Politics & Government News
The McKinley Community Play Garden has won a $35,000 grant from the 12th Ward for a teen nature program running into early August at the garden space.
- McKinley Community Play Garden wins a $35,000 grant to support a teen nature program running into August.
- 12th Ward selects garden for grant award alongside three other ward organizations.
- Play garden closed for teen use only on afternoons Tuesdays through Fridays.
The Mas Flow Reggaeton Festival will not migrate to McKinley Park over the weekend of July 15-17, stated 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas following community feedback solicited through the week.
- Mas Flow Reggaeton Festival will not migrate to McKinley Park over the weekend of July 15-17.
- 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas states announcement in an online post from his Facebook account.
- Decision follows community feedback and a petition against the festival.
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The Chicago City Council has voted to approve a heavily gerrymandered ward map that irregularly splits McKinley Park into two wards, with the support of all three current alders whose wards currently cover the neighborhood.
- Chicago City Council votes 43 to 7 to adopt a heavily gerrymandered ward map that irregularly chops up the neighborhood.
- New map gets Yes votes from all three alders representing wards that currently cover the McKinley Park Community Area.
- Vote comes despite opposition from community groups, residents and stakeholders.
Read more: Backdoor Redistricting Deal Divides McKinley Park Between 11th, 12th Wards
A coalition of neighborhood community groups, elected officials, enterprises and institutions have co-signed a public letter asking that McKinley Park remain within a single ward through redistricting of Chicago's political boundaries.
- Neighborhood community groups, elected officials, institutions and enterprises sign public letter asking that McKinley Park remain within a single ward.
- Redistricting process looks to chop up neighborhood into multiple Chicago wards with irregular boundaries.
- Change.org petition lets residents add their support for keeping McKinley Park whole.
Nicole Lee, the recently appointed 11th Ward representative on the Chicago City Council, says she supports a ward map that irregularly divides the McKinley Park neighborhood, keeping part of it in the 11th Ward and the rest in the 12th.
- Nicole Lee, recently appointed to represent the 11th Ward on the Chicago City Council, says she supports dividing McKinley Park between 11th and 12th Wards.
- Redistricting presents two competing maps that redraw ward boundaries, and voters may decide in June 28 referendum.
- Latino Coalition map would keep all of the McKinley Park neighborhood within the 12th Ward.
Read more: New 11th Ward Alder Supports Ward Map that Divides Neighborhood
