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As Logan Housing Costs Skyrocket, New 100 Percent Affordable Housing Complex ‘Extremely Important’ Step In Right Direction, Ald. Says
- Mina Bloom, Apr 3, 2019
“I’ve been trying to get this done since 2016 and the Mayor’s office hasn’t helped until now,” the alderman said, adding, “The mayor wants to see this done during the final month of his administration. … as part of his legacy.”
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LSNA's Aldermanic Questionnaire- Run-Off Edition
- LSNA, Mar 20, 2019
On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, LSNA hosted a conversation between runoff candidates for the 30th, 31st, 33rd ward, and community members. We'd like to thank the candidates including Deb Mell, Felix Cardona Jr., Rossana Rodriguez, and Jessica Gutierrez for attending.
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Chicago’s Lincoln Yards Puts Affordable Housing Groups In A Bind
- Linda Lutton, Mar 19, 2019
Lincoln Yards is a planned $6 billion megaproject — featuring skyscrapers, corporate headquarters, and thousands of units of upscale housing — to be sandwiched between Lincoln Park and Bucktown.
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LSNA's Aldermanic Candidate Forum Recap and Questionnaire Answers
- LSNA, Feb 13, 2019
Did you miss LSNA's aldermanic forum last Friday, February 8th, 2019? See our answers to our communities' questions here- including responses from the 1st, 26th, 31st, 33rd, and 35th Ward.
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Candidates Promise to Vote No on Mega TIF Bonds at LSNA Aldermanic Forum
- Sam González Kelly, LoganSquarist Staff Writer, Feb 11, 2019
Residents of Logan Square, Avondale, Hermosa, and Lathrop packed the auditorium at McAuliffe Elementary (1841 N. Springfield Ave.) Feb. 8 to hear aldermanic candidates speak about the Logan Square Neighborhood Association’s Quality of Life plan, released in December 2018.
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Housing organizations OK to sue Cook Assessor over ex-assessor's 'discriminatory' practices
- By Jonathan Bilyk, Feb 8, 2019
On Feb. 7, Cook County Circuit Judge Celia Gamrath rejected the county’s attempt to pull the plug on the legal action brought by the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Logan Square Neighborhood Association and South Suburban Housing Center.
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Housing organizations OK to sue Cook Assessor over ex-assessor's 'discriminatory' practices
- Jonathan Bilyk, Feb 8, 2019
From Cook County Record: Housing assistance organizations have won the right to continue, for now, with a lawsuit against the Cook County Assessor’s office for past property tax assessment practices they claim discriminated against black and Hispanic homeowners, particularly in Chicago.
On Feb. 7, Cook County Circuit Judge Celia Gamrath rejected the county’s attempt to pull the plug on the legal action brought by the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Logan Square Neighborhood Association and South Suburban Housing Center.
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How to win over Northwest Side voters: Chicago aldermen candidates hone in on high school plans
- Cassie Walker Burke / Chalkbeat Chicago, Feb 8, 2019
Photo Credit: Cassie Walker Burke / Chalkbeat Chicago
Organized by the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Friday’s event brought together candidates from six of the city’s most competitive aldermanic races. Thirteen candidates filled the stage, including some incumbents, such as Aldermen Proco “Joe” Moreno (1st Ward), Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th Ward), and Milly Santiago (31st Ward).
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StoryCorps Chicago: ‘Gentrification Is Colonization’
- Bill Healy, StoryCorps Chicago, WBEZ, Feb 1, 2019
Ashley Galvan Ramos is an anti-gentrification activist in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, where she grew up.
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Five Mayoral Hopefuls Commit to Ambitious Progressive Agenda at Forum
- Aaron Cynic, Jan 17, 2019
“We want the next mayor of Chicago to know we’ve had enough of the devastation in our communities,” said Ashley Galvan Ramos of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, who helped open the event by leading a ‘mic check.’
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Chicago Neighborhoods Front And Center At Forum For Mayoral Candidates
- Linda Lutton, Jan 13, 2019
“We are here to send a message to the candidates that our communities..."
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Activistas presentan plan para frenar el desplazamiento urbano en el vecindario de Hermosa, en Chicago
- Univision, Dec 14, 2018
"Organizaciones comunitarias han diseñado un plan para evitar que en un futuro cercano cientos de latinos sean víctimas del..."
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As Gentrification Moves West, Hermosa And Logan Square Leaders Launch Plan To Fight Displacement
- Mina Bloom, Dec 13, 2018
"Logan Square Neighborhood Association partnered with Local Initiatives Support Corporation, or LISC, on the 56-page plan, which doubles as a report on the state..."
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Mayoral forum recap: all the answers, none ...
- Maya Dukmasova, Dec 11, 2018
At back-to-back forums last week 11 candidates fielded questions and even provided some answers.
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Plan unveiled to reconfigure Logan Square traffic circle
- Karen Jordan, Dec 4, 2018
"Bicyclist Juan Sebastian Arias, who lives in Logan Square and bikes to work in the Loop, supports bike safety. He is also a member of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, which has raised concerns that an unintended consequence of improving the traffic circle could be ..."
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How Chicago Is Making its Own Affordable Housing Crisis Worse
- Shelli Nicole, Nov 27, 2018
Logan Square residents and supporters march for racial equity and affordable housing in the rapidly gentrifying north side neighborhood of Logan Square in Chicago on October 23, 2018.
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Chicago Has A Plan To Build Near CTA Trains. But Who Does It Help?
- Natalie Moore, Odette Yousef, Nov 26, 2018
Christian Diaz of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association stands in the Emmet Street parking lot, a city-owned lot where housing advocates envision an affordable TOD development for working-class Latino families that might otherwise be priced out of the rapidly...
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WCIU-TV QLP Interview/ LISC Chicago
- Jon Hansen, Nov 17, 2018
Quality-of-Life Plan and neighborhood.
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Fight for affordable housing near transit lines takes on new urgency
- Mary Wisniewski, Nov 5, 2018
“If we don’t use this moment right now to ensure that Logan Square remains inclusive and affordable, 10 years from now, 20 years from now, it will be Lincoln Park...”
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Neighbors March Against Displacement in Logan Square
- Lynda Lopez, Oct 30, 2018
The demonstrators called on community members to vote out elected officials who aren’t doing enough to prevent longtime residents from being priced out of the community...
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Logan Square Anti-Gentrification March Draws 500 People: ‘Fight Today, Vote Tomorrow’
- Mina Bloom, Oct 24, 2018
"I want my son to graduate from the school I graduated from. I want my friends and family to continue to live in their neighborhoods."
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Logan Square burns hot as many city neighborhoods cool down
- DENNIS RODKIN, Oct 18, 2018
The median price of a house sold in the Near West neighborhood in the first nine months of the year rose by a little more than 19 percent.
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Logan Square Activists To March For Development Without Gentrification
- Mina Bloom, Oct 16, 2018
More than 600 activists and their supporters are planning to march through the neighborhood next week.
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JLC and the LSNA Testimonial Video
- Oct 1, 2018
JLC and the LSNA Testimonial Video
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Development In Humboldt Park Sparks Discussions Of Gentrification
- Vince Gerasole, Sep 19, 2018
“These are monuments to the displacement of working class families in Chicago and it’s a painful..."