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The Cook County agency is intensifying its focus on a neighborhood with a surfeit of abandoned and derelict buildings.

A south Chicago brownfield unfit for use for nearly a century is being transformed into a renewable energy facility and urban agriculture campus.

Three years in, INVEST South/West has secured significant investment commitments, but many people are still asking if the program has had an impact. We can vociferously say it has.

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday she has “great plans for re-introducing Chicago to the nation” mid-summer and into the fall that includes a “reunion weekend” to encourage African Americans who have fled Chicago to “come back home.” Lightfoot offered a sneak peek at her plans to rebuild a Chicago economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic while moderating a virtual panel she called “Cup of Joe.” It was a local, Inauguration Day version of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, and featured Chicago business and community leaders and activists dis...

Census armies pivot to vaccine outreach with minorities POLITICO 12/24/2020 By Nolan D. McCaskill and Shia Kapos © Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A member of FDNY EMS gives a thumbs up while receiving the coronavirus vaccine on Dec. 23, 2020 in New York City. Rep. Robin Kelly held more than a dozen briefings about the 2020 census with Black constituents in Illinois this year. California Rep. Jimmy Gomez went door-knocking in his Latino-heavy district to talk about the drive to get counted. Now both lawmakers are part of a disparate and sprawling patchwork of nonprofits ...