Friday, May 3, 2013
Gail Schechter, a community organizer focusing on affordable housing in Winnetka and Wilmette (among other Northern communities) will be honored in May.
Gail Schechter, a community organizer focused on affordable housing, will be receiving this year's Miller Housing Justice Award for her work organizing residents in Winnetka, Wilmette, Northbrook and Park Ridge, among other northern suburbs. The award will be presented by the Winnetka-based organization Open Communities at the 4th Rayna and Marvin Miller Housing Justice Award Benefit, a evening that aims to celebrate grassroots achievement and fair and affordable housing in Chicago's northern suburbs. "[Schechter] is being honored for organizing racially, ethnically and economically diverse residents in the northern suburbs, including low-income Morton Grove motel tenants, Skokie cab drivers and Highwood Latino renters fighting …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Housing advocates say affordable units should be part of the plans for 611 Green Bay Road.
Elizabeth Drake, a Wilmette resident for more than 20 years, says plans for 611 Green Bay Road should include an affordable housing component, Chicago Tribune reported. In December, Chicago real estate developer Lexington Homes agreed to purchase the site of a former Ford dealership for $4 million, with plans to build a new six-story mixed-use development. There’s no sign that affordable housing is in the plans for 611 Green Bay Road and Winnetka President Christopher Canning says he’s received only two communications about affordable housing, but housing advocates say it’s up to the village to push for affordable units in the plan, Chicago Tribune reported. The village purchased the one-acre parcel, which formerly housed a Ford …
Monday, January 31, 2011
Despite contributing $6.5 billion to north suburban economy, foreign-born residents often not on local governments' radar.
When Skokie banned the parking of taxicabs on its streets overnight, some residents didn't even notice. But for members of one South Asian immigrant group, many of whom drive taxis, the move was onerous. It outlawed the vehicles by which they made their living. That's an example of the lack of communication between immigrants, who make up about a third of the population in many northern suburbs, and village governments, according to a report released Friday by the Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs. Immigrants contribute $6.5 billion to the local economy, yet villages don't often have them on their radar, according to the report, "Open to All? Different Cultures, Same Communities: A Look at Immigrants and Housing in Chicago’…
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Village will consider objections to Master Plan and facilitate discussions in December.
Library leaders will be meeting with village officals Dec. 3 to discuss parking changes proposed in the village's long-term development plan. Citizens and officials told the plan commission during a public hearing held Monday that they coudn't support the adoption of the Master Plan because of its changes to library parking. The initiative's designs illustrate the creation of a parking garage at the intersection of Green Bay Road and Central Avenue. "We need to maintain parking for our 1,000 patrons a day, many of whom are elderly or children." Cindy Axley, president of the library board of trustees, said during the meeting, "It appears that our parking lot has been turned into a park, and I'm not sure what will happen to our alley…
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Willie Wilmette
9:17 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Oh, goody, maybe we can buy the building back. more ›