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Suburban church gives $10K to future West Side credit union River Forest’s Grace Lutheran Church recently donated the money to the Leaders Network’s effort to open a financial institution By JORDYN HARRISON AustinTalks
In support of the Leaders Network’s effort to open a credit union on the West Side, Grace Lutheran Church recently donated $10,000 — the largest donation made out of the $62,000 that has been raised so far. Their goal is to raise $150,000. David Lyle, senior pastor of the church located in River Forest, opened the November Leaders Network meeting, titled “Breaking the Cycle of Disinvestment in Communities of Color,” by encouraging others to support as well. “We had a surplus and, in this moment, in the midst of an ongoing pandemic and all the endemic challenges that our communities face, it was pretty clear to us pretty quickly that that money was not for us to keep or squirrel away for a rainy day,” Lyle said. “When I heard about it and was reading about it, what struck me about the credit union was how incredibly sensible it was, how See CREDIT UNION on page 8
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Shop local T 2021 A West Side holiday gift guide
By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago
he West Side’s arts scene and business environment have grown in recent years. And with the holidays fast approaching, there’s no better time to support the artists working to make the area a creative hub and the entrepreneurs hustling at pop-ups and neighborhood markets to drive the West
Side’s economy. Block Club has rounded up some of those shops to make it easy for Chicagoans who want to shop local and support West Side businesses this holiday season. See GIFT GUIDE on page 10
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