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Former West Side Aldi To Become Affordable Apartments With Restaurant, Grocery Store

  • Nov 14, 2024
  • Michael Liptrot
Renovated East Garfield Park building makes room for four small businesses
  • Oct 24, 2024
  • Amy Yee
Work Underway On West Side’s Sankofa Wellness Center
  • Oct 1, 2024
  • Michael Liptrot
Non-profit Southside Blooms transforming vacant lot into hope, youth job opportunities
  • Sep 12, 2024
  • Leah Hope
West Garfield Park Save A Lot Reopens More Than 2 Years After City Shutdown
  • Sep 5, 2024
  • Atavia Reed
6 Save A Lot store subsidies approved for $13.5M, but 14 months later, none are open
  • May 29, 2024
  • Mariah Rush
Vacant lots near transit present challenges posing challenges for neighborhoods and CTA, study says
  • Apr 1, 2024
  • Sarah Freishtat
Fifth City Commons To Begin Leasing To West Side Residents In The Spring
  • Jan 26, 2024
  • Trey Arline
Garfield Park’s Save A Lot Could Reopen In March After Nearly 2 Years Closed
  • Jan 26, 2024
  • Trey Arline
GPCC is One of Fifteen Neighborhood Groups to Get City Grants to Launch Pop-Ups in Empty Storefronts
  • Jan 4, 2024
  • Maxwell Evans
In West Garfield Park Food Desert, A Pop-Up Grocery Store Aims To Serve Neighbors
  • Nov 7, 2023
  • Trey Arline
West Garfield Park grocery pop-up opens to fill gap during Save A Lot’s temporary closure
  • Nov 6, 2023
  • Mariah Rush
Blackhawks Foundation commits $250,000 to West Side organizations
  • Nov 2, 2023
  • Corli Jay
Garfield Park Lot To Become New Nature Play Area Thanks To West Side Green Space Effort
  • Sep 27, 2023
  • Trey Arline
Commentary: Food businesses sprout up in Chicago's food deserts
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • Vanessa Stokes
Supermarket closings are the latest blow to South and West side neighborhoods
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • Judith Crown
Grocery store pop-up opens in West Garfield Park, offers residents a taste of things to come
  • Apr 3, 2023
  • Michael Loria
Lightfoot picks affordable housing project for East Garfield Park
  • Mar 27, 2023
  • David Roeder and Michael Loria
Lake-Kedzie redevelopment plan seeks to improve West Side’s story
  • Feb 16, 2023
  • CST Editorial Board
Sankofa Wellness Village On West Side Wins $10 Million Chicago Prize
  • Jan 12, 2023
  • Atavia Reed
City to sell off 2,000 vacant lots for fraction of value
  • Dec 29, 2022
  • Mariah Rush and Michael Loria
Farmers Market-On-Wheels Brings The Farm Stand To Garfield Park Seniors
  • Sep 15, 2022
  • Michael Loria
Chicago Approves Landmark Effort To Boost Affordable Housing Near Transit And Stall Gentrification
  • Jul 20, 2022
  • Quinn Myers and Mina Bloom
How the Austin Town Hall City Market is cultivating a taste for fresh food on the West Side
  • Jul 8, 2022
  • Samantha Callender, Austin Weekly News
Doggie day care proposed for West Garfield Park
  • Jul 8, 2022
  • Igor Studenkov
Why These Activists Use the Term ‘Food Apartheid' Instead of ‘Food Desert'
  • May 18, 2022
  • Jalyn Henderson, NBCLX
City foundation to tackle housing on West Side
  • Apr 26, 2022
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
Peace Runners 773 Building a Running Community in Garfield Park
  • Apr 6, 2022
  • Katie Lacroix, Garfield Park Community Council
Tackling Food Apartheid on the West Side
  • Mar 18, 2022
  • Isra Rahman, South Side Weekly & City Bureau
Chicago Nonprofit Teaches Youth Resilience, One Green Space at a Time
  • Feb 23, 2022
  • Breanna Edwards, Institute for Sustainable Communities
City Commission Approves Garfield Green Affordable Housing To ‘Counteract Pressures Of Displacement’ In East Garfield Park
  • Feb 22, 2022
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
West Garfield Park to Open GPRWC, a Community-Led Wellness Facility
  • Feb 17, 2022
  • Chante Gamby, Contributing Writer, Chicago Defender
With grocers closed, West Side market’s work more important than ever
  • Feb 11, 2022
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
Cook County and Chicago Bar Foundation Announce Recipients of $180K in Outreach Grants to Community Based Organizations
  • Jan 27, 2022
  • Nick Mathiowdis, Cook County Press Secretary
‘Did this do what we thought it would do?’ Some people face eviction even after getting COVID-19 rental assistance.
  • Dec 28, 2021
  • Cecilia Reyes and Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune
Planning for the Housing Needs of an Aging Population
  • Dec 14, 2021
  • Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University
As Long As We’re Here, We Want To Help Other People: Highlighting Garfield Park Neighborhood Market Vendor J. Spice
  • Nov 23, 2021
  • Laura Wetter, Garfield Park Community Council
East Garfield Park development plan altered after community input
  • Nov 19, 2021
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
West Siders Ask Aldi To Sell Closed Grocery Store For $1 As They Work To Replace It With ‘Community-Centered’ Grocer
  • Nov 17, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
After Aldi Closed In A Food Desert, West Side Groups Give Groceries To Neighbors — But Permanent Food Access Is Needed, They Say
  • Nov 8, 2021
  • Mack Liederman, Block Club Chicago
West Side Grocery Store Closure Highlights Food Inequities in Chicago
  • Nov 2, 2021
  • Marissa Nelson, WTTW
Aldi Abruptly Closes West Side Grocery Store, Angering Residents Already Living In Food Desert: ‘It’s A Dire Situation’
  • Oct 29, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Garfield Park Aldi's sudden closure leaves no healthy low-price grocery stores, protesters say
  • Oct 28, 2021
  • Trenier Ward, ABC 7
Grant Program Aims to Boost Equitable Development Near Train, Bus Lines
  • Oct 21, 2021
  • Nick Blumberg, WTTW
10 Things to Do This Weekend: Oct. 21-24
  • Oct 20, 2021
  • Kristen Thometz , WTTW
Chicago awards grants to spur development near transit in disinvested neighborhoods
  • Oct 20, 2021
  • Natalie Moore, WBEZ
Taste of The West Side
  • Aug 16, 2021
  • The Westside Media Project
Solar Panels At Garfield Park Conservatory Are Part Of West Side Teacher’s Way To Teach Environmental Justice
  • Aug 6, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
A Playful Event Series Returns to Garfield Park This Summer
  • Jul 23, 2021
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
Thousands Of Chicagoans Could Face Evictions Next Month. This Group Is Going Door To Door To Keep People In Their Homes
  • Jul 9, 2021
  • Alex V. Hernandez, Block Club Chicago
Chicago Flats Initiative Aims to Preserve Affordable Multifamily Housing
  • Jun 19, 2021
  • Erica Gunderson, WTTW Chicago Tonight
West Garfield Park community plaza, roller rink groundbreaking announced by Mayor Lightfoot
  • Jun 5, 2021
  • ABC 7 Chicago Digital Team
Two Sisters Catering Brings Sweet And Savory Soul Food To Austin’s Budding Soul City Corridor
  • Jun 4, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Guest Blog: The Need for a Collective Approach to Preserving 2 to 4 Unit Housing in Chicago
  • May 13, 2021
  • Enterprise Community Partners, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, and Communities United
Smooth and Social Roots Cafe Now Open!
  • May 12, 2021
  • Katie Lacroix, Garfield Park Community Council
Garfield Green would put 81 affordable — and sustainable — apartments on the West Side
  • Apr 21, 2021
  • David Roeder, Chicago Sun Times
What Would A Thriving Madison Street And Pulaski Road Look Like? West Side Groups Launch Plan To Revitalize Corridors
  • Mar 31, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Garfield Park vaccination forum addresses myths, fears
  • Jan 29, 2021
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
West Side Churches Offer Coronavirus Testing: ‘We Have To Meet The Community Where They Are’
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Shop Local 2020: An Austin, North Lawndale, Garfield Park Holiday Gift Guide
  • Nov 25, 2020
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
The Garfield Park Community Council has a new look!
  • Nov 9, 2020
  • Laura Wetter, Garfield Park Community Council
For Generations, The South And West Sides Have Been Shut Out Of Housing Near Public Transit. A New Plan Aims To Change That
  • Sep 16, 2020
  • Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago
Public Art Installations Meet Green Stormwater Infrastructure
  • Sep 2, 2020
  • Anna Wolf, Intersections blog by CNT
Development Without Gentrification: Garfield Green Housing Plan Aims To Spur Growth, Maintain Affordability On West Side
  • Aug 19, 2020
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
West Side Market Returns Outdoors Amidst Pandemic
  • Jul 23, 2020
  • Mariah McBride, Environmental Health & Wellness Editor, The Real Chi
Matching transit to economic need
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • Roberto Requejo, Crain's Chicago Business
A model to prevent a wave of evictions in the wake of coronavirus recession
  • May 13, 2020
  • Curtis Black, The Chicago Reporter
With East Garfield Park Ripe For Gentrification, Residents Draw Up Blueprint To Protect Themselves
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
East Garfield Park residents fight rising home prices to prevent displacement as West Loop developments push west
  • Mar 10, 2020
  • Sarah Shulte, ABC7
The Hatchery’s Packed Valentine’s Market Proves ‘There Is A Lot Of Buying Power On The West Side’
  • Feb 14, 2019
  • Sarah Conway, Block Club Chicago
Former West Side Aldi To Become Affordable Apartments With Restaurant, Grocery Store
  • Nov 14, 2024
  • Michael Liptrot
Renovated East Garfield Park building makes room for four small businesses
  • Oct 24, 2024
  • Amy Yee
Work Underway On West Side’s Sankofa Wellness Center
  • Oct 1, 2024
  • Michael Liptrot
Non-profit Southside Blooms transforming vacant lot into hope, youth job opportunities
  • Sep 12, 2024
  • Leah Hope
West Garfield Park Save A Lot Reopens More Than 2 Years After City Shutdown
  • Sep 5, 2024
  • Atavia Reed
6 Save A Lot store subsidies approved for $13.5M, but 14 months later, none are open
  • May 29, 2024
  • Mariah Rush
Vacant lots near transit present challenges posing challenges for neighborhoods and CTA, study says
  • Apr 1, 2024
  • Sarah Freishtat
Fifth City Commons To Begin Leasing To West Side Residents In The Spring
  • Jan 26, 2024
  • Trey Arline
Garfield Park’s Save A Lot Could Reopen In March After Nearly 2 Years Closed
  • Jan 26, 2024
  • Trey Arline
GPCC is One of Fifteen Neighborhood Groups to Get City Grants to Launch Pop-Ups in Empty Storefronts
  • Jan 4, 2024
  • Maxwell Evans
In West Garfield Park Food Desert, A Pop-Up Grocery Store Aims To Serve Neighbors
  • Nov 7, 2023
  • Trey Arline
West Garfield Park grocery pop-up opens to fill gap during Save A Lot’s temporary closure
  • Nov 6, 2023
  • Mariah Rush
Blackhawks Foundation commits $250,000 to West Side organizations
  • Nov 2, 2023
  • Corli Jay
Garfield Park Lot To Become New Nature Play Area Thanks To West Side Green Space Effort
  • Sep 27, 2023
  • Trey Arline
Commentary: Food businesses sprout up in Chicago's food deserts
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • Vanessa Stokes
Supermarket closings are the latest blow to South and West side neighborhoods
  • Aug 14, 2023
  • Judith Crown
Grocery store pop-up opens in West Garfield Park, offers residents a taste of things to come
  • Apr 3, 2023
  • Michael Loria
Lightfoot picks affordable housing project for East Garfield Park
  • Mar 27, 2023
  • David Roeder and Michael Loria
Lake-Kedzie redevelopment plan seeks to improve West Side’s story
  • Feb 16, 2023
  • CST Editorial Board
Sankofa Wellness Village On West Side Wins $10 Million Chicago Prize
  • Jan 12, 2023
  • Atavia Reed
City to sell off 2,000 vacant lots for fraction of value
  • Dec 29, 2022
  • Mariah Rush and Michael Loria
Farmers Market-On-Wheels Brings The Farm Stand To Garfield Park Seniors
  • Sep 15, 2022
  • Michael Loria
Chicago Approves Landmark Effort To Boost Affordable Housing Near Transit And Stall Gentrification
  • Jul 20, 2022
  • Quinn Myers and Mina Bloom
How the Austin Town Hall City Market is cultivating a taste for fresh food on the West Side
  • Jul 8, 2022
  • Samantha Callender, Austin Weekly News
Doggie day care proposed for West Garfield Park
  • Jul 8, 2022
  • Igor Studenkov
Why These Activists Use the Term ‘Food Apartheid' Instead of ‘Food Desert'
  • May 18, 2022
  • Jalyn Henderson, NBCLX
City foundation to tackle housing on West Side
  • Apr 26, 2022
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
Peace Runners 773 Building a Running Community in Garfield Park
  • Apr 6, 2022
  • Katie Lacroix, Garfield Park Community Council
Tackling Food Apartheid on the West Side
  • Mar 18, 2022
  • Isra Rahman, South Side Weekly & City Bureau
Chicago Nonprofit Teaches Youth Resilience, One Green Space at a Time
  • Feb 23, 2022
  • Breanna Edwards, Institute for Sustainable Communities
City Commission Approves Garfield Green Affordable Housing To ‘Counteract Pressures Of Displacement’ In East Garfield Park
  • Feb 22, 2022
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
West Garfield Park to Open GPRWC, a Community-Led Wellness Facility
  • Feb 17, 2022
  • Chante Gamby, Contributing Writer, Chicago Defender
With grocers closed, West Side market’s work more important than ever
  • Feb 11, 2022
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
Cook County and Chicago Bar Foundation Announce Recipients of $180K in Outreach Grants to Community Based Organizations
  • Jan 27, 2022
  • Nick Mathiowdis, Cook County Press Secretary
‘Did this do what we thought it would do?’ Some people face eviction even after getting COVID-19 rental assistance.
  • Dec 28, 2021
  • Cecilia Reyes and Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune
Planning for the Housing Needs of an Aging Population
  • Dec 14, 2021
  • Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University
As Long As We’re Here, We Want To Help Other People: Highlighting Garfield Park Neighborhood Market Vendor J. Spice
  • Nov 23, 2021
  • Laura Wetter, Garfield Park Community Council
East Garfield Park development plan altered after community input
  • Nov 19, 2021
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
West Siders Ask Aldi To Sell Closed Grocery Store For $1 As They Work To Replace It With ‘Community-Centered’ Grocer
  • Nov 17, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
After Aldi Closed In A Food Desert, West Side Groups Give Groceries To Neighbors — But Permanent Food Access Is Needed, They Say
  • Nov 8, 2021
  • Mack Liederman, Block Club Chicago
West Side Grocery Store Closure Highlights Food Inequities in Chicago
  • Nov 2, 2021
  • Marissa Nelson, WTTW
Aldi Abruptly Closes West Side Grocery Store, Angering Residents Already Living In Food Desert: ‘It’s A Dire Situation’
  • Oct 29, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Garfield Park Aldi's sudden closure leaves no healthy low-price grocery stores, protesters say
  • Oct 28, 2021
  • Trenier Ward, ABC 7
Grant Program Aims to Boost Equitable Development Near Train, Bus Lines
  • Oct 21, 2021
  • Nick Blumberg, WTTW
10 Things to Do This Weekend: Oct. 21-24
  • Oct 20, 2021
  • Kristen Thometz , WTTW
Chicago awards grants to spur development near transit in disinvested neighborhoods
  • Oct 20, 2021
  • Natalie Moore, WBEZ
Taste of The West Side
  • Aug 16, 2021
  • The Westside Media Project
Solar Panels At Garfield Park Conservatory Are Part Of West Side Teacher’s Way To Teach Environmental Justice
  • Aug 6, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
A Playful Event Series Returns to Garfield Park This Summer
  • Jul 23, 2021
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
Thousands Of Chicagoans Could Face Evictions Next Month. This Group Is Going Door To Door To Keep People In Their Homes
  • Jul 9, 2021
  • Alex V. Hernandez, Block Club Chicago
Chicago Flats Initiative Aims to Preserve Affordable Multifamily Housing
  • Jun 19, 2021
  • Erica Gunderson, WTTW Chicago Tonight
West Garfield Park community plaza, roller rink groundbreaking announced by Mayor Lightfoot
  • Jun 5, 2021
  • ABC 7 Chicago Digital Team
Two Sisters Catering Brings Sweet And Savory Soul Food To Austin’s Budding Soul City Corridor
  • Jun 4, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Guest Blog: The Need for a Collective Approach to Preserving 2 to 4 Unit Housing in Chicago
  • May 13, 2021
  • Enterprise Community Partners, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, and Communities United
Smooth and Social Roots Cafe Now Open!
  • May 12, 2021
  • Katie Lacroix, Garfield Park Community Council
Garfield Green would put 81 affordable — and sustainable — apartments on the West Side
  • Apr 21, 2021
  • David Roeder, Chicago Sun Times
What Would A Thriving Madison Street And Pulaski Road Look Like? West Side Groups Launch Plan To Revitalize Corridors
  • Mar 31, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Garfield Park vaccination forum addresses myths, fears
  • Jan 29, 2021
  • Igor Studenkov, Austin Weekly News
West Side Churches Offer Coronavirus Testing: ‘We Have To Meet The Community Where They Are’
  • Jan 6, 2021
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
Shop Local 2020: An Austin, North Lawndale, Garfield Park Holiday Gift Guide
  • Nov 25, 2020
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
The Garfield Park Community Council has a new look!
  • Nov 9, 2020
  • Laura Wetter, Garfield Park Community Council
For Generations, The South And West Sides Have Been Shut Out Of Housing Near Public Transit. A New Plan Aims To Change That
  • Sep 16, 2020
  • Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago
Public Art Installations Meet Green Stormwater Infrastructure
  • Sep 2, 2020
  • Anna Wolf, Intersections blog by CNT
Development Without Gentrification: Garfield Green Housing Plan Aims To Spur Growth, Maintain Affordability On West Side
  • Aug 19, 2020
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
West Side Market Returns Outdoors Amidst Pandemic
  • Jul 23, 2020
  • Mariah McBride, Environmental Health & Wellness Editor, The Real Chi
Matching transit to economic need
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • Roberto Requejo, Crain's Chicago Business
A model to prevent a wave of evictions in the wake of coronavirus recession
  • May 13, 2020
  • Curtis Black, The Chicago Reporter
With East Garfield Park Ripe For Gentrification, Residents Draw Up Blueprint To Protect Themselves
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
East Garfield Park residents fight rising home prices to prevent displacement as West Loop developments push west
  • Mar 10, 2020
  • Sarah Shulte, ABC7
The Hatchery’s Packed Valentine’s Market Proves ‘There Is A Lot Of Buying Power On The West Side’
  • Feb 14, 2019
  • Sarah Conway, Block Club Chicago
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