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At a ward meeting, UHaul also shared plans to add two floors to its 71st Street store and a developer previewed plans to build a 14-unit apartment building in Woodlawn.

Chicagoans braved the rain to get grocery coupons Wednesday. The savings are needed to help families hit hard by rising food prices, residents said.

With few differences in their end goals, more than a dozen candidates shared their legislative goals and touted their experience at a 1st District candidates' forum Monday.

The woman is in good condition and staying in a hotel. The man who found her said the incident reflects the need for community control over abandoned property in disinvested neighborhoods.

More than 100 cameras and plate readers will be placed in communities around UChicago's Hyde Park campus after City Council unanimously approved the funding.

The Hyde Park fair returns in person June 4-5. "That we’re even doing it is what’s so special," an organizer said.

The Better Streets for Buses plan proposes a network of corridors across the city — including 10 along the lakefront from Kenwood to South Shore — to renovate with bus-friendly improvements.

Residents can join local politicians, developers and other community leaders Saturday morning to plan a path forward for the lakefront neighborhood.

Oooh Wee It Is bought Mellow Yellow's 53rd Street location and its brand name. Owners Mark and Shae Walker will reboot the Hyde Park fixture as a tenant in a new Auburn Gresham food hall later this year.

Serving a diverse district from the Gold Coast to the Southeast Side "has been incredibly telling," Buckner said. "It's given me a very clear view into what happens when we have a tale of two cities."

Fair trade business owners and advocates will host pop-up markets, give tours and hand out "a whole lot of fair trade chocolate" at about 25 sites across Chicago.

Annuals, perennials, herbs, wildflowers and much more will be sold Friday-Saturday at the Hyde Park Shopping Center.

The one-day festival, which takes place at Lululemon's experiential store in Lincoln Park, will help Sista Afya Community Care expand its free therapy program.

"It's not just that things have stopped, it's that they're going backwards," a city attorney said Tuesday about repairing the troubled affordable apartment building in Kenwood.

Passports for Peace, led by activist William Calloway, will offer out-of-town trips, job training, trusted mentorship and social media monitoring in an effort to prevent violence in South Shore.

"St. Laurence is as much about preserving Black space as it is about giving new life to creative possibilities on the South Side,” artist Theaster Gates said.

The Historic Pullman Foundation's weekend-long celebration of the iconic train company and its namesake neighborhood takes place May 14-15.

Neighbors shared their economic development goals for Chicago Wednesday, as part of a citywide planning initiative set to be implemented across Chicago next year.

Artist Antonia Ruppert will lead a family portrait painting Friday at the Salud Center in South Chicago, an example of the types of youth programs planned for the center's new "teen space."

After five years and two pandemic cancelations in Hyde Park, the popular block party returns July 16-17 at a new location: Oakwood Beach. Early bird passes start at $30.