Education & Families News
A team from the University of Chicago has won the C40 Reinventing Cities design competition for their proposed overhaul of massive, long-vacant and dilapidated buildings and other properties in the Central Manufacturing District.
- University of Chicago team wins C40 Reinventing Cities competition for Central Manufacturing District proposal.
- Project envisions overhaul of millions of square feet of unused space, with an actual cost of over $1 billion.
- Planning department hopes this academic exercise will spur development interest and ideas.
Read more: Students Win C40 Contest for Redesign of Central Manufacturing District
For the first time in 18 months, the McKinley Park neighborhood's Aquinas Literacy Center held in-person literacy tutor training, prepping six new volunteers for one-to-one English language instruction with local adult learners.
- For the first time in 18 months, volunteer literacy tutors receive training on-site at McKinley Park neighborhood center.
- Six new volunteers join corps of dozens who provide one-on-one training to adult English learners.
- Next literacy tutor training session set for Saturday, October 23.
Read more: Aquinas Literacy Center Returns to In-Person Tutor Training
A summer program from the Chicago Park District and the Coalition for a Better Chinese-American Community resulted in an exhibition of teen nature photography of McKinley Park on Saturday, September 4.
- Summer program from the Chicago Park District and the Coalition for a Better Chinese-American Community teaches nature photography to teens.
- Exhibition on Saturday, September 4, showcases teen-age photographers' work in the McKinley Park field house.
- Photos remain on display for public viewing.
Read more: Teen Photographers Showcase the Nature of McKinley Park
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker joined other state, national and local officials on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, in welcoming the Aviation Institute of Maintenance to Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood.
- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and fellow state, national and local officials welcome the Aviation Institute of Maintenance to McKinley Park.
- Campus is the largest in the United States for training aviation mechanics, a skill in high demand, speakers say.
- Partnerships with City Colleges of Chicago, local high schools set to onboard students into flexible, high-paying careers.
Read more: Political Luminaries Unveil McKinley Park Aviation Campus at Ribbon-Cutting
A summer lacrosse clinic from the Community Health Initiative Program, Simply Social Sports and OWLS brought a new sport program and equipment to more than 40 children in Chicago's McKinley Park.
- Clinic from the Community Health Initiative Program, Simply Social Sports and OWLS brings lacrosse program to McKinley Park.
- Kids get free training, games and equipment over a six-session summer series, with chance to continue.
- Program introduces city kids to a predominantly white sport, organizers say.
Read more: McKinley Park Lacrosse Program Trains Kids, Breaks Social Barriers
