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• New PSC trustee is public office 1st-timer

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  From the Sun-Times Newsgroup, the Southtown Star.
  
  Of particular note: Ms. Hill Corley grew up in Chatham and went to Harlan High School.
  
  You can click the link for the full story.
  
  New PSC trustee is public office 1st-timer :: The SouthtownStar [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:30pm EST
  

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• CRIME ALERT 4 of 4 = from Greater Chatham Alliance

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  Last alert on a recent e-mail for Greater Chatham Alliance.
  There is a suspicious African-American man lurking in the area from 81st to 84th Street recently in the last week and a half. He seems to be carrying some sort of package. He is dark, medium built and about 6 [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:28am EST
  

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• CRIME ALERT 3 of 4 = from Greater Chatham Alliance

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  From a recent e-mail blast from Greater Chatham Alliance...
  On Tuesday, November 15, there was an attempted break-in at a home located in the 8300 block of S. Prairie. However on Wednesday, November16, their garage was broken into and a car window was smashed. TheGPS system was taken.
  
  People, [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:24am EST
  

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• Chatham Food Market for toys and coats

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  Hey the people at the Chatham Food Market under new ownership as of 2008 has been reaching out working with either the Salvation Army on clothes and/or toys for children or the QBG Foundation on a coat drive. Both posts on these drives are from the [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:12pm EST
  

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• CRIME ALERT 2 of 4 = from Greater Chatham Alliance

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  From a recent e-mail blast from Greater Chatham Alliance...
  On Tuesday, November 24, a male neighbor walked out into his backyard,toward his garage, and saw a drug deal taking place in his alley betweenthe 8200 blocks of Wabash and State. Adult men were inside of two cars (a blue, Chevy [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:11am EST
  

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• Walmart- What workers say about the company

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  I recently found this article from Bronzeville Metropolis. I didn't agree with some of the points brought out in this article especially "economically challenged" Chatham community. But I found this interview with an employee from the West side store interesting.
  I noticed Henry* at the Austin Wal-Mart, store' [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:08pm EST
  

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• Police on hunt for garage-door-ramming thieves :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime

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  From a recent e-mail blast from Greater Chatham Alliance, they referred to this Sun Times article. Over the next couple of days, we will post crime alerts 2-4 out of 4 ...
  Police on hunt for garage-door-ramming thieves :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime
  
  Earlier this year, thieves [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:23am EST
  

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• Family Dollar- Would you support a moratorium on the opening of any new stores?

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  This is a repost of a question from Concerned Citizens of Chatham. After reading the Chesterfield Community Council November newsletter. In the newsletter they stated their displeasure with the store on 87th King Drive and also stated that there was six stores in zip code 60619. On the [...]

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  

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• The Sixth Ward CBO's and Economic Development

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  The Sixth Ward is the home of some of the oldest and the strongest Community Based Organizations(CBO's). The organizations such as Park Manor Neighbors Community Council, Chatham Avalon Park Community Council, Chesterfield Community Council, Roseland Heights Community Council, and the Wabash,Indiana, Michigan organization(now GCA) came about because of' [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:58pm EST
  

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• ARCHIVED NEWS: Making it in Chatham Part 4

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  So this is the last of the Sun-Times series published in the spring of 1986. This installment published on May 1, 1986 was entitled, "Looking to the next generation // Children, newcomers hold key as neighborhood starts to gray". This issue was touched upon in the first installment [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:29pm EST
  

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• Web page with details on what Chatham offers...

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  i was surfing the net and came across Dreamtown.com's Chatham page.
  
  It's very detailed, with all kinds of stats and history.
  
  Some samples of what's on the page:
  It's hard to fathom that the area of Chatham was once a place so swampy that it was referred [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:15am EST
  

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• Chatham Avalon Park Community Council meeting today

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  Chatham Avalon Park Community Council, sub-area IV, has meeting today at 3pm.
  
  Unfortunately, the information showed up as a flyer on my door around noon on Thanksgiving. It would have been nice to know this ahead of time.
  
  The meeting is Friday, November 27, 3p -4p at Mather's' [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:13am EST
  

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• ARCHIVED NEWS: Making It - The story of Chatham part 3

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  This one is entitled "Chatham invests in education:Parents believe that learning holds key to children's future Series". You can probably already tell what the point of this article is, education.
  
  During the very brief life of this blog one of the many issues that was worth exploring was [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:42pm EST
  

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• What is this Urban Gardening project the Alderman is talking about?

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  Recently in Alderman Lyle's monthly newsletter there was a reference to an urban gardening/aquaponics project she is working on bringing into the ward. Newsletter
  
  There are currently several urban gardens in the city with the closest one to Chatham at Jackson Park. The Alderman has not released the' [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:59am EST
  

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• Man shot, then killed by hit-run vehicle

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  The beginning of the story...
  Chicago police Sunday were continuing their search for the person who shot a convicted sex offender and struck him with a vehicle near a lounge in the city's Chatham neighborhood.
  
  An autopsy Sunday showed that the man -- identified as Howard Hodges, 34' [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:54am EST
  

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• A Costco on 84th and King Drive

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  CAPCC blog writes:
  Would you like to see a Costco come to Chatham at the now vacant lot at 84Th Street and King Drive where the land is fenced off where a Jewel-Osco once stood?
  I've written about this site before and all that could be said is not' [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:28am EST
  

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• A follow-up on Whole Foods

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  To the post regarding Ald. Howard Brookins (21st Ward) talking to Whole Foods Market about coming to the Chatham Market shopping center to be one of the anchors in addition to Lowe's. Of course that other anchor is expected to be Wal-Mart since at this time' [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:56pm EST
  

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• REMINDER: Wal-Mart townhall meeting hosted by the Greater Chatham Alliance

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  That's tomorrow at the St. James Lutheran Church @ 8000 S. Michigan Ave between 12 Noon -1:30 PM. Here's the flyer embedded below!
  Walmart Townhall hosted by the Greater Chatham Alliance
  

  
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:54pm EST
  

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• African-Americans hit inordinately hard by recession

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  An important story to consider, especially if many seek to keep Chatham a middle-class enclave especially for Blacks:
  The cold fact, however, is that this deep recession is hitting African-Americans more severely than the overall population, due largely to the staggering levels of unemployment for this segment of the [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:17am EST
  

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• Englewood wants a Wal-Mart as well

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  Via Worlee's Concerned Citizens of Chatham, this story from ABC7 illustrates the first public push to bring a Wal-Mart to the Englewood community.
  A group of Englewood residents and community activists stood on the site where they say a Wal-Mart would greatly benefit the neighborhood. They [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:01pm EST
  

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• Man Shot, Killed in Chatham

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  (Clicking this pic will send you to Tribune's Chicago Breaking News site)
  
  Tribune:
  A 24-year-old man was shot and killed outside a store this morning in the South Side's Chatham neighborhood, police said.
  
  Officers responded about 10 a.m. to a call of [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:53pm EST
  

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• "Hey, A Great Idea!" from CAPCC...

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  From the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council blog...this entry has had the most comments they have ever had on their blog (so far):
  We, at the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council, think that a way to rid the neighborhood of all the vacant storefronts along 75Th Street and 79Th [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:49pm EST
  

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• ARCHIVED NEWS: Making it - The Story of Chatham part 2

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  Here's part two of this series entitled "Fulfilling middle-class values : Community is proud of work and education". You might see more of it as I continue this series published in the Chicago Sun-Times in April 1986 a common theme is mention of popular TV sitcom The Cosby Show. [...]

  Posted: November 01, 2009, 12:07pm EST
  

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• Daylight Savings Time ends tonight -- fall back an hour!

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  A friendly reminder for Chatham/Avalon Park Community Council
  Remember daylight savings time ends on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:00 A.M. Set you clocks one hour BACK! Don't forget to replace the batteries in your smoke and CO2 detectors!
  In our house, however, we will only turn it' [...]

  Posted: October 31, 2009, 4:18pm EDT
  

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• Community organizations buying up vacant houses and apartment buildings

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  A post from the CAPCC blog:
  We, at the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council, seek the cooperation, coordination, and company of all of the Block Club Presidents to work and discuss the need for private ownership and rehabilitation of the housing stock in the Chatham and Park Manor neighborhoods [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:13pm EDT
  

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