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Near West Honors the 12th District: May 21, 2010; The Near West Side CDC thanks District 12 for all of their hard work and great service in the community. The District and Commander Keane have been strong partners in our Safe Summer Programs…
Top Ranked Website: Mike Quinlan, Nov 5, 2009; Our hard work in covering the West Haven community is getting city-wide attention among professional journalists. www.nearwestsidecdc.org was recently ranked #52 among all city-wide news…
West Haven Mural Project: Paulette Boyd, Jul 20, 2009; After School Matters and Near West Side CDC sponsors a summer project to repaint the West Haven Mural at Touhy Herbert Park.
Chamber of Commerce reborn on Near West Side: Lydia Morken, The Partnership for New Communities, Jul 14, 2009; The reborn Madison-Western Chamber gets its first news article by Lydia Morken of the Partnership for New Communities.
Madison-Western Chamber Resurrected: Mike Quinlan, Jun 4, 2009; The purpose of the Madison-Western Chamber of Commerce is to promote, unite and coordinate efforts to revitalize and improve the business community in order to achieve comprehensive development…
West Side grocery contenders make pitches: Ed Finkel, LISC Chicago, May 8, 2009; About 200 West Side residents and other stakeholders heard presentations May 6 at Crane High School from representatives of three grocery chains that would like to locate on the three-acre plot…
Claus sighting on west side of Chicago!: Dec 25, 2008; Santa Claus found checking his naughty or nice list on the west side of Chicago! Slideshow included.
"Near West, partners revitalize retail": Nov 7, 2008; A great partner in Near West's efforts towards an increased quality-of-life in the West Haven community, LISC's New Communities Program recently wrote an article on the efforts of Near West's…
Near West helps police retool community website: Maureen Kelleher, Sep 24, 2008; Near West collaborates with the City of Chicago's Police Department on a 3 year process to help retool their community website. Please visit www.chicagopolice.org