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Transition Rogers Park is Looking to Expand Urban Farms
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel made urban farms one of his topics during his campaign. The urban agriculture has sprung up all over the city, and now a Rogers Park neighborhood is thinking of ways to grow food locally.
Photo: Urban farms like this one are appearing all over Chicago. (Credit: Creative Commons/Wikimedia)
A Few Stops Away at Loyola ...
Misericordia is Rogers Park's Hidden Community
The Misericordia Heart of Mercy home is a community of care for more than 600 children and adults, who suffer from mild to profound developmental disabilities.
Read the story and listen to the podcast about how the home is integrating its residents into the community.
A Few Stops Away at Argyle ...
Mapping Shows Ties Between Violent Crime, Drug Crime in Uptown Neighborhood
Discussion of gangs, violent crime and drugs have been all but absent in recent Chicago mayoral and aldermanic debates, but some residents in the Uptown neighborhood say the topic needs to be front and center. These maps, updated weekly, show ties between violent and drug-related crimes throughout the North Side neighborhood.
A Few Stops Away at Lawrence ...
Slam Poetry a Blue-Collar Chicago Movement at North Side Club
Most days and nights, the Green Mill Lounge in the Uptown neighborhood is full of bar patrons and concert-goers listening to everything from swing to jump jazz. But on Sundays, the one-time prohibition bar is transformed into the Uptown Poetry Slam, a collection of poets, musicians and other creatives.
