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New Landmark Missionary Baptist Church's gun violence trauma center offers traditional counseling services as well as music and art therapy plus yoga and meditation.

The massive project includes bike lanes, trash cans, street resurfacing and more. Some business owners have scaled back hours or temporarily closed as construction limits parking and foot traffic.

After buying land from nearby Rush Hospital, the Blackhawks will add two new ice rinks, community spaces, a parking lot and a new park to its Fifth Third Arena.

The Douglass Park event has generated fierce pushback for years, but many support it amid pledges to scale back noise and traffic, better clean up the park and maintain public access.

The annual community fishing event gives youth and their families the chance to bond with firefighters and police officers.

The pilot program matching 100 neighbors with local pantries for two monthly food deliveries is continuing for another six months, officials said.

The facility was supposed to open in late 2022 but was pushed back, frustrating neighbors eager for the hundreds of promised jobs. One neighbor is suing in a last-ditch effort to block its opening.

Elaine Bell-Quinn has been transforming her dilapidated childhood home into the garden she's always dreamed of, including a safe space for cats and produce for the neighborhood.

Formerly known as the Chicago Children's Choir, Uniting Voices Chicago encourages children of all ages and backgrounds to participate with sliding scale pay grades.

The local Black-owned coffee chain chose the West Side youth center BUILD as the location for its newest cafe.

The Leaders Network Financial Credit Union, expected to open in February, will provide financial counseling and access to capital in an area that's historically been overlooked by banks.

The Community Center for Teaching and Learning will help the satellite campus welcome up to 2,000 students and boost much-needed education in health fields.

The competing projects, Garfield Gather And Westgate, include mixed-use buildings anchored by a grocery store that developers say would revitalize the area after years of disinvestment.

At KS’Sandwiches, owner Kevin “K-Smoove” Woodard specializes in a sandwich with shaved turkey, garlic mustard cheddar sauce and, of course, a bread roll dipped in au jus.

The sports bar, which underwent extensive renovations two years ago, was shut down this month with no timetable on its reopening.

Residents and businesses affected by the flooding can receive grants, low-cost loans and other help to cover damages. But the federal agency overseeing relief will never request money or a Social Security number.

The scholarships were handed out to 44 high school and college students who were born, raised or connected to the city's West Side.

The federal funding comes after July's record-breaking storms battered West Side neighborhoods, causing widespread damage to homes and businesses.

The annual block party, hosted by the Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago, will feature food, music, yoga, basketball tournaments, graffiti art, breakdance and footwork dancing and more.

Historic preservationists lobbied to landmark the Victorian property, citing its importance as a safe haven for single women of color for its time.