Forest Park approves contract with local SBC Waste Solutions, still looking at compost options
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Forest Park residents will get new 96-gallon garbage cans and 64-gallon recycling bins this month, after the village council approved a waste collection ag reement with local company SBC Waste Solutions at its April 13 meeting.
The five-year contract with SBC Waste Solutions will begin May 1, but the company’s first pickup day for trash, recycling and yard waste will be Thursday, May 7 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. for the whole village — including residences
north of Madison, where Re public Services currently picks up on Fridays.
Like Re public Services, SBC Waste Solutions will collect yard waste from April 1 through Nov. 30 every year and, over the same period, offer collection of organic materials to those who subscribe.
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Village looks into regulations for shortterm rental properties Commissioners say sta will research options following continued complaints from residents in 900 block of Lathrop
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Forest Park council meetings start with public comment, and the April 13 meeting was no different as locals called for re gulations on short-term rental properties.
Samantha Treadman Blaga shared, at the second council meeting in a row, complaints about a rental property at 905 Lathrop. Her neighbor, Sarah Cutsforth, joined her.
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Forest Park to be reimbursed by state, partners with Proviso Leyden Council
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
With summer fast approaching, Forest Park is once again partnering with the Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action through a state program to fund the hiring of short-ter m help at the Howard Mohr Community Center and the village’s public works department.
The village approved an Illinois Youth Investment Program Linkage Agreement between Forest Park and the PLCCA at its April 13 meeting. The ag reement reimburses the village for the cost of hiring three to five young people for short-term employment from June 1 through Sept 1.
According to Village Administrator Rachell Entler, the community center is looking to hire a counselor or two, depending on how many kids register for the Summer
Clubhouse program. The public works department is looking for two or three young people to help with landscaping tasks and trash pickup around the village
While the village has participated in this program in previous summers, last year they didn’t have any young people from the program assigned to work at the community center or public works department.
The state-funded program aims to provide workforce development and youth engagement, specifically for 16-to-24-year-olds who are low-income or at-risk. For short-ter m employment, the program funds a minimum of 180 hours of entry-level work over 10 weeks. Workers will receive at least minimum wage and no more than $17 an hour
Applicants will be interviewed and drug tested, just like those who have been hired at the community center or public works department outside of the annual program. Entler said PLCCA will screen applicants before sending them to the village
The village is responsible for training the new hires. PLCCA will provide professional development opportunities, additional support services, career planning and case management during the summer
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West Suburban Medical Center future in limbo
One campus reopens while another is reported to be under new management
By BRENDAN HEFFERNAN Staff Reporters
While some “hospital and clinic-based” services have resumed at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, new management has reportedly taken over the hospital’s River Forest campus.
Resilience Health leadership put out a statement last week saying that staff were carrying out some clinic level patient care services at West Suburban Medical Care’s main campus on Austin Boulevard. The hospital began calling patients to set up appointments last Wednesday, the spokesperson said.
The news of comes amid escalating legal tension ience and the hospital’s landlor and pa Holdings. tween the entities a new le Ramco to e West Sub’s River Forest Campus and install new management.
Services resuming at the hospital reportedly started with “primary care initially and then some specialist visits, along with testing services,” the hospital spokesperson said. Some staff were brought back from furlough to suppo opening, the statement said.
A five-day eviction notice was placed on an entryway to West Suburban Medical Center’s River Forest campus on Monday, Austin
eekly News reported last
he notices were addressed to Resilience Health CEO Manoj from Ramco Holdings The nothat there is more than $7.25 million rent owed to for the River Forest
Prasad has challenged viction in Cook Counourt, he told Austin Weekly News last week.
Though Ramco owner Rathnakar Reddy Patola is also a 40% owner of Resilience Healthcare, his press representative said last month he was not involved in the management or op-
erations of West Suburban.
ABC7 reported last week that nonprofit Insight Chicago, a non-profit agency that recently took over the operations of Mercy Hospital in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, had taken over the River Forest campus. Insight has leased the space from Ramco, hired multiple doctors and support staff from West Suburban and opened clinics for cancer care, primary care, rheumatology and more, the television station reported.
Insight Chicago officials have not responded to Austin Weekly’s request for comment. As of last 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 running water in the building. River Forest officials have not responded to requests about the status of the building.
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With West Suburban closed, where will expectant mothers in Austin deliver?
Labor and delivery services 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 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 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 of a 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, of his youngest daughter who was born at West Suburban in 2004. “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 of Oak 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 of 2022, the previous owners, Pipeline Health, re ported that over 80% of the hospital’s patients were Austin residents, and nearly the same percentage of patients 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 re port, 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 inf ants 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 of Health and Human Services.
Following six neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side, Austin has the nexthighest rate of severe 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 privileg es at West Suburban, an expecting mother could receive obstetric care, deliver a baby, and continue postpartum care and f amily 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 of each other,” Luning said. He added
that having those same services under one roof provides a deeper level of trust 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 of those hospitals “are already taxed” and “one extremely complicated birth can end up costing hospitals an awful lot of money.” 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 family medicine residency program — which lost accreditation last year — to train doctors who recently graduated from medical school in the specialty, including delivering babies.
Though 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 dozen health centers.
“The reason West Sub was so excited about supporting the Federally Qualified Health Center was because they were getting 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 family doctors to do C-sections.
Luning said that adding the fellowship on top of the residency program seemed
innovative at the time and “I really think elevated the quality of obstetrical 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 program in 1998 and said, around that time, most of the people delivering babies at West Suburban were private obstetricians and family 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, if not 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 of disputes 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.”
Though Chapple came to Oak Park in 2021, she said a factor to the changing demographics could be because of the 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.”
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Pace suburban bus overhaul calls for more off-peak, weekend service
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 wester n 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 fir m 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.
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 College, 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
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 regional transit structure that will turn the Regional 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 region was that Pace needed more weekend service, especially on Sundays. Service along Cermak Road, including the section that runs through North Riverside,
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 forms 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 regarding 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 off 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.”
What ’s your muse?
Dominican fashion design students will answer that q on the runway this weekend
By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter
The fashion runway can be a lonely place.
The designs, as buttoned down or whimsical as they may be, catch the audience’s attention, and it may collectively g asp or cheer. Or both.
The designers, in turn, hope for that reaction.
That’s what one will witness Friday and Saturday at Dominican University’s Lund Auditorium for the school’s 2026 Fashion Show, which has a special theme: What’s your muse?
“We have so many different styles on the runway, the students wanted to put that question to our audience – what drives your creativity?” fashion design lecturer Antonella Fonseca said. “It’s a good thing to work with different storytelling.”
Thirteen Dominican fashion de-
sign students will show of f what they have been working all semester toward. And the designs themselves?
Well, they’re both buttoned down and whimsical, among other superlatives, according to Foneseca.
One senior has a collection of streetwear interpretations of Disney princesses. Another’s muse is Chicago’s structure and buildings, while yet another is focused on the resilience of the immigrant community.
“Audiences will leave with a new experience and a new vision of what fashion is like today,” Natalie Mixon, a fashion design major, said in a Dominican press release. She describes her work as “afrofuturist” and inspired by street culture and her upbringing on Chicago’s south side.
Student Emma Mendell designs formalwear and said this year’s show will be bigger and better, mostly because the number of students studying fash-
ion at Dominican has tially.
“It’s definitely a thing to see eve life, Mendell said.
These students are soon to and most of them ha with the fashion industry in with some finishing internships.
“They know they are doing their best, but I’m not sure they know the value of the wo it,” Fonseca said. “I’m excited them and the wo a cheerleader.”
The runway will open day and 4:30 p. Tickets are $23 and $5 for the Dominican community. There will also be a Zoom streaming option for $8. Tickets can be pu chased at https://www.dom.edu/artsminds/university-events/whats-yourmuse
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Delayed tax revenue strains D91 budget
Cook County owes district an estimated $7 million
By HOPE BAKER Contributing Reporter
Forest Park School District 91 is facing financial strain amid ongoing delays in property tax distributions from Cook County.
An end-of-year financial projection was presented by Robert Hubbird, district 91’s interim superintendent, during a school board meeting on April 9. According to Hubbird, the county owes the district an estimated $7 million.
“They’re not saying that’s how much we’re missing, but that is our estimate and
we don’t know when we will get it,” Hubbird said. “No time frame has been given for when that’s coming in.”
The delayed payments have been attributed to ongoing computer system issues with Tyler Technologies, an outside vendor utilized by Cook County.
Hubbird said District 91 relies on local property tax revenues to fund its educational programs, pay its staf f, and meet all other financial obligations.
ROBERT HUBBIRD D91 Interim Superintendent
The district’s fund balance is currently $29.8 million, though Hubbird said about $7.5 million is projected to be spent by June 30. The expenditures are expected to cover routine costs, including salaries and utilities.
“That’s going to drop our fund balance significantly and we don’t know when more revenue is coming in,” Hubbird said.
Unlike other school districts across Cook County that have had to bor row in order to maintain operations, District 91 has avoided taking on debt, relying instead on its cash reserves.
“Our reserves right now should cover us for about 10 or 11 months, but I’m hoping we won’t have to go that long,” Hubbird said.
In February, District 91’s school board approved and sent a resolution that called on the Cook County treasurer and other Cook County officials responsible for the issuance of property tax bills to promptly resolve all internal computer system is-
sues and administrative failures
The resolution said that delays in issuing property tax bills have led to anticipated cash flow challenges for District 91
“As a direct and unavoidable consequence of the Cook County treasurer’s failure to timely perform this core governmental function, District 91 has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars of f of investments,” the resolution stated.
The resolution also stated that added costs have diverted funds from classrooms and student instruction, placing an unnecessary burden on local taxpayers.
“I just want to say that it is unacceptable that the county does not know how much they owe us or when they are going to pay it to us, but we have to pay our property taxes on time,” said Shannon Wood, the school board president.
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Police tackle woman fleeing from Oak Brook theft
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
As the days grow longer and the air turns warmer, spring is the perfect time for seniors to refresh their routines and refocus on overall wellness This season brings renewed energ y, blooming surroundings, and new opportuni ties to stay active, social, and engaged. Taking a proactive approach to wellness can support your well-being and help you feel your best and enjoy all that spring has to offer
Spend time outdoors to enjoy fresh air, sunshine, and the beauty of the season
Around 9:30 p.m. on April 16, Oak Brook police were pursuing a car for retail theft on I-290 that was approaching 1st Avenue. Forest Park police positioned themselves at the intersection to block traffic from getting on the highway. The pursued driver exited the expressway on Central, driving on just the tire rims on the passenger side of the vehicle. A female passenger exited the car at Central and Flournoy, and a Forest Park officer caught her and pulled her to the ground. Forest Park police also helped detain another offender in the car, and Oak Brook police took the two into custody.
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Stay on top of wellness by scheduling check-ups, reviewing medications, and setting new health goals
Police were dispatched to Aldi on Harlem Avenue April 14 after three men stole laundry detergent and fabric softener, one who was still on scene. Police from Forest Park, Oak Park and River Forest canvassed the area and found the other two men, one in an alley just south of Franklin and another away from the 100 block of Harlem. One of the perpetrators was a juvenile, and his mother was called and picked him up from the police department. All three were charged with retail theft.
Circle Avenue the evening of April 15 after a man called and re por ted a dispute at Escobar Auto Collision. Though the man found the business online, which says it’s based in Cicero, the business contacted him directly to say it was in Forest Park On April 13, the man dropped of f his car and was told via verbal ag reement that re pairs would be $500. When he went to pick up his car on the 15th, he was told it would be $800. An employee said they verbally agreed on $800 but was unable to provide physical documentation of the ag reement. The business wouldn’t return the driver’s key until they were paid, but police told them that, because of a lack of physical documentation of the agreement, they would have to request the unpaid $300 through civil matters. Police discovered that Escobar Auto Collision’s Cicero address is the owner’s personal residence and re ported that the business is unlicensed in Forest Park
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magazine, 18 bags with suspect cannabis, and a scale commonly used to weigh cannabis in the glove compartment. The man also had over $1,000 in cash on him. The driver was charged with his warrant, operating a car with suspended registration, not having a firearm owner’s ID card, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. The passenger was charged with possession of cannabis, possession over 100 grams, not wearing a seatbelt, and intent to deliver cannabis.
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Police pulled over a driver April 15 in the 300 block of Harlem after a car failed twice to signal when changing lanes. Police pulled over the driver and re ported that the car smelled of fresh cannabis. Police searched the car and found two dozen bags or pill bottles full of weed, a digital scale and over $300 in cash on the driver. The man was charged with two counts of improper lane usage, violating state vehicle code, possessing cannabis over 100 grams, and possession with intent to deliver cannabis.
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Police responded to the 1400 block of
On April 16, police were dispatched to Dollar Tree on Roosevelt Road for a retail theft. When police made contact with the offender, he immediately admitted to committing theft and planned to sell the stolen soap, detergent, toilet paper and dog food. A Dollar Tree employee positively identified the man and stolen goods, estimated to be worth $126.50. He was charged with retail theft and a serviceable warrant for his arrest out of Cook County.
Aggravated unlawful use of weapon
On April 18, police saw a car traveling on Harrison with a suspended registration, so they pulled over the driver, who they found to have a serviceable arrest out of DuPage County. Police re ported there was a pistol in the driver’s side door, so they placed the driver in custody, since the man didn’t have a concealed carry license or firearm owner’s identification. Inside the car, police found a loaded extended
A woman called police on April 19 to re port that she was extorted by U-Haul employees. The woman said she hired workers through U-Haul to help her move, and the company’s manager told her she’d be pre-charged $120 for the workers to load her vehicle and could pay another $120 to have them unload it. After the workers unloaded the U-Haul, they demanded $300. She didn’t pay and told police she thought the workers took the U-Haul vehicle keys, which she’s now being charged for losing. No one was charged at the time of the re port
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department re ports dated April 13 - 19 and re present a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these re ports has only been charged with a crime and cases ha ve not yet been adjudicated. We re port the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
WASTE HAULER
New service, new bins
like it will remain relatively the same for residents,” Commissioner Jessica Voogd said at the council meeting.
But, the new waste collection service will be much cheaper for the village. Commissioner Maria Maxham said the new contract with SBC would save Forest Park over $300,000 annually.
“That’s exactly the kind of stuf f that we need to be doing here, so I want to thank staf f for working really hard on getting that together,” Maxham said.
Next, staf f will look into other composting options for residents.
Commissioner Michelle Melin-Rogovin, who wasn’t present at the April 13 meeting, and Voogd have told the council that residents have asked for a year-round composting program, bins that are smaller and easier to clean, and a way for residents to get back their organic waste as compost to use in their gardens.
“My hope is, going forward, with them to better improv composting program,” Vo
The village’s new choice lection service is based right in town. W an-owned SBC Waste Solutions mo 1313 Circle Ave. — where it stages and stores waste hauling trucks — a little ago after launching in Broadview in 2019. SBC offers commercial hauling services the Chicagoland area and hauling in Bloomingdale, Indian Head Winfield, Broadview and Berwyn.
Come next month, SBC Waste Solutions will pick up waste from fi ings, nearly 2,000 single-family 600 two-family residences, family residences, 60 four-flats, and 82 condominium buildings. Each will get its own large recy and SBC will supply smaller indoor cling bins for individual units. Trash not accepted by SBC include bulk items that don’t fit in the provided bin, electronic waste and hazardous waste. Accepted recyclables include paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and aluminum. SBC accepts unlimited yard waste, as long as it’s in a container no larger than 30 gallons
RENTALS
“The proximity of the 905 Lathrop property to Field-Stevenson Elementary and Forest Park Middle School, which are just two blocks away, raises significant concerns about the wellbeing of our children,” Cutsforth said. “We already have laws in place that restrict where certain individuals can live, such as keeping re gistered offenders a set distance away from schools, because we take neighborhood safety and the protection of our children seriously. That same principle should guide how we think about short-term rentals in residential areas.”
During her public comment, Cutsforth called for the council to vote immediately on re gulations for short-term rentals.
e entrance to 1313 Circle Ave., now a staging area for SBC Waste S olutions
trucks.
and clearly identified as landscape waste. Residents who pay more for organics collection will be given a 96-gallon cart that will be collected weekly.
Per the village’s ag reement with SBC, once a year the company will distribute brochures to every residential unit in the
During her commissioner’s comment, Maria Maxham explained that the village council couldn’t vote on re gulations at that meeting, since it wasn’t on the agenda. And because of the Open Meetings Act, more than two commissioners can’t legally meet to discuss business outside a council meeting.
Though Village Administrator Rachell Entler was on vacation during the meeting, Maxham said that, when Entler returns, she’ll ask her to consult with Steve Glinke, who’s head of the building department, and Police Chief Ken Gross in order to communicate relevant information to commissioners about potential re gulations on short-term rentals.
“Thank you for coming to speak in a public forum about your issues. It’s the best way to get the ball moving in terms of the short-term rental issue. Sta are taking seriously your concerns. ”
RORY HOSKINS Mayor
“This isn’t about assuming the worst of people. It’s about reco gnizing that stability, familiarity and accountability are what make neighborhoods safe and strong,” Cutsforth added.
During his commissioner’s comment, Mayor Rory Hoskins told meeting attendees that the council would direct staf f to work with village attorneys to look at what options exist to re gulate short-term rentals.
“Thank you for coming to speak in a public for um about your issues. It’s the best way to get the ball moving in terms of the short-term rental issue,” Hoskins told Lathrop residents who attended the meeting. “Staf f are taking seriously your concerns.”
Commissioner Jessica Voogd also said she appreciated
village outlining what items are municipal waste and recyclable
Residents who have already gotten their new waste bins from SBC can still use them through the end of the month with Republic Services, which will begin collecting its own bins from residents who leave them out.
public comment from Lathrop residents: “I’m here now because I was in your position with an issue in town that I got involved and engaged with, and it’s a long, frustrating process to try to get things done,” Voogd said during her commissioner’s comment. “Some things are not on the council or the village’s radar. Once they are, it certainly is my priority to try to figure out how to address those issues and figure out how we can come to a solution together.”
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The complicated and power ful Lucy Parsons
Worked to eliminate class struggle
By AMY BINNS -CALVEY Contributing Reporter
Lucy Parsons is undoubtedly one of the most controversial people buried in Forest Park. While some might only know her as one of the Haymarket Martyrs’ widows, Parsons was a powerful and influential figure in her own right. The Chicago Police Department once proclaimed she was “more dangerous than a thousand rioters.”
It is nearly impossible to craft a tidy, one-sentence description of Lucy Parsons. Over the course of her life she was an anarchist, a socialist, a syndicalist, and a communist. She was an organizer, writer, speaker and agitator. She referred to herself as being of Mexican and Native American heritage, yet there is strong evidence indicating she was born into slavery to an AfricanAmerican mother. The year of her birth is listed as 1848, 1851, 1853, and 1859, and it’s not certain if she was born in Texas or Virginia. She used different names over the course of her life. Among the many last names she used were: Carter, Diaz, Del Gather, Gonzalez, Hull, Hall, Waller, and, of course, Parsons.
What is safe to say is that Lucy Parsons unrepentantly dedicated her life to eliminating class struggle and improving the lives of workers, whom she believed were being tur ned into “wage slaves” by capitalists.
She married Albert Parsons in 1872. It is believed that they married during a very brief period of time when interracial marriages were legal in Texas. Conditions for a mixed-race couple were dangerous in the south, so they moved to Chicago where the fight for workers’ rights and societal change was underway.
After the railroad strike of 1877, Lucy and Albert dedicated themselves to the “Labor Question,” and fought to improve conditions for workers. They became intensely involved in the 8-hour workday movement and on May 1, 1886, they, along with their two children, led a march of thousands of workers in Chicago calling for a general strike to demand a shorter workday.
Albert, along with seven other men, was falsely charged with conspiracy after a bomb was thrown on May
4, 1886 killing several policemen. All eight men were convicted. Albert and three others were hanged, even though the prosecution stated, unequivocally, that none of the men had been the bomb thrower.
Lucy Parsons traveled extensively informing the world about the terrible injustices happening in Chicago. Her speeches were so impactful, that she was often arrested before she even had a chance to take the stage. Her writing was no less influential -- “Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth,” and “Let every dirty, lousy tramp arm himself with a revolver or a knife and lay in wait on the steps and palaces of the rich and stab or shoot the owners as they come out.” Her words were chosen to shock and awaken her audiences. It was re ported that the Chicago police ke pt an eye on her like they would “a can of dynamite,” and if there was a disturbance in the city, they would say, “Lucy is at it again.”
Parsons stuck to her radical style, even as the movement for workers’ rights evolved. She so strongly objected to the Spanish-American war in 1899, that when her son, Albert Jr., enlisted, she had him declared insane and committed to an asylum where he later died of tuberculosis. In 1905, Parsons was a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) – an organization that continues to
this day, seeking to unite all workers into “One Big Union.”
In her later years, Lucy Parsons was a familiar figure in Chicago selling radical literature from a cart she pushed throughout the city. On that cart hung a banner with Albert’s last words, “Let the voice of the people be heard.” She was also a re gular at Bughouse Square and the Dill Pickle Club, areas where intellectuals, radicals, artists, and bohemians frequented.
At the end of her life, Parsons fell into poverty and lost her sight. She lived in a flat at 3130 North Troy St., surrounded by an extensive library of over 3,000 books and pamphlets. The building caught fire in 1942 and she was killed along with her companion George Markstall who rushed into the building to try to save her.
Her headstone in Forest Home Cemetery is humble and simple – nothing like the powerful, complicated woman she was in life.
References: Great Falls Tribune, The Inter Ocean, Brooklyn Eagle, The Daily Worker, Daily World, The Inquirer, Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, Haymarket Scrapbook.
Amy Binns-Calvey is a volunteer with the Historical Society of Forest Park and the author of More Dead Than Ali ve: Stories of Forest Park’s Quietest Neighbors.
AMY BINNSCALVE Y
Lucy Parsons’ headstone
Room for one more tall building?
Odds and ends with some a bit odder than others.
Go tall: Beyond the decrepit Mohr Concrete site hulking over Harlem and the Ike, some might think Oak Park has run out of sites for another tall building. Well, here’s one hiding in plain sight. at has become a one-story strip mall that is in seeming decline. Built decades Sy Taxman, the development was a confidence-booster for a downtown that had lost its way. With The Gap, Old Navy, TGIFridays, it was sort of high end and ed that Oak Park could attract hot national chains. Never been to Wild Fork but more of a niche player than ts high visibility corner might warrant. here has been talk over the years of flattening the strip mall and building up es sense as the four tall buildings in wn have been rental successes he only question is whether Oak Park ould build something uglier than the high rise at Harlem and South Boulevard. We could sponsor a competition.
Whither West Sub: Our coverage of West Sub comes at a furious pace. Has the current failed owner managed to get a clinic or two reopened? Has the guy who actually owns the hospital and its property found a back-door entry for a possible new operator by leasing space to Insight Medical on the hospital’s River Forest campus? And now it is all in court in a battle over allegedly unpaid rent.
Meanwhile, today we’re reporting on the actual impact of West Sub’s disintegration over 18 months as it closed all of its maternity services. Our Jessica Mordacq explains where women on the West Side are delivering their babies and the wider reality of the gaping Black maternal health crisis in these neighborhoods.
Forest Park and short-term rentals: Short-ter m rentals look all gauzy and wonderful in the TV ads. Though there is a current ad up with a notably creepy vibe between a stepdad and teen stepdaughter. In real life, though, these vacation-stay alter natives can have a negative impact on a quiet neighborhood.
That’s the situation in Forest Park right now. Neighbors on south Lathrop Avenue keep coming back to the village council looking for relief from a person who bought a single-family home on the block and is operating it as a full-time short-ter m rental. The complaints are the typical ones. Too many people partying too hard, hogging parking and making nuisances of themselves Forest Park officials seem inclined to look at creating an ordinance to regulate these uses. They’ll have many and various ordinances to crib from as most towns are working to get a grip on this.
Forest Park has a broader issue with its limited and diminishing stock of single-family homes. Post-real-estate-bubble in 2008, some number of those homes were purchased and repurposed as rentals. Not good
OPINION
Water: Can’t live with or without it
Part 1
Today, April 22, was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009 as Inter national Mother Earth Day, and one of the issues that needs to be considered is water — too much of it in some parts of our country, and the world, where there is heavy rainfall and too little of it in others.
Sal Stella knows all about water — where it goes, or doesn’t go, when there are days of heavy rainfall and where it comes from when we open the faucet to get a drink of water
Storm water
HOLMES
Drivers who cross the Roosevelt Road bridge over the Desplaines River today will notice how swollen the river has become and will understand why the National Weather Service issued a flood warning for that section of the river on Monday
“Flooding in Forest Park is an issue,” explained Forest Park’s director of the Department of Public Works (DPW), “when it comes to big rains that fall in large amounts in a short period of time. All the older communities in the area have the same issue. The infrastructure was not built to take on rains we get now, compared to the early 1900s.”
And we have just had a lot of rain in a short period of time
“This has been the wettest April in 40 years,” wrote Michelle Melin-Rogovin, Forest Park’s Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements, in an online post last Wednesday. “We’ve experienced a lot of rain, and we will be experiencing the cresting of the Des Plaines River on Friday. “And flooding is becoming more common. We have had six catastrophic floods (50- or 100-year level floods) since 2013 in our region. They are supposed to be rare.”
A recent Weather Service war ning about flooding brought memories back to Stella who has worked for the DPW for 29 years.
“The bigger rains that really made an impact, were after 2000. The worst one I remember was a one-two punch in the summer of 2010. Microbursts caused widespread power outages and flooding. Then one month later, 5-8 inches of rain fell in a very short period of time, causing major infrastructure damage and flooding throughout the communities in our area. Streets and basements were flooded; the river was overflowing; and villages like Westchester were declared national disasters. Rescue boats were going down the flooded streets helping people out of their flooded homes.”
And it’s going to get worse.
“Like the rest of Illinois,” the climatologist for the
state of Illinois reported, “northeast Illinois has experienced a wetter climate in recent decades with more heavy rain events. Precipitation since 2005 has been much above nor mal every year except 2012. Overall, precipitation has increased by about 5 inches over the period of record.”
According to Stella there are a few reasons it is getting worse.
Climate change is definitely one of the causes. The amount of rain that falls at a given time and the intensity of it is far greater than in the past. The sewer systems in older communities simply cannot take on that kind of water all at one time.
The development of land in these communities and the shrinking of per meable ground is also contributing to flooding. Soil that would help take in a lot of this rain water is no longer there.
The deep tunnel is massive, but you have to understand that all of the communities around it are dumping their rain water into it. Construction on the tunnel started in 1975, so the storage capacity was built based on rainfall then and not in 2026.
And no, each community does not have the elusive secret valve that they close that makes everyone flood. Think of it as the I-290 at rush hour by Hillside. All these lanes and different “highways” (communities) are feeding into one (MWRD) at the same time and creating a backup of extreme rain
Where does all that water go besides into our basements?
Stella explained that the rainwater that flows into our stor m sewers tends to be directed into our rivers which feed into the Mississippi which empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
“Only in extreme flooding situations,” he explained, “do they open the locks to allow the water to flow into Lake Michigan. On the other hand, water from our combined sewers (which take rainwater and dirty water in areas where our sewers are not separated) goes to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. There it is filtered, treated and turned into clean water. Then it is sent back into Lake Michigan.”
And while we’re on the subject of Lake Michigan, check this out from the Alliance for the Great Lakes:
“Within about a decade, the Great Lakes have gone from record low levels to record high levels, a stunningly fast swing. These rapid transitions between extreme high and low water levels are due to climate change which spells disaster for lakeside homeowners, towns and cities, tourism, and shipping.”
And this is just the end of Part 1 …
April 22, 2026
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LETTER TO THE ED I TOR
Celebrating our seniors
When was the last time you did something completely out of your routine?
Celebrating Seniors Week, May 7-14, offers more than 35 chances to shake things up — in the best way possible. You could find yourself learning improv comedy, trying pickleball for the first time, or joining a mural tour you’d normally walk right past. Too often, we assume these kinds of events are “for someone else.” They’re for anyone willing to be just a little curious.
What makes this week special isn’t just the focus on older adults; it’s the invitation to step outside your comfort zone and connect with people you might not otherwise meet.
If you’re looking to break the monotony, this is your moment. Try one event. You might surprise yourself. Check out the full schedule at celebratingseniors.net/events.
Maureen Rafa Forest Park
Forest Park Review and Forest Parker April 18,
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC
Plaintiff, -v.-
DON E. HARRIS, FOREST PARKWASHINGTON SQUARE CONDOMINIUMS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2025CH08913
7449 WASHINGTON ST, APT 305 FOREST PARK, IL 60130
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-
EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 4, 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 7449 WASHINGTON ST, APT 305, FOREST PARK, IL 60130
Property Index No. 15-12-430035-1021
The real estate is improved with a residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
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
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 # 2025CH08913 I3285315
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF LSRMF MH MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST II
Plaintiff, -v.-
JERZY BAGAN, IRENA BAGAN, MALGORZATA KOWALEWSKA, JAKUB WDOWICKI, VIKING CRC INCORPORATED D/B/A CRC CONCRETE RASING AND REPAIR, NEEMA BAYRAN, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2024CH00788 1934 BELLEVIEW AVE WESTCHESTER, IL 60154
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 13, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 6, 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:
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527
630-794-5300
E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com
Attorney File No. 14-24-00038
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002
Attorney Code. 21762
Case Number: 2024CH00788
TJSC#: 46-802
Commonly known as 1934 BELLEVIEW AVE, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154
Property Index No. 15-20-415075-0000
The real estate is improved with a residence.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.
The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.
The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(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.
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 # 2024CH00788
I3284969
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC.
Plaintiff, -v.-
UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNIE J. WILLIAMS, DECEASED, RONNIE WILLIAMS, DANNY WILLIAMS, JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANNIE J. WILLIAMS, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants
2025 CH 01328 4919 CYPRESS DR HILLSIDE, IL 60162
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 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 4919 CYPRESS DR, HILLSIDE, IL 60162
Property Index No. 15-07-420020-0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
The judgment amount was $228,061.03.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condomini-
um 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 151701(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) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 24-225141. 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
Attorney Code. 65582 Case Number: 2025 CH 01328 TJSC#: 46-446
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Case # 2025 CH 01328 I3285164
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Newrez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Plaintiff, -v.-
John H. Hill; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Defendants. 2025CH12091 624 MARSHALL AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 3/27/2026, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 5/4/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on May 6, 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 624 MARSHALL AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-306073-0000
The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $172,439.94 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at
www.auction.com by entering 624 MARSHALL AVE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register at www. auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer to file number 14-25-07516. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 14-25-07516 Case Number: 2025CH12091 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. I3285278
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF CSMC 2021-RPL8 TRUST, Plaintiff vs. DAMON RITTENHOUSE AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF ROBERT J. MACK; ROBERT J MACK; MYRA JANE MACK; VICTORIA G MACK; CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ROBERT J. MACK; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendant 23 CH 5276
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. 15-14-306-010. Commonly known as 1827 South 3rd Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. 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, Altman, Strautins & Kromm, LLC d/b/a Kluever Law Group, 200 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1880, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. SPS002019-23FC1 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3285030
April 22, 2026
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
UNITED JOINT VENTURE, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Plaintiff, -v.-
FRANCINE HENDERSON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2025 CH 07329
433 BROADVIEW AVENUE
HILLSIDE, IL 60162
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 10, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 11, 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 433 BROADVIEW AVENUE, HILLSIDE, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-08-429016-0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
The judgment amount was $206,652.86.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition.
The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(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 Ju-
For information, contact EGAN & ALAILY LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 20 South Clark Street, Suite 2120, Chicago, IL, 60603 (312) 2538640. 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.
EGAN & ALAILY LLC
20 South Clark Street, Suite 2120 Chicago IL, 60603 312-253-8640
Case Number: 2025 CH 07329 TJSC#: 46-416 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2025 CH 07329 I3284802
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST 2007-CH4 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-CH4 Plaintiff, -v.MARIA LINA ORTIZ, FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, MARIA LINA ORTIZ, AS TRUSTEE OF THE MARIA LINA ORTIZ TRUST, A REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED THE 28TH OF OCTOBER 2019 Defendants 2025CH07005 744 GARDNER RD WESTCHESTER, IL 60154 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 10, 2026, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 14, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:
Commonly known as 744 GARDNER RD, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154 Property Index No. 15-16-409108-0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $140,243.70.
Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further
subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(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) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 25-318720. 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. 25-318720
Attorney ARDC No. 6306439
Attorney Code. 65582
Case Number: 2025CH07005
TJSC#: 46-509
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 # 2025CH07005
I3284848
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION
LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, -v.TIMOTHY JOHNSON; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendants. 22 CH 12082
411 50TH AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104
NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 11/4/2025, an agent of Auction. com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 5/4/2026 at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on May 6, 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 411 50TH AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104
Property Index No. 15-08-307004-0000
The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $164,228.66 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 411 50TH 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: McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP (312) 346-9088 please refer to file number 20-03381IL. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 20-03381IL Case Number: 22 CH 12082 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. I3284942
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR LVS TITLE TRUST XIII Plaintiff, -v.NYKIA WASHINGTON, AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MARSHALL WASHINGTON, NYKIA WASHINGTON, TAMIA WASHINGTON, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARSHALL WASHINGTON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants 2022CH11378 435 GENEVA AVE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 2, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 26, 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 435 GENEVA AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104
Property Index No. 15-08-404040-0000
The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-
1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
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. 14-22-08666
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002
Attorney Code. 21762
Case Number: 2022CH11378 TJSC#: 46-844
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 # 2022CH11378 I3285745
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK
Plaintiff, -v.LARRY B. FERGUSON A/K/A LARRY FERGUSON; CAMILLE L. FERGUSON A/K/A CAMILLE FERGUSON A/K/A CAMILLE L. KING; OLD REPUBLIC FAC A/K/A OLD REPUBLIC FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION; Defendants. 25 CH 2814 1504 South 1st Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 10/15/2025, 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 1504 South 1st Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-147-0110000 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The judgment amount was $154,493.40 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available on the property page at www.auction. com by entering 1504 South 1st 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(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs attorney: LOGS Legal Group LLP (847) 291-1717 please refer to file number 25-102776-FC01. Auction. com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872225-4985 You can also visit www. auction.com. Attorney File No. 25-102776-FC01 Case Number: 25 CH 2814 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. I3285749
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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
ACTION PLAN LEAD
Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation Grand Opening
