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How an Austin farm lives up to its ‘reuse’ motto

GlennArt Farm’s Carolyn Loder shares how land remediation plays critical role in maintaining the urban farm

By SAMANTHA CALLENDER Community Narrative Reporter

Just a few blocks north of the green line in Austin sits a farm where goats, chickens and bees live among urban dwellings.

Since 2011, GlennArt Farm (which is technically in the backyard of farm owners Carolyn and David Loder) has been creating unique livestock experiences and cyclical farming ecosystems for those in the community.

Aside from livestock (including two goats named Beyonce and Cher), the Loders also partner with the urban land trust nonprofit Neighborspace to manage the Harambee Community Garden just a few blocks from their own urban farm.

In a recent interview, Carolyn Loder shared how land remediation plays a critical role in the maintenance of their farm and garden.

See LAND REMEDIATION on page 4

Fred Hampton’s boyhood home now a local historic landmark

PHOTO BY PAUL GOYETTE

Maywood board voted unanimously on landmark status April 19

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

The childhood home of human rights icon Fred Hampton is now a local historic landmark after the Maywood vil-

Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., second from left, Maywood Trustee Melvin Lightford, Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker and former Black Panther Joe Wilson with members of the Black Panther Party Cubs. They’re holding a quilt showing the face of Fred Hampton Sr. during the village board meeting on April 19, where the board voted to make Hampton Sr.’s boyhood home a local historic landmark. lage board voted unanimously in favor of granting the designation at a regular meeting on April 19.

The two-story apartment building at 804 S. 17th Ave. in Maywood is currently a community gathering space that Hamp-

ton’s son, Black Panther Cubs Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., hopes will become a museum.

Hampton Sr. was assassinated on Dec. See HAMPTON HOUSE on page 6

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Redeveloped U.S. Bank building may welcome tenants next year The luxury lofts being built at 6700 W. North Ave. are close to being finished, but plans for a new Galewood branch library are still up in the air

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The former U.S. Bank building at 6700 W. North Ave., which is currently being renovated and expanded into a mixed-use building with apartments on the top two floors, may start accepting tenants as soon as next winter. But it remains unclear whether a new Galewood branch library will be part of it.

The redevelopment plans for the former U.S. Bank property were changed several times since 2019 and the pandemic slowed down construction, but all of the proposals included some kind of residential component and space for the new Galewood library.

A rendering of the luxury lofts on North Ave. Since 2010, the current Galewood-Mont Clare branch library has been confined to a single room at Rutherford Sayre Park Fieldhouse, 6871 W. Belden Ave. Many Galewood residents, including Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th), have pushed for a larger location.

During his April 21 monthly victual community meeting, Taliaferro said that the ribbon-cutting may happen as soon as this fall, and he was hopeful that the new library branch will be part of the project. Property

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Jakovljevic is currently renovating the historic bank building and adding a third floor on top of it. Second and third floors will contain apartments. The first floor would be used for office and retail. The developer previously expressed willingness to lease 11,000 to 12,000 square feet for the Galewood branch.

Even before the pandemic, Galewood library’s size limited its collection and didn’t allow for amenities such as WiFi. Since it’s too small to allow for social distancing, it hasn’t reopened since the start of the pandemic.

The Chicago Public Library (CPL) system doesn’t have capital funding, so it must rely on other sources to cover the costs of getting a new branch up and running. In 2019, State Rep. Camille Lilly (78th) and State Sen. Don Harmon (39th) included a $600,000 appropriation for a new Galewood library in the Rebuild Illinois capital bill. The two legislators

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subsequently secured another $7 million.

Neither fund is tied to any specific location.

Lilly said that the funding can be used to either build a new library from scratch or build within a larger space.

CPL spokesperson Patrick Molloy said last fall that, while securing the funds was an important step, they were still discussing whether the branch would go into the U.S. Bank site. Taliaferro previously said that the main point of the contention was the terms of the lease. Jakovljevic wanted a longer lease while CPL was looking for something shorter.

During an interview conducted after his community meeting, Taliaferro said that “as of right now, we’re still discussing with the city how to pay for the operation of the library through the term of the lease.”

Lilly said she has no idea where the negotiations stand, but reiterated that the grant funding can’t be used for operations.

The rendering that’s currently on the development website includes a library branch in the east half of the first floor.

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Soul Food Lounge opens inside MLK Legacy Apartments The restaurant will bring a comfortable sit-down environment to the 16th Street corridor

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A soul food fusion restaurant opening in North Lawndale will bring an upscale yet affordable dining experience not yet offered in the neighborhood, its leaders say.

Soul Food Lounge is being launched in partnership between Chef Quentin Love, the culinary mastermind of Turkey Chop in West Humboldt Park, and the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation.

It will open in May at 3804 W. 16th St. on the ground floor of the MLK Legacy Apartments, a mixed-use affordable housing and commercial building at the site where Martin Luther King Jr. lived during his campaign against redlining in Chicago in 1966.

Soul Food Lounge will begin to satiate the demand for a sit-down eatery in North Lawndale so residents will no longer have to leave their neighborhood to have that kind of culinary experience, Love said.

“We can really create a great dining experience for those in the community where people will also look at it as a destination spot,” Love said. “If you can get quality businesses and experiences in the community where you sleep in, you will want to stay there versus always leaving the community. You can have great experiences in your own backyard.”

The restaurant specializes in soul fusion, which uses traditional Southern cuisine as a starting point for introducing foodies to unfamiliar flavors from Italian, Asian and Latin cuisines, Love said.

“I’m gonna meet you where you at, but let me show you something else while you’re here. It’s not just mac and cheese; it’s truffle mac and cheese. It’s Southern fried pork chops with a sweet and spicy glaze inspired

by Asian flavors,” Love said.

Bringing quality dining experiences to 16th Street, which was historically an economic center in the neighborhood, has

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Chef Quentin Love sits at Soul Food Lounge, his forthcoming restaurant in Lawndale. been a goal for Lawndale Christian Development Corporation for several years.

The group has long spearheaded efforts to create affordable housing and homeownership opportunities in the neighborhood.

When Lawndale Christian Development Corporation built the MLK Legacy Apartments, its plan was for the building to “play a part in redeveloping Lawndale’s economic base,” Deputy Director Whittney Smith said.

The organization’s leaders wanted to ensure community partners took over the ground-floor commercial spaces to strengthen the local economy and offer services and experiences to make Lawndale a place where people who grew up there would want to stay. Already in the building is a community wellness center run by St. Anthony Hospital and the MLK Exhibit Center, an event space and cultural attraction that highlights King’s work in Chicago.

A restaurant will further improve the offerings in the area by giving residents a place in their own neighborhood to sit down and share a meal, Smith said.

“A system of restaurants and bars and neighborhood eateries, that’s the way we complement our housing work, our organizing work,” Smith said. “This is a space that will accommodate you and your growing family, your needs and your desire for community.”

Having a range of options for dining and other basic services isn’t just a nice perk, Love said.

“This stuff is what everyone deserves in every community,” Love said.

The team that brought Soul Food Lounge to life was intentional about creating a restaurant where every element reflected the tastes, the history and culture of the surrounding community, Smith said. With many in the area sharing Southern roots, soul food is a powerful way of “speaking to the cultural context of our legacy residents,” Smith said.

The design of the restaurant also reflects the neighborhood’s cultural identity, including King’s history at the location. The walls incorporate a mural that “commemorates African-American music, jazz and history,” Smith said.

“The aim was to center it in Black culture and Black life in a way that elevates the experience of folks walking in, and transports them into this luxurious environment, because Lawndale can be that, too,” Smith said.

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LAND REMEDIATION Proven tool from page 1

Were there any remediation efforts needed to begin your operations?

Not necessarily to start, but we have to constantly make sure the land is nourished in order for our garden to flourish and so the animals don’t get sick from their own wastes on the land.

We do a yearly remediation process called lasagna composting. We layer grass clippings, food waste, manure, leaves, newspaper, and we top it off with soil to seal it all in. We only have to do this to the entire property once a year and that’s all it needs.

In the community garden we manage, they had to remediate that land. I know that process involved a process similar to the lasagna composting method we used.

They incorporated burlap in order to help seal in moisture. There is cement beneath that land in the community garden, so a raised bed of soil needed to be created.

How does remediation impact your operations on the farm?

Having livestock, you get manure options you don’t normally get. We have chicken and goat options (both are amazing materials for the soil). We bag both and have options to sell that to community gardens and farms on the West Side and beyond.

Goat milk is also good for fertile soil and we have that as well.

What role does remediation play in raising livestock on the property?

Most people don’t have livestock on their properties and those that do prob-

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ably don’t graze their animals. Here, we use grazing to balance out our livestock ecosystem. We can use the chicken manure to remediate the soil the goats live on and vice versa. Having grazing livestock also helps us remediate the community garden.

We rotate the areas where the goats and chickens graze so they aren’t over-grazing one area, and so they aren’t continually grazing on their own manure. The rotating method helps us have time to remediate that land while fertilizing another plot at the same time. We love cyclical systems.

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livestock on residential land and needing tall grass and weeds for them to graze in?

The goats need grazing areas of over two feet high, but technically the city doesn’t allow for grass and weeds to be over 18 inches. We have a tacit agreement with the Department of Streets and Sanitation that as long as we keep the areas neat and tidy we can have it the length we need. It’s also a plus that our goats like to graze on what the city calls “weeds.” Alderman [Chris] Taliaferro has also been helpful in getting us permission to do certain things you can’t normally do in an urban setting.

Luckily for us, the city and community see the benefit in our efforts and how we reuse and recycle to create this self-sustaining ecosystem.

What role does water play in how you remediate the land?

Luckily, we do have access to a water system for our efforts. I know a lot of other gardens don’t. In our sustainability efforts we do collect and use rainwater, as well. The burlap and cardboard we use to remediate help seal in moisture, so we don’t have to worry about the soil getting dehydrated.

Are there any ways you engage with the community as far as remediating and working the land?

We partner with some local eateries and

A small herd of goats roam the grounds of the urban farm Root-Riot Harambee at 500 N. Waller in Austin.

with the local Whole Foods for our food composting efforts (that we use to remediate the land). They give us their scraps, which we use to not only add to our compost collection (that we use to remediate the soil), but we can also give some of those scraps to the livestock.

Aside from that, we offer tours of the farm and garden and have events like Goat Yoga that are free to West Siders (though we do have ticketed options for non-locals).

People love seeing goats and chickens in an urban area, so it’s been very popular and educational for them.

What is your goal with your urban dairy farm and the work you’re doing in the community garden?

We believe taking care of your environment and remediation sort of go hand-inhand. Our goal is to create ecosystems that can be sustained through repurposing. We try to repurpose whatever we can, however we can. Whether it’s feeding the animals or ourselves with what we grow in the garden, rotating soil and manure, grazing the livestock – it’s all cyclical. You could say our motto is reuse, recycle and remediate, because that’s really what we do here.

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Growing Community Media to grow into west suburbs, positions open

By DAN HALEY & MICHAEL ROMAIN Publisher & DEI Director

Dear GCM members, Writing today alongside my colleague Michael Romain to share the news that Growing Community Media is expanding to include the Village Free Press, the Proviso Township newspaper, which Michael launched nine years ago to cover his hometown of Maywood.

Over the years, Village Free Press has grown to cover nine of the 14 villages which make up Proviso. Michael’s hard work and strong community journalism have made VFP the single and respected source of local news in the township.

Simultaneously, Michael has worked at Growing Community Media, initially as editor of our Austin Weekly News and education reporter for Wednesday Journal. Over the past year, with funding from a local donor, Michael became

our equity editor and columnist while continuing to edit the Austin Weekly.

Several months ago, Michael suggested we consider fully aligning Village Free Press with GCM’s four flags to make it part of Growing Community Media. We have been working out the details and last Friday signed the paperwork to make it happen.

This growth really reflects the mission we set out to accomplish when we created Growing Community Media three years ago as the nonprofit publisher of Wednesday Journal, Austin Weekly News, Forest Park Review and the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark.

Then and now, we see vital, complex and fascinating communities stretching from Garfield Park to Oak Park, from Riverside to Maywood that together make up the Greater West Side, a geography of diversity and shared needs and opportunities.

As always, we will cover these communities individually, but also collectively. We’ll report the news and feel of each village and neighborhood at the grassroots while also reflecting the interesting and complex issues that unite us.

These changes come with an expanded role within GCM for Michael. He is now our Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) while he continues as editor of Austin Weekly News and Village Free Press.

Also, we are growing our reporting staff. As part of this transition, GCM will fund a part-time reporter dedicated to covering Proviso. In addition, Kamil Brady, who has been vital to VFP for

many years, will come aboard GCM to enhance sales and community engagement.

Igor Studenkov, one of our veteran freelance reporters, joins the staff on a part-time basis to cover Forest Park and continues to report on the West Side. A month or so ago we told you about the hiring of Samantha Callender as our Community Narrative Reporter for the Austin Weekly. That hire was made possible by a grant from the Field Foundation.

All of this is possible because of your investment in our newsroom.

We are grateful.

We are a week or two away from launching our Spring Campaign, which will take us to the close of our fiscal year. We have money we need to raise to fund this expansion and growth. If you are able to make an additional donation it would be appreciated.

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HAMPTON HOUSE Landmarked from page 1 4, 1969, while sleeping next to his pregnant partner, Akua Njeri, inside their West Side apartment. Hampton Jr., Fred’s only child, as born less than a month later.

Moments before the historic vote, Hampton Jr. said Hampton House “is bigger than a building, more significant than a structure.”

The Village Council Chambers, 125 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, where the meeting took place, was packed with community members who supported the landmark proposal.

Many of them erupted in applause and chants of “Long live Chairman Fred!” after Hampton Jr.’s comments and just after the board finished voting.

Among the crowd, Trustee Melvin Lightford pointed out, were people who knew Fred Hampton or whose parents knew the slain Black Panther Party leader.

Joe Wilson, a well-known businessman in Maywood who along with wife, Theresa, own the popular T&JJ Supreme Steaks & Catering Services, 718 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, is a former Black Panther.

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Fred Hampton’s boyhood home in Maywood

“[Joe] came to Chicago from California in that same period of time,” said Lightford. “Talk to him, he was there.”

“I just want to say how honored I am to be here for this moment,” said Trustee Miguel Jones, before complimenting Hampton Jr. “You’ve been all over the place,” Jones told Hampton Jr. “And you always mention Maywood. I hope one of the things we can do to honor Chairman Fred is to make this a tourist destination for people to visit. I went to Ghana last year and it was an honor to see [portraits of] Chairman Fred on some [people’s] walls.”

Trustee Aaron Peppers echoed similar sentiments as Jones, adding that his father attended the same schools as Fred Hampton, including Irving Elementary School (now Irving Middle School) and Proviso East High School in Maywood.

“In our household, we had to know [Fred], we had to know the struggle, we had to know the history,” Peppers said. “He quizzed us all the time. It was very important.

It was instrumental in my life.”

“I’m a lighter shade of Brown,” said Trustee Antonio Sanchez. “But we’re fighting the same fight.”

Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker said the local landmark designation “is just the first step of moving forward in regards to the healing of Maywood to actually pay homage and pay the respect that is due” to the legacy of the Hampton family.

Booker said the village is planning an African American History Tour in Maywood in June that will incorporate aspects of Hampton’s legacy.

During his remarks, Hampton Jr. touched on some

parts of his father’s biography. As chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, Hampton was head of the organization’s largest chapter, Hampton Jr. said. Hampton Sr. was assassinated by law enforcement officials inside of his West Side apartment Dec. 4, 1969.

“You have rarely, if ever, heard me say, ‘The police murdered my father.’ You have heard me say, ‘The government assassinated Chairman Fred.’ He authored the Rainbow Coalition [with many representatives of the organization] here today. The free breakfast program fed a minimum of 3,500 children a week,” Hampton Jr. said, before urging community members to understand and tout that rich history.

Tuesday’s vote comes nearly a month after the Maywood Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously to move the historic landmark nomination process to the village board for a final vote. The brick two-flat was built in 1923.

“The significance of the Hampton home is that it represents worker housing for companies like the nearby American Can Company, which was the largest employer during the Great Depression, and later, African-Americans and Immigrants were actively recruited during World War I due to the labor shortage at the time, further adding to the diverse nature of the Village’s growing residential base,” according to the landmark application.

The home, the application continues, “is credited with being the fertile ground that nurtured a future thought and opinion leader, whose influence and legacy are still felt to this day by many in the community.”

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Hypocrisy’s role in Black America

ypocrisy is playing a major role in Black America. We profess one thing, like wanting equality, opportunity, education, employment, justice, etc., but only if those things apply because we’re the victims. When we become the perpetrators, or the enablers, or worse, the obstacles to it, the silence is deafening.

As an example, there’s a video currently circulating on social media where a young, teenage black guy is called the n-word by a young, teenage white girl. The boy, upon hearing the insult, walks up to the girl and proceeds to slap the living mess out of her.

While many on social media were

cheering his actions and giving him accolades for his behavior, I wasn’t one of them. In reality, I pointed out that the slap is technically an assault, and should the girl’s response be to press charges, the young guy could end up in jail.

I also question if the same people would cheer with the same sort of enthusiasm should a young black girl call a young white boy a racial insult, and he walks up to her and slaps the daylight out of her? Well I can bet money on knowing that answer!

I also pointed out the irony of Black people using that word, day in and day out. How is it that the word designed to label us as less than human is the main

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“We profess one thing, like wanting equality … but only if those things apply because we’re the victims.”

verse in the rap music being produced and played by the majority of young people? Why is that word permitted to be bandied about in movies and on television, when there are hundreds of other words that could be used in its place that are more descriptive and accurate in meaning? Yet if someone were to advocate banning the word, Black folks would be the first to claim that

they’re reinventing the meaning. Then when someone who is not Black uses it with the intentionality of its original meaning, the Black person who is the recipient gets highly upset? That is the definition of hypocrisy!

Personally I would like to see the word banned completely. Anyone caught using it over the public airways, or posting it to social media would be subject to a significant fine. And in truth, no matter how much we try to clean it up, it is still an ugly word with a horrific history to it. And all the perfume sprayed on it will never take away the stench.

This is 2022 and we are approaching the 157th Juneteenth anniversary commemorating the end of slavery. I would hope that instead of looking to blame, we begin to embrace successes that help us, individually and collectively, achieve a common goal.

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The program came under heavy scrutiny from aldermen, some of whom hailed it as a good move to help Chicagoans while others said it would provide little relief.

Lightfoot said this plan has been in the works for months, and she wasn’t inspired by Willie Wilson — the millionaire and mayoral candidate who’s given away more than $2 million in gas to Chicagoans and suburbanites

A program that will provide Chicagoans with cards for free gas and CTA rides got OK’d by City Council on April 27.

The controversial measure squeaked by, passing in one of the closest votes under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s tenure. The program is meant to help tens of thousands of Chicagoans with transportation costs as gas prices remain high.

Chicagoans can apply online or at a Chicago Public Library branch.

People will be picked through a lottery system, with winners selected every month between May and September.

The city will give away 50,000 physical gas cards with $150 on them through a lottery system, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said when announcing the program in late March.

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Seminar on kidney health to take place May 7

The half-day seminar, sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation, will take place at Malcolm X College

By COMMUNITY EDITOR Austin Weekly News

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, as of 2020 in Illinois, kidney disease is the ninth-leading cause of death. Nationally, it’s the 10th-leading cause of death.

The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois will host a half-day seminar for residents to learn more about kidney health.

The seminar, according to a statement released by the Foundation, is for “patients and families who are living with kidney disease or have had a kidney transplant.

Participants will enjoy a keynote speaker; a series of intimate, expert-led conversations rooted in kidney health, and a moderated panel discussion on topics including: ■ Financial Challenges with Transplant After Retirement ■ Muscle Therapy for Dialysis Patients ■ Healthy Eating ■ Myths and Facts about Kidney Transplant ■ Goal Setting ■ Social Support for Caregivers and Patients ■ And more!”

The seminar will take place on Saturday, May 7, at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. For more information, visit the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois website: nkfi.org or call (312) 321-1500.

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What the hell?

I remember when my mother used to tell me this old saying: “Roman! If you don’t have anything good to say, then don’t say it at all!” At times, she used to yell that saying to me as well. As I was writing this, I had so much to say and did not know how to say it without thinking about the disgusting and inhumane way to let my community know why I feel this way. So, I am just going to say it!

What the hell? What was this person or owner (artist and business owner) thinking to allow a mural like that to go up on Chicago and Mayfield without community or community leaders input? Maybe, the artist and business owner did showcase the mural to the community leaders. However, the artist just did not give a good damn how it would affect the Austin community.

Anyone and anything associated with this mural need to be ashamed of themselves for allowing this garbage of a mu-

ral to exist in our community without our knowledge.

Every time I look at that mural, I remember reading and seeing pictures of our Black ancestors being portrayed as Jigger Boo’s, Coons, Spicks and other distasteful images in some of our history books. A cartoonish imagery and caricature describing Blacks with big lips, big teeth, big nose, nappy hair and round face that symbolizes a pig-like or monkey persona fashioned up on a mural for everyone to see 24/7, 365 days out of a year.

At times in history, the illustration of Blacks was has been barbaric. This problem needs to be addressed at once. The mural is not a good representation of the Austin culture period and needs to come down.

As I walk by that disgusting mural, I feel sad for us as a community that we allow this bull crap to go up as a characterization of Austin. Someone who loves, sacrifices, lives and breathes Austin. As a person who fights behind the scenes to incorporate the Austin community in a positive light, this

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imagery is like spitting in my face and everyone else who lives in this community for decades and wants to see a better tomorrow for you, their children and grandchildren.

You and I see every day in Austin the killings, robberies, disrespect, drug addiction, bullying and other deficient portrayal of our community in the media. In addition, the media is not the one degrading us, it is us degrading us.

The degradation for financial gain is us.

The degradation of pigeon-holding the peo-

ple of Austin that is beneath our standards is us. The degradation of Chicago Avenue between Cicero and Austin as a Soul City is laughable because the mural does not have any Soul at all to me. The Soul of Austin is not in that mural.

We are better than this Austin! Stop portraying us in a negative light. Our children in the Austin community do not look like that at all. Sorry mom, I had to say it to them.

— Roman Morrow, Austin

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New study finds generations of inequities in North Lawndale

Study found $124 million leaves North Lawndale each year in wages earned by non-residents and money residents spend outside of the neighborhood

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

Chicago’s West Side has been robbed of equitable investment for generations — and it has left legacy Lawndale residents with little economic opportunity, according to a new study.

The report from University of Illinois Chicago’s Great Cities Institute used data and community input to identify key patterns that contribute to the neighborhood’s economic strife. West Side neighborhood leaders presented the findings at a City Club panel discussion April 25.

The research was produced for the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation to help neighborhood groups plan ways to fix quality-of-life issues like the health disparities, joblessness and lack of homeownership opportunities caused by historic policies rooted in racism. The study will support the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council’s 2018 quality-oflife plan aimed at coordinating locallydriven strategies for responding to those issues, said Richard Townsell, executive director of the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation.

“That plan needed something, though.

We needed data. We needed to see trends and analyze the things we weren’t even aware of,” Townsell said.

Researchers found $124 million leaks out of Lawndale each year, seriously impeding community wealth building, said Teresa Cordova, director of the Great Cities Institute. That loss occurs through workers who live outside the neighborhood but earn money within Lawndale, or when “residents in the community must spend their money outside the commu-

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North Lawndale Community Coordinating Committee members presented a report on economic conditions in Lawndale at the City Club. nity for basic necessities,” Cordova said.

Insufficient wages, a lack of business centers and shopping areas, and a “minimum availability of goods and services in North Lawndale,” all make it more difficult for Lawndale to generate and benefit from its economic engines, Cordova said.

“You want dollars circulating through your community. If those dollars are leaving … there are conditions created by the absence of that wealth,” Cordova said.

To keep dollars circulating in the community, the city should fast-track investments and infrastructure projects in economic centers that will make entrepreneurs confident that Lawndale is a viable place to do business, said Rodney Brown, CEO of New Covenant Community Development Corporation.

“We have to have the amenities in place that the community determines they want in place,” Brown said.

While the median income in most neighborhoods have increased since the

’80s, North Lawndale incomes declined by about $4,000 after accounting for inflation, the report shows.

The decline in incomes has to do with access to education and jobs, Cordova said. Most of the 3,000 jobs created in the last decade went to people who don’t live in the neighborhood. Less than 3 percent of the neighborhood is white, but over half of jobs in the community are held by white workers. Most Lawndale residents also have to leave their community to find work, and typically earn less than the jobs in the neighborhood pay, Cordova said.

“Programs need to be developed that increase the high school completion rate … to make them competitive for these jobs that exist in their communities. Vocational education becomes very important as an opportunity to boost earnings potential,” Cordova said.

The high unemployment rates in Lawndale are “not a reflection of folks’ desire to work,” said Brenda Palms Barber, CEO

of the North Lawndale Employment Network. Unemployment instead points to employment barriers like a lack of training and educational opportunities, she said.

“The reality is, there are reasons why individuals aren’t able to work,” Barber said. “If we would shift our focus to looking at skills, we could broaden our labor pool and more people from the community could have jobs that sustain themselves and their families.”

The report overall shows there is a great need for community-driven investments so any future economic development will primarily benefit longstanding residents of North Lawndale, Cordova said.

“What happens when all this investment occurs … if we already have a pattern of new jobs coming in but people in North Lawndale not being the beneficiaries of those new jobs?” Cordova said.

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DEFINITION To perform various network/system administration, computer support, and operational activities for the Village including computer system setup, configuration, and testing.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Reports directly to the Information Technology Services Director.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES: Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Essential duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that best in class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers and also embrace, support, and promote the Village’s core values, beliefs and culture.

2. Configure, test, and deploy network systems, such as, firewalls, routers, switches, wireless equipment, network servers and storage arrays.

3. Configure, test, and deploy system servers, such as, file, print, Internet, e-mail, database, and application servers.

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7. Monitor and auditing of networks, systems, and user activities to ensure security and efficiency of systems. Create scripts and reports of detail activities for regular review.

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The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Environmental Health Intern in the Health Department. This full-time seasonal position will provide assistance to the Environmental Health Practitioners in the inspection and local businesses, homes and other establishments to enforce state and local laws and ordinances related to public Health safety; to respond and resolve citizen complaints regarding nuisances and reported epidemics.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/jobs.

POLICE RECORDS CLERK

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Clerk in the Police Department.

This position will perform a wide variety of specialized clerical duties in support of the Police Department including processing and maintaining documents, correspondence and coding reports; and to provide information and assistance to the public.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs.

PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Enforcement Officer in the Police Department Field Services Division. This position will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in the enforcement of Village parking regulations; and to provide general information and assistance to the public. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/.

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

BUDGET AND REVENUE ANALYST

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Budget and Revenue Analyst in the Development Customer Service Department. This position will Serve the public with professional administrative and analytical duties in the areas of budget preparation, purchasing, payroll, data analysis and process improvement. Provides, prepares and maintains records, and financial and statistical reports and analysis which assist in the Village’s ability to improve business processes and gain efficiencies through better use of technology.

Budget duties include assisting in the development, analysis and application of performance measures with regard to Village services and resources; preparing, modifying, tracking and monitoring Village expenses and transfers; and conducting budget-related research and analysis. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s

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COVID-19 RESPONSE INTERN

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of COVID-19 Response Intern in the Health Department.

This position will perform a variety of responsible and complex professional COVID-19 response support, as well as routine documentation of related tasks in support of the Emergency Preparedness & Response Coordinator. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

COVID-19 RESPONSE COORDINATOR

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of COVID-19 Response Coordinator in the Health Department. This position will perform a variety of responsible and complex professional COVID-19 response support, as well as routine documentation of related tasks in support of the Emergency Preparedness & Response Coordinator. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Assistant in the Health Department.

This position will provide administrative support to the Farmers’ Market Manager to allow growers and producers of food to sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This position requires work in inclement weather conditions; some heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds; walking or standing for sustained periods of time. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www. oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

Open until filled.

CASHIER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Cashier in the Finance Department. This position will perform all clerical tasks related to the cash receipt function. Collect process and deposit payments made to the Village received directly from customers, via mail, or lockbox or from other internal departments.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http://www.oak-park.us/jobs.

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

BUSINESS LICENSE OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Business License Officer in the Development Customer Service Department. This person will perform a variety of technical duties in the processing and approval of business licenses and permits; and provide assistance and support to the Department. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/jobs. First review of applications will be May 9, 2022.

SANITARIAN

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Sanitarian in the Health Department. This position will perform a variety of duties including education and enforcement activities for the promotion and protection of the public health environment.

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The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Grants Coordinator in the Development Customer Service Department. This position will develop and coordinate CDBG and other grant-funded programs for the department; coordinates assigned activities with other departments and outside agencies; and to provide highly responsible and complex staff assistance to the Development Customer Services Neighborhood Services Division Manager and department director. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Plaintiff, -v.WILLIE SMALLWOOD, DORA SMALLWOOD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 2021 CH 04794 615 NORTH CHRISTIANA AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60624 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 8, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 10, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 615 NORTH CHRISTIANA AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-11-213-0180000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.SANTEL MELTON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HERBERT MELTON JR., STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR HERBERT MELTON JR. (DECEASED) Defendants 2020 CH 02843 4112 W 5TH AVE CHICAGO, IL 60624 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 3, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 31, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4112 W 5TH AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-15-406-0210000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition

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If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-20-01890 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2020 CH 02843 TJSC#: 42-978 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2020 CH 02843 I3192900

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Plaintiff, -v.ETHOLA JORDAN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, SYMPHONY OF EVANSTON HEALTHCARE, LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2021CH04393 5223 W ADAMS STREET CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 19, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5223 W ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-16-108-0130000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue

laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-21-02975 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2021CH04393 TJSC#: 42-813 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2021CH04393 I3192419

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FRE1, ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, vs.

ANNETTE VILLAPIANO, DONNA VILLAPIANO, PYOD LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 13721 Calendar 61 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, June 6, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 17-17-318-043-0000.

Commonly known as 834 S Loomis Street, Chicago, IL 60607.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Matthew C. Abad at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever Law Group, 225 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 236-0077. SPS000527-20FC1 ADC INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3193236

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