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Ravenswood Community Council Rated “Not Qualified” For Contracts, City Cuts $140K Funding
The Ravenswood Community Council (RCC) will receive almost $140,000 less in City of Chicago funding than last year after the city voted not to fund four of the five city delegate agency contracts for which the organization applied, rating it “not qualified” to execute some contracts and “less qualified” to receive others. In November, Center [...]
47th Ward Ald. Pawar to Investigate Ravenswood Community Council
Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) said his office would be investigating allegations of cronyism and city contract mismanagement against north side nonprofit and city delegate agency the Ravenswood Community Council in response to yesterday’s Center Square Journal article. The November 9 article accused the RCC, which received over $500,000 in city and property tax funding in [...]
Politically Connected Group Gets City Contracts, $500K A Year For Little Work
A local non-profit created to provide social services continues to receive city contracts despite a 2009 city review that calls the group unfit for funding and former board member testimony that paints the agency as politically motivated. The group, which received over $500,000 in city and property tax funding in 2011, is largely directed by [...]
Sulzer Librarians Remember Deceased Coworker for ‘A Million Little Kindnesses’
When Regina Corfman passed away last Tuesday at the age of 50, Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave., lost a veteran employee and Lincoln Square lost a fixture in the community. For the past 24 years, local library goers came to expect to see Corfman’s brilliant red hair and ever-present smile, almost as if she [...]
Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club Family Fest & Carnival Photo Gallery
The quintessential carnival conjures up images of wild rides, games of chance, fried dough and young romance all packed into a bustling stretch. This past weekend’s Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club Family Fest & Carnival did not disappoint. From Wednesday to Sunday, screams of joy and terror could be heard throughout Revere Park, coming from [...]
