Ames Bike Repair

Bike Repair Class Gets Ames Students Geared Up

News—About 500 seventh- and eighth-graders will rotate through the three- to four-week class on bike repair, safety and health during this school year. Continue…

Realizing the Promise

Realizing the Promise

News—Chicago 2016 Was a Beginning, Not an End Continue…

CWFs Get Chicagoans on Their Feet

CWFs Help Get Chicagoans on Their Feet

News—LISC/Chicago’s network of Centers for Working Families (CWF) is serving more people than ever before as demand increases in response to a turbulent economy. Continue…

CNDA Ceremony

CNDA Ceremony Celebrates Perseverance

News—When the going gets tough in Chicago’s neighborhoods, the tough – and innovative, and resourceful – get going. The 1,200 people who gathered Feb. 9 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago for the 16th Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards (CNDA), sponsored by LISC/Chicago, heard their stories. Continue…

CNDA Panel

CNDA Panel Tackles Thorny Issues

News—A panel discussion that preceded the awards ceremony, held Feb. 9 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, touched on how the recession has undermined the fragile process made in distressed communities. Continue…

Reavis Robotics Rocks!

Reavis Robotics Rocks!

News—The Reavis robotics team brought home one of the five top awards in the Chicago South regional tournament of Illinois’ First LEGO League, held in December. Continue…

Upcoming events and activities

  1. January 23 – April 15, 2010
  2. March 10 – May 26, 2010
  3. Thursday, March 11, 2010
  4. Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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LISC/Chicago organizes capital and other resources to support initiatives that will stimulate the comprehensive development of healthy, stable neighborhoods and foster their connection to the socioeconomic mainstream of the metropolitan region.

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