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Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
We take our annual look at the Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards, highlighting community projects and architecture throughout the city.

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THE Guide to Black Owned Businesses
Our annual guide to Black Owned businesses in Chicago is here. Check out our listings for bars, restaurants, services, retail, and arts and entertainment. Enjoy!

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Celebrating Chicago's Black Owned Businesses
Meet the recent graduates of the Breedlove Accelerator Program - 10-week program that gives women entrepreneurs support services, resources, networking and help securing funding to realize their business goals, scale their businesses and in the pr...

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We Need a Hero - The Superman Edition
Superman was the very first superhero. He debuted in Action Comics issue #1, which was released in June 1938. Over time, the character has been assigned multiple nicknames: “The Man of Steel”, “The Man of Tomorrow” and “The Big Blue Boy Scout”. Ho...

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Telling our Stories
Anthony Mateos, a rising senior at Evanston Township High School, has written a definitive book about StreetWise, “Who We Are: Stories from the Chicago StreetWise Community.” His sensitive oral history was undertaken with vendors, staff and funder...