from New Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church.

The community has called for an end to the violence for at least 40 years, Davis said, but gun crimes have worsened in recent years.

Residents reacted to the shooting with frustration that more has not been done to control violence in the area. Just blocks away from where the shooting occurred is an open-air drug market that residents say has allowed crime to flourish nearby.

“I could look out my door right now and there’s three or four guys who sell drugs every single day. And the police sit in the middle of the street and watch these guys and don’t do anything,” said Litonya Patton, a longtime resident who runs a hair business in the neighborhood.

There have been at least 45 shootings this past month in the 11th District, the police district where the shooting happened.

That’s an increase of 36 percent over the same period last year, according to police records.

There have been 14 murders in the 11th District within the past month, a 56 percent increase over the same period of time last year, records show.

As a business owner, Patton tries to keep drug dealers from loitering outside and tells them to leave or calls the police when trouble arises. More residents and business owners need to take a stand to keep their community safe, Patton said, but there’s little support for those who want to stop the violence.

“A couple of those people who were shot were friends of mine. We can’t even hang out and be in our own neighborhood without a shooting,” she said. “I wish it was something that we could do as a community to stop all of this.”

The neighborhood needs more resources, jobs and programs to keep young people out of trouble and give them better options than hanging out in the streets, Patton said.

“We need more resources in our community. It’s nothing over here on the West Side for the younger teens to do. The only thing they have is to hang on the block and sell drugs and get drunk,” she said.

Poverty and joblessness are exacerbating the violence hap-

Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

The business corridor at Madison and Pulaski in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on April 29, 2021. pening in West Garfield Park, said Michael Rembert, manager of the nearby MP Mall at 3973 W. Madison St. If young people had better opportunities to earn an income, they’d be less likely to participate in crime and gangs, he said.

“You need to give the kids options to have jobs. They want money; that’s why they’re on the corner. Get them a decent-paying job and a lot of them will leave the corners,” he said.

Police have been ineffective in controlling crime in the area and aren’t a deterrent for the more serious crimes that happen, Rembert said. When he calls the police to report a crime, “they tell me there’s nothing they can do about it,” he said.

“It kills the businesses. You got people who are scared to come up here because of the narcotics sales,” Rembert said.

Can A Surge In Investment Help?

Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Despite the sharp increase in crime and gun violence during the pandemic, the West Side is also A police barricade lays next to the vacant lot at 4008 W. Madison seeing a surge in resources and investment that can St. in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on April 29, 2021. address the root cause of those issues, said Teny Gross, executive director for the Institute for Nonthem a reason to get off the streets and “deal with some of violence Chicago. Outreach workers for the organization responded to the mass shooting Tuesday to prevent the hopelessness” they are struggling with, Gross said. The renovated Legler Regional Library, the playground at Meloretaliation and support victims, he said.

A tremendous amount of collaboration is happening on dy School and the forthcoming roller rink and community the West Side between street outreach workers, victims plaza are all things that can help make long-term improveservices groups, mental health providers, housing groups ments to public safety, Gross said.

“I want the kids here to have the same think kids have in and drug treatment programs to “turn the tide on 60 years the Gold Coast. They deserve it. We have a lot of Einsteins we of disinvestment,” Gross said.

“It’s gonna take time, but those are really encouraging might be locking up because we’re disinvested,” Gross said. signs,” Gross said. “All those organizations are starting to Subscribe to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c) coordinate in a substantial way. You really cannot change the city unless you do that and really have the civilian infra- (3), journalist-run newsroom. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods. structure.”

Several investments in West Garfield Park are set to bring young people resources and opportunities that will give CONTACT: pascal@blockclubchi.org

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y21007108 on June 3, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of THRIVE MOBILE PHLEBOTOMY SERVICES with the business located at: 228 DESPLAINES AVE 102, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: MARY STOKES, 228 DESPLAINES AVE 102, FOREST PARK, IL 60130, USA. Published in Austin Weekly News June 9, 16, 23, 2021

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, 2003-BC4 Plaintiff, -v.LESLIE WOLFE, CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, 1ST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTCHESTER, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 20 CH 200 1839 SOUTH KEELER AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60623 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 18, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 13, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1839 SOUTH KEELER AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-22-411-0390000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $64,036.91.

Sale terms: 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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

Public Notice: Your right to know

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm 3pm.. Please refer to file number 19-092360.

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 19-092360 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 20 CH 200 TJSC#: 41-565 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 # 20 CH 200 I3170274 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP Plaintiff, -v.CONSTANCE SMITH, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HERSEY SMITH, WILLIAM BUTCHER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR HERSEY SMITH Defendants 16 CH 02020 631 NORTH LOTUS AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 1, 2021,

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an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 28, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 631 NORTH LOTUS AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-09-109-0110000 and 16-09-109-012-0000 The real estate is improved with a tan vinyl siding, three story single family home, detached two car garage.

Sale terms: 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. 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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. 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 One North Dearborn Street, Suite

1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 20-05263IL615215 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 16 CH 02020 TJSC#: 41-916 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 # 16 CH 02020 I3170879

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. 14-19-07356 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH13964 TJSC#: 41-943 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 # 2019CH13964 I3170967

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2006 SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2006-HE1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE1 Plaintiff, -v.PATRICIA R. JOHNSON, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. Defendants 2019CH13964 5048 W SUPERIOR STREET CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 3, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 29, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5048 W SUPERIOR STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-09-202-0280000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said

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