Jason Ervin

The head of the City Council Black Caucus fired back that the Latino Caucus map proposal would "reduce the gains the Black community has made in Chicago."

The two sides emerged without a compromise, sniping that the other wasn’t open to negotiations. If they can't compromise, Chicagoans will vote on competing proposals in June.

The new proposed site for the Fire's sports center is on Chicago Housing Authority land that was once the site of the ABLA homes. The complex would include training fields and a youth academy.

West Garfield Park leaders are negotiating with Aldi to buy the Madison Street location so they can bring another grocer to the space. If that doesn't work, the city could intervene to help.

The Black Caucus members have resisted demands to reduce the number of Black-majority wards as the city's map is redrawn. Now, they propose trading one majority Black ward to add a majority Latino ward.

The Latino population has grown in Chicago while the Black population has declined. Latino Caucus members say that means there should be more majority Latino wards — but that shouldn't come at the cost of Black representation, opponents say.

Despite differences on the city's new ward map, leaders of both the Black and Latino caucuses have now came out in support of Chicago's first majority Asian American ward.

Most locals support the special service area in West Garfield Park and the tax that would come with it. But some were frustrated the service provider would be based outside the community.

The area could undergo a shift, from being primarily a medical district to becoming a "truly mixed-use neighborhood," a city official said.

The community plaza and roller rink is an investment to improve safety and bring commerce back to the Madison Street corridor, organizers said.

The next phase of the Roosevelt Square project contains three mid-rise buildings with 207 total units and the rehabilitation of an existing building that will be the home of a museum and 15 residential units. 

The residential units would include market-rate, affordable and units retained for Chicago Housing Authority residents.

Neighbors said they're concerned about how close the liquor store would be to a day care, among other things.

The roller rink will be built along a troubled street in an effort to use public investment and community engagement to deter crime and help revitalize the area.

The improvements to Garfield Park are welcomed by the community. But the park's advisory council said they were left out of the planning.

Renovations are long overdue, residents say, but an advisory council was left out of the planning process.

West Garfield Park residents can weigh in on the plan at a town hall Monday night.

Related Midwest would rehab 184 apartments from a previously completed phase and build 222 apartments across four buildings.

“This is a travesty,” said Ald. Jason Ervin, the chair of City Council Black Caucus. “If equity is to be one of our north stars, this is not it."