Neighborhood News
Memorial Day Parade Is On as Planners Call for More Marchers
McKinley Park's annual Memorial Day parade will step off on Monday, May 30, and the McKinley Park Civic Association announced details and a call for more participants at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 4.
- Annual tradition for the McKinley Park neighborhood returns on Monday, May 30.
- McKinley Park Civic Association and William McKinley American Legion Post 231 sponsor march through neighborhood.
- Music groups especially sought to bolster parade, which is free for participants.
Read more: Memorial Day Parade Is On as Planners Call for More Marchers
New 11th Ward Alder Supports Ward Map that Divides Neighborhood
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
U.S. EPA Issues Letter Mandating Emissions Measures at SIMS Metal Shredder
Letter leverages Section 114(a) of the U.S. Clean Air Act to mandate EPA-qualified emissions monitoring, review and access within 60 days for metal shredding business in Pilsen adjacent to the McKinley Park neighborhood.
- Letter leverages Section 114(a) of the U.S. Clean Air Act to mandate monitoring, review and access.
- Metal shredding business is located in Pilsen adjacent to the McKinley Park neighborhood.
- SIMS has 60 days to implement continuous emissions monitoring, the letter states.
Read more: U.S. EPA Issues Letter Mandating Emissions Measures at SIMS Metal Shredder
Southwest Side Environment Team Study Parallels Renewal for Metal Shredder
SIMS Metal Management in Pilsen gets examined in context of surrounding industry by the University of Illinois - Chicago team studying environmental justice issues in the McKinley Park and adjacent neighborhoods.
- SIMS Metal Management in the Pilsen neighborhood scrutinized by study of surrounding industry and emissions sources.
- Study comes from the University of Illinois - Chicago team examining environmental justice issues in McKinley Park and other neighborhoods.
- Community meeting on SIMS set for Wednesday, April 27.
Read more: Southwest Side Environment Team Study Parallels Renewal for Metal Shredder
Ward Announces Community Micro-Grants
Funding for community projects line up $100,000 in grants for qualified 12th Ward community organizations to produce projects in arts and culture, or wellness and public safety.
- $100,000 in funding for projects in arts and culture, or wellness and public safety, queues up for 12th Ward community groups.
- City of Chicago now accepting micro-grant applications through May 20.
- Recommended seminar on Friday, April 29, promises more information and grant application support.
