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The Far South Community Development Corp. is putting final touches on a housing proposal as it looks for other ways to improve the area.

Chicago Family Health Center is one of six finalists for the Pritzker Traubert Foundation $10 million Chicago Prize 2022.

The Whole Foods at 832 W. 63rd St. is scheduled to close permanently Sunday. A new grocery tenant has not yet been announced for Englewood Square.

The mayor spoke at the groundbreaking for Englewood Connect, a culinary hub being built in a landmark firehouse — a building that “refused to be demolished,” said Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday pushed back hard against the notion that her signature plan to rebuild 10 South and West Side commercial strips is more talk than action.

The company announced it would shutter the store in April, news that came as a gut punch to a neighborhood that had received the grocer with much fanfare six years prior.

The Apostolic Church of God is pursuing redevelopment for its eight acres near 63rd Street and Dorchester Avenue, where the goal is community improvement without displacement.

Retiring U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., who led protests after the Target closing was announced, had the gleeful final word at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the call center.

A new planning database is shaking up planning for different state departments.

Chef Leon was one of the most chaotic yachties to grace the iconic TV show that is Below Deck. But who is he really? Where is he now?