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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2004
The Compassionate Blues Where does the nation's heart still beat? Once upon a time, the thump-thump of
compassion was not hard to hear.
Closure Razes Resident Hopes In its last days, eight families resided at the otherwise empty public housing high-rise
building at 4947 S. Federal.
"Deadly Moves" - an update The city, its police department and the Chicago Housing Authority recently proposed to increase police
patrols at several public housing sites and in areas where residents have been relocated.
Senior Rehab Update Two years ago, the Chicago Housing Authority proposed to renovate all of the
senior citizen buildings. It's now 2004 and the restoration is nearly finished.
Positive People Geraldine Walton, or "Penny" as most people like to call her, is one of the sweetest
people that you will ever meet and her genuine demeanor is quite refreshing.
Renaissance 2010:Sweeping Changes Ask people in low-income communities if they have heard of Renaissance 2010 and the
majority would likely say they have. Ask them if they know what Renaissance 2010 is and chances are they would say they don't.
Feature: LAC Elections 2004Election Report: Harold Ickes Homes The day opened to a dreary sky, which probably was the cause for the slow early morning
attendance at the local polling place for the 2004 Local Advisory Council elections at the Harold Ickes Homes.
Cabrini-Green Election In the North Side development Cabrini-Green, residents were busy going to vote
and expressing their views on the election when I stopped by on the morning of Election Day. The question
was simple: who would penetrate the hard concrete public housing walls, a Cannon or a Steele? Which would be the winner?
Wipe Out The families living in the remaining buildings at Madden Park Homes on the South Side were wiped out of the Tenant Council Election this
November. They received no official notice of the change that the Chicago Housing Authority made just prior to the
resident elections.
More CHA Residents Voting Woes For more than 30 years, residents using project-based Section 8 Housing Vouchers within the City-State properties have participated in Tenant
Council Elections along with the residents living in public housing units at the sites, according to Robert Whitfield, an
attorney representing the CHA resident councils.
A Taylor-Made Election Residents from Robert Taylor A who relocated into the Quincy and Langston Homes
were upset when they found out they could only vote for the B side of the development.
Rockwell, LeClaire, ABLA Elections On a dreary, rainy November day, a large Maroon can pulled up to the polling
place located at 2540 West Jackson by the Rockwell Gardens development.
Presidential Election Notebook There was more activity and excitement surrounding the recent presidential election
than most Americans living today have experienced in a lifetime.
Residents: "What People Want" More than one year ago, We The People Media began a new effort that has
recently produced the first of what will be an ongoing series of reports relating to the CHA Plan for Transformation,
the agency's $1.5 billion effort to totally redevelop public housing in Chicago.
Update: Zoning and Affordable Housing Incentives or mandates: which tool will increase affordable housing in Chicago?
On the one hand, Mayor Richard M. Daley wants to use density bonuses as incentives for developers to build affordable
afffordable housing units.
Harold Ickes News July 10, 2004 was not the first time Bishop Larry Trotter of Sweet Holy Spirit
Church brought a true gospel program to the residents of Harold Ickes. In the all purpose social arena,
we were treated to uplifting, soul stirring singers and gospel happy dancers.
Stop The Violence Located at 2650 and 2710 Ogden Ave. on Chicago's West Side, the Ogden Courts development
is mostly occupied by single parent households, headed by women. The apartments are in deplorable conditions.
Mice, lead poisoning and dirty water are only a few of the problems we face daily.
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