July 6, 2018 I am very excited to announce that the City of Chicago is making a major investment in our local, 50th Ward schools! Significant improvements are coming to Rogers Elementary School, Decatur Classical School, and Armstrong School of International Studies. I have been working on all of these project for a long time, […]
Capitol Cement has started work on the last steps of the Devon Avenue Streetscape. Besides for some minor landscaping and other miscellaneous work which is being started now, this multi-year project has been successfully completed. Over the last few years, Devon between Kedzie and Leavitt has undergone a sweeping transformation. The sidewalks are wider and decorated […]
Construction on the new library and senior housing facility at Pratt and Western is well underway. We held a groundbreaking ceremony in January of 2018 and the contractors, Powers & Sons, have been hard at work ever since. I first announced the new library together with Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2016. The new, state-of-the-art facility is […]
In October of 2017, I was joined by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District Superintendent Michael Kelly to officially open Bernard L. Stone Park! This new park, located at the southeast corner of Devon and McCormick, sits on the site of a former crumbling parking lot and now forms a vital link in the […]
