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GARFIELD PARK — Construction has begun on a new 6,000-square-foot indoor children’s garden at the Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave. The renovated Elizabeth Morse Genius Children’s Garden is expected to open in fall 2025. Additions will include a dig pit, nature art gallery, toddler area and slide. There will also be a […]
CHICAGO — It’s tough to run a small business. Thankfully, Chicago is filled with entrepreneurs who embrace the challenge and help make our neighborhoods more vibrant with their shops, restaurants and services. Every year, Block Club reporters hit the beat to highlight more than 100 businesses in every corner of our great city. So whether […]
EAST GARFIELD PARK — A three-building complex in East Garfield Park that for decades operated as shelter for women and single mothers will become a new community center, thanks to the help of a wealthy philanthropist. The City Council on Wednesday approved a measure to turn the former Florence Crittenton Anchorage complex at 2627 W. […]
CHICAGO — Loretto Hospital’s former CEO has joined the list of ex-executives there charged in a large conspiracy to get millions from the safety-net hospital, prosecutors said. George Miller was indicted by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to commit bribery, prosecutors announced Friday. They say he accepted more than $769,000 in return for sending […]