
Corli Jay
Community Investment Reporter at The TRiiBE
(She/Her/Foe Nem) Reporting for @thetriibe via @report4america | formerly @crainschicago | 20/21 City Bureau Reporting Fellow. [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
thetriibe.com | Corli Jay
Outside of a vacant lot blocks away from the upcoming Obama Presidential Center, Chicago organizers met in opposition to a luxury hotel that has been proposed for 6402-20 S.Stony Island Ave. near the site. “We cannot have a hotel until we have the protections for everyone who lives in this neighborhood, all the Black people who live in this neighborhood.
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2 weeks ago |
thetriibe.com | Corli Jay
Just three months into a contract with Roseland Community Hospital, the interim director of revenue says she was abruptly removed from her position for what she describes as retaliation for alerting hospital leadership of fraud and mismanagement. Cecelia Harrison further alleges that the hospital refuses to pay her for services performed.
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2 weeks ago |
thetriibe.com | Corli Jay
More than a year after Esporta Fitness abruptly shut its doors in Morgan Park, a new gym is expected to take its place later this year. A UFC Gym will take over the current vacant site, which sits inside Marshfield Plaza at 11520 S. Marshfield Avenue.“This UFC GYM is more than just a fitness center—it’s a victory for community voice and shared purpose,” Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st Ward) said in a press release announcing the news.
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2 weeks ago |
thetriibe.com | Corli Jay
On NFL Draft Night, South Shore resident David Wilson reminisced about that time the Chicago Bears played in the Super Bowl — no, not the 1986 victory when the Monsters of the Midway bested the New England Patriots. He specifically pointed to his hometown team’s 2007 Super Bowl appearance, when they lost to Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. That year, the Bears’ Lovie Smith and Colts’ Tony Dungy were the first African-American HCs to coach in the Super Bowl.
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3 weeks ago |
thetriibe.com | Corli Jay
Nearly two weeks after a private meeting between city officials, the property owner and residents about the unlivable conditions of the building at 6952-58 S. Paxton Ave. in South Shore, the city has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the courtyard building formerly managed by CKO Real Estate.
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