Neighborhood News
$1.5 Million Neighborhood Resiliency Program Coming to McKinley Park
With support from the Adrian Dominican Sisters, the Aquinas Literacy Center in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood will administer a three-year program to support education, community development and employment to support immigrants.
- Aquinas Literacy Center in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood to administer three-year program to support immigrants.
- Funding comes from the Adrian Dominican Sisters, which has a long history in McKinley Park.
- Program to start in 2023 and include support for education, community development and employment.
Read more: $1.5 Million Neighborhood Resiliency Program Coming to McKinley Park
Police: Street Racers Pelt Cops, Robbery Crew Trolls Pershing Road
October's Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) meeting for Beat 912 offered crime updates for the McKinley Park neighborhood and news of upcoming events where the public can engage with the 9th District.
- Beat 912 meeting for Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) offers McKinley Park crime updates.
- Upcoming Community Conversations solicit feedback from neighborhood on how to address crime in the 9th District.
- Commander Don Jerome hosts Q&A on Wednesday, October 19, at McGuane Park in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
Read more: Police: Street Racers Pelt Cops, Robbery Crew Trolls Pershing Road
McKinley Park Crime Spikes in First Half of 2022
Serious crime in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood — which includes homicide, robbery, assault, burglary, theft, battery and criminal sexual assault — rose almost 32 in the first half of 2022 compared to the same time period in 2021.
- Serious crime in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood rises almost 32 percent for first half of 2022 compared to 2021.
- Index crimes include homicide, robbery, assault, burglary, theft, battery and criminal sexual assault.
- Analysis compares City of Chicago crime data for McKinley Park and adjacent neighborhoods.
New Environmental Justice Formula Highlights Southwest Side’s Heavy Pollution Burdens
Environmental justice scientists from the University of Illinois - Chicago's School of Public Health have continued their analysis of local pollution emitters with an updated dashboard and a groundbreaking formula for measuring environmental burdens.
- Scientists from the University of Illinois - Chicago's School of Public Health return with new analysis of Chicago pollution and industrial emitters.
- Updated industrial sites dashboard now includes Chicago's asphalt plants, rail yards and intermodal shipping facilities.
- UIC team proposes groundbreaking formula to measure cumulative environmental justice burdens.
Read more: New Environmental Justice Formula Highlights Southwest Side’s Heavy Pollution Burdens
Cold Storage Pitched to Replace Historic Central Manufacturing District Building
The dilapidated and empty Continental Can Company building at South Ashland Avenue and West Pershing Road would be torn down and replaced with a 50-foot-tall warehouse in a plan pitched by Karis Cold Storage.
- Continental Can Company building at South Ashland Avenue and West Pershing Road would be demolished for new warehouse.
- Karis Cold Storage pitches development plan at McKinley Park Development Council meeting.
- Preservation Chicago director says historic facade, tower should be retained at very least.
Read more: Cold Storage Pitched to Replace Historic Central Manufacturing District Building
