Politics & Government News
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.
The McKinley Park Development Council lands the Illinois Connected Communities program for McKinley Park, which will work to expand broadband access and literacy in the neighborhood.
- McKinley Park Development Council lands Illinois Connected Communities program to bring better broadband to the neighborhood.
- Statewide initiative is first planning step toward participation in the $420 million Connect Illinois program.
- McKinley Park is one of 12 communities in first cohort of statewide program.
Read more: McKinley Park Named Connected Community for Statewide Internet Program
Many enterprises in the McKinley Park Community Area and adjacent Central Manufacturing District have received large federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, resulting in the retention of over 1,000 local jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
- Local enterprises receive large, forgivable loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration to retain local jobs.
- Data release lists 30 McKinley Park recipients of loans of at least $150,000.
- Over 1,000 neighborhood jobs to be saved, says data.
Read more: Dozens of McKinley Park Businesses Receive Jumbo Federal Paycheck Protection Loans
