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News—Quad Communities Development Corporation administered a survey about food shopping habits and preferences during the final months of 2007. Of the nearly 200 respondents, approximately 70% have shopped at a farmers' market before, and say they would shop at a quality market in Bronzeville.
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News—Avoid steep penalties by understanding Chicago's new construction and demolition waste recycling ordinance through workshops sponsored by the Illinois Department of commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO).
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News—In the midst of an increasingly tight credit market, Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC), a local non-profit group, has carved out a pot of funds to stimulate commercial real estate investment in the Bronzeville community. This pioneering organization has negotiated a public-private partnership with three local banks, ShoreBank, Harris Bank, and Citibank, resulting in a pool of $12 million in flexible, low-interest loans available to businesses and property owners on Cottage Grove Avenue and intersecting streets within the commercial district.
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News—The Chicago Tribune reports that Cottage Grove is the focus of Bronzeville's retail recovery and an audio slide show by Amadi Jordan-Walker provides an overview of commercial development planned for the area.
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News—Quad Communities Development Corporation is gathering information to determine the feasibility of a new farmers' market and indoor market in Bronzeville.
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News—The city will expand its efforts to help Chicagoans who face or want to avoid foreclosure by discussing solutions to the problem by meeting with Wall Street investors and ratings agencies and by sponsoring a series of “borrower outreach” neighborhood meetings beginning October 20, Mayor Richard M. Daley recently announced.
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News—The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC), a not-for-profit organization that works with women to launch new businesses and strengthen existing businesses in the Chicago area, is facilitating a series of information and training sessions in the month of November. You don't want to miss these exciting sessions!
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News—Quad Communities celebrated the revitalization of the Cottage Grove Corridor with the “Groovin’ on the Grove” community festival, hosted by NCP lead agency Quad Communities Development Corp. (QCDC). It was a blast!
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News—Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC) and Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) hosted a forum for small business owners at the Chicago Urban League as another step toward growing businesses in the Bronzeville community. The information session was held to raise awareness about various micro-loan programs available through the Small Business Association’s (SBA) Community Express Loan Program.
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News—Nearly 50 small business owners, community partners, and financial institutions participated in the Quad Communities Parade of Retail Tour on August 2, 2007. The purpose of the tour was to promote the Cottage Grove Corridor to potential business owners from around the Chicagoland area. The Partnership for New Communities and the Women’s Business Development Center helped to fund and organize the event.
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Our community—When Erin Green lost her job as an office manager at a local non-profit she called Kimberly Dean, her former case manager, now on staff at the Abraham Lincoln Centre’s new Center for Working Families – that was on a Monday. By Wednesday, Ms. Dean was able to arrange for Ms. Green to interview at a doctor’s office the same week. The following week Ms. Green was hired and for the past month she has been working as a part-time administrative assistant for a psychologist at Michael Reese Hospital.
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Our community—If you're on Cottage Grove Avenue, you don't have to look hard to see signs the often neglected retail corridor is making a comeback. The signs are literal from 51st Street to 39th Street, where banners welcome visitors and residents to "the Grove," and proclaim "Cottage Grove, a place to grow."
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Our community—The 2nd Quarter Quad Communities Job Fair, at the King Community Center on Cottage Grove Avenue, was a joint effort by the Abraham Lincoln Centre, Center for Working Families, Quad Communities Development Corporation and Mid-South Business Service Team that drew a couple hundred job seekers and 19 potential employers .
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Our community—Community Heroes are individuals who offer their passion, strength and talent to improve their neighborhoods, benefiting people who may never know them by name, but who will reap the rewards of their work. The Community Heroes for Quad Communities, which includes Douglas, Grand Blvd., and North Kenwood-Oakwood, are Amanda Deisch and Nicole Jones.
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Our community—Working closely with Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC) has revised its draft retail/business directory to include approximately 796 listings for the QCDC commercial trade area. Readers are encouraged to call QCDC at 773-268-7232 to update or correct information in the business directory and to submit additional business names.
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Our community—Quad Communities is promoting the Cottage Grove Corridor Initiative, a marketing, beautification and maintenance plan lays the groundwork for redevelopment of a 12-block stretch of Cottage Grove into one of the South Side's premier shopping venues … but with a big residential component.
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Our community—The Quad Communities planning effort began on August 2, 2003, when more than 75 residents and community leaders convened to discuss the state of the community and how it might be improved. In total, more than 215 people participated in early stages of the process, not including a special visioning session that was held for teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17. On March 27, 2004, the Planning Task Force was assembled, consisting of 88 residents, institutional leaders, business owners, public safety officers and other representatives. The task force divided into five committees—Commercial Development, Community Enrichment, Education, Employment and Housing— charged with researching and developing strategies and programs to achieve a shared vision. A community-wide meeting was held at King College Preparatory High School on June 19, 2004, to update residents and collect input. More than 200 adults and 40 teenagers attended. The task force and its committees, working closely with professional planners from Camiros, Ltd., finalized the plan at a series of meetings during the summer and fall of 2004.
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