Crime Beaten, Block, Boystown, Fullerton, Lincoln Park, Muggings, Robbed, Summer, Young Men 6:22 pm
In the summer of 2009, there were several young men who were the target of muggings in Lincoln Park. Five of the seven muggings have been linked together, and police believe that two other muggings could be related as well. The map below shows the location of the seven muggings as well as give a brief description of each one.
As of Sept. 1st, 2010 no arrest have been made related to the crimes.
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Community Affordable Housing, Alex Morales-Aponte, Chicago, Community, Elev8, Families, Foreclosure, Homeowner, Latinas, Mexican, Mujer Avanzando, Pilsen, The Resurrection Project 7:49 pm
Alex Morales-Aponte speaks to a DePaul graduate journalism class about the community of Pilsen and The Resurrection Project. (Photo by Luz Garcia Cubillos)
The residents of the neighborhood Pilsen in Chicago have been struggling financially before the economic crises even hit. Recently, The Resurrection has been helping ease the finical burden Pilsen residents have been facing.
The Pilsen neighborhood is located in the lower west side of Chicago and is the heart and soul of Chicago’s Mexican-American community. The community has been hit hard in the last two decades with foreclosures and other economic problems. The Resurrection Project (TRP) was formed in 1990 to help better organize Pilsen and bring it back to the thriving community it once was.
Alex Morales-Aponte is responsible for TRP’s external communications such as social media and the organization’s website as well as being a tour guide for the Discover Pilsen tour. He explained that subprime mortgages were pushed onto the people of the Pilsen community, which they actually could not fully afford. This led to many of the individuals and families homes being listed in foreclosure.
In return, in 2010 TRP formed the Neighborhood Stabilization Program in partnership with Proviso Township Mental Health Comission. This program will begin the acquisition and rehabilitation of 18 foreclosed vacant and single family and two flat homes in Melrose Park and Stone Park for families to rent through the Lease-To-Own purchase. This program is targeting families with low to moderate income who will now have an opportunity to invest in their future.
Morales-Aponte stressed that the TRP mission starts with building relationships.
“When we sell these homes,” Morales-Aponte said. “We are selling a part of the community.” (more…)
