Environment & Health News
Candidate Marie Newman, who seeks to represent McKinley Park as part of the 3rd Congressional District in Congress, visited the 36Squared Business Incubator to connect with local entrepreneurs and business leaders.
- Marie Newman, candidate for U.S. Representative for the 3rd District, visits the 36Squared Business Incubator in the McKinley Park neighborhood.
- Policy priorities will include green infrastructure development and continuing the cleanup of Bubbly Creek, Newman says.
- Business incubators will continue to grow their role in our economy, says Newman.
Read more: U.S. House Candidate Marie Newman Visits 36Squared Business Incubator
The CAPS Beat 912 meeting on Wednesday, September 8, provided updates on McKinley Park neighborhood crime and the response to it, including from 9th District community policing officer Jason Sollis and 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas.
- CAPS Beat 912 meeting on Wednesday, September 8, provides updates on McKinley Park crime and police and community response.
- 9th District community policing officer Jason Sollis and 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas address recent increase in gang activity and shootings.
- Community involvement key to identifying robber of neighborhood paleta vendor.
Read more: Pandemic Stymies Fight Against McKinley Park Gang Houses
The South Branch of the Chicago river, also known as Bubbly Creek, may be set for cleanup after project funding is included in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 as a provision sponsored by 3rd District Congressman Dan Lipinski.
- Water Resources Development Act of 2020 includes funding to clean up the South Branch of the Chicago river, aka Bubbly Creek.
- Project is one of many for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on local and national level and is sponsored by 3rd District Congressman Dan Lipinski.
- Act still needs to pass U.S. Senate approval before being signed into law.
Read more: U.S. House Approves Funding for Bubbly Creek Cleanup
The Divest, Imagine, Invest protest in McKinley Park brought a collection of community organizations together to advocate for police reform, a focus on environmental racism and adoption of a Green New Deal.
- Divest, Imagine, Invest protest and march focuses on police, environmental reform advocacy.
- Over 100 protesters, marchers and event organizers came to McKinley Park.
- Event organized by Sunrise Movement Chicago was co-sponsored by the Southwest Environmental Alliance, McKinley Park Mutual Aid, the Grassroots Collaborative, the 12th Ward IPO and Neighbors for Environmental Justice.
"Identifying Environmental Hazards within Southwest Chicago" comes from a research team at the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health and tallies pollution sources and impact across the Southwest Side.
- "Identifying Environmental Hazards within Southwest Chicago" looks at local emissions sources and their impact across the Southwest Side.
- Research team from the University of Illinois at Chicago releases study in partnership with the Southwest Environmental Alliance.
- Analysis notes how City of Chicago planning and policy portend more industrial businesses moving into area.
Read more: Local Pollution Hotspots, Coming Industrial Development IDed in UIC Study
