Fabrication Studio Makes Face Shields to Help Chicago Fight Pandemic

McKinley Park neighborhood-based Bridgewater Studio plans to produce 150,000 face shields for Chicago's first responders, transitioning equipment, know-how and personnel toward critically needed personal protective equipment.

• Bridgewater Studio in the McKinley Park neighborhood adapts face shield design from NYC manufacturer.
• Custom fabrication business aims to produce 150,000 face shields by Wednesday, April 8.
• Face shields intended to support City of Chicago's first responders.

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Neighborhood Restaurants Feed McKinley Park with Delivery, Take-out During Pandemic

The McKinley Park neighborhood's restaurants continue to serve residents with take-out and delivery options during the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, as displayed in an interactive map listing restaurants and their ordering details.

• Restaurants in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago continue to stay open through the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic.
• With dining rooms shuttered by state order, take-out and delivery remain options for hungry neighborhood residents.
• Interactive map lists open neighborhood restaurants and service details.

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Support Network Forums Fight Pandemic via Channel for Neighborhood Communication

Published March 16, 2020

Communications help for the McKinley Park Community Area of Chicago during the coronavirus pandemic is now available via the McKinley Park Support Network message boards, a series of discussion forums hosted and managed by the McKinley Park News. Available for free to the public on the McKinley Park News website at https://mckinleypark.news/mckinley-park-support-network, the set of forums focuses on requesting, offering and coordinating coronavirus pandemic support especially relevant to the neighborhood.

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