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General Manager Simon Horwell begins the tour of the Chicago Indoor Sports side of the business at the Wednesday, March 21, meeting of the McKinley Park Development Council.

: Published March 22, 2018

The McKinley Park Development Council toured the Chicago Indoor Sports and Razzmatazz Family Fun Center at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 21, including a peek at business operations, updates on council projects and event announcements from neighborhood groups.

General Manager Simon Horwell led the tour and explained the single business's dual role in providing both huge indoor areas for soccer, basketball, volleyball and other sports, and a large, arcade-driven entertainment space with food and drinks.

Aquinas Executive Director Alison Altmeyer shares the literacy center's development history at its Dine and Discuss event.

: Published March 20, 2018

"Madre, if we could only speak English," were the words that inspired the Adrian Dominican Sisters to start the Aquinas Literacy Center, according to an accounting shared at the center's Dine and Discuss event on Tuesday, March 13. Dozens of volunteers, neighbors and friends of the center enjoyed dinner and a presentation focusing on the contribution of the sisters to both the McKinley Park neighborhood and Aquinas.

Five sisters living in the Our Lady of Good Counsel convent started the center in the convent basement in 1996, said Volunteer Coordinator Sabrina Poulin in her presentation. This has grown into today's full-blown, full-time center at 35th and Wood streets that educates hundreds of students a year. Original Aquinas volunteers and founding sisters also shared their memories at the Dine and Discuss, which served as both outreach and a happy reunion for longtime volunteers.

McKinley Park Advisory Council Vice President Samantha Belcik, President Veronica O'Malley, Farmers Market Manager Stef Funk, Secretary Katie Flores and Treasurer Heather Breems plan for the 2018 season at the March 12 council meeting.

: Published March 14, 2018

The McKinley Park Advisory Council, the citizen-run stewardship and advocacy organization for McKinley Park, re-elected its incumbent slate of volunteer officers at its monthly meeting on Monday, March 12. Once again serving the park and the community are President Veronica O'Malley, Vice President Samantha Belcik nee Hertel, Secretary Katie Flores and Treasurer Heather Breems.

McKinley Park Civic Association officers, members and friends meet at the library for the monthly meeting on March 7, 2018.

: Published March 13, 2018

The McKinley Park Civic Association, the neighborhood's longest-serving community group, met for its monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 7, at the McKinley Park public library. On the docket was a wrap-up of the recent awards banquet held the previous Sunday, as well as planning for spring, including the neighborhood Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 28.

Association officers also touched on inquiring into neighborhood development concerns, including the new asphalt production plant under construction at 2055 W. Pershing Road and the status of the former Wrigley factory site at 35th Street and Ashland Avenue.

36 Squared Executive Director Andrew Fogaty stands ready to help local small businesses.

: Published March 8, 2018

The 36squared Business Incubator Sponsored by CIBC is up and running in the McKinley Park neighborhood and ready to offer free help to local businesses and entrepreneurs.

"We provide everything from writing a basic business plan through getting funding," said Executive Director Andrew Fogaty. "Our role is to provide free business help."

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