Cicero Independiente

Oct 10, 2024 | ciceroindependiente.com | Leslie Hurtado

By Leslie HurtadoLeer en EspañolThe Town of Cicero Board of Trustees and President Larry Dominick met twice in July 2024 to discuss various ordinances and resolutions. In July, the board discussed several projects and initiatives. The Roosevelt Group, a lobbying organization, provided a brief update on their work in Cicero, including legislative advocacy and securing funds for important town projects.

Sep 27, 2024 | ciceroindependiente.com | Victoria St. Martin

The park, one of four planned resiliency sites in the city, was primarily paid for with infrastructure replacement grants, including roughly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Stratton said a key element of the park’s design is its multi-pronged approach to flood mitigation. “It’s a park, stormwater pumping station, the whole thing,” Stratton said during an interview at the park while a cluster of summer campers squealed on a playset nearby.

Sep 26, 2024 | ciceroindependiente.com | Leslie Hurtado

As Cicero pushes forward with plans for a $2.7 million inclusive park, concerns are growing over toxic soil removal and environmental risks at the former industrial site, raising questions about the safety of the community’s newest green space. This story is part of a collaborative reporting project led by the Institute for Nonprofit News and includes Borderless Magazine, Cicero Independiente and Inside Climate News. It was supported by the Field Foundation and INN.

Sep 25, 2024 | ciceroindependiente.com | Aydali Campa

Barragan moved from Mexico to Brighton Park in 1999. At the time, she was recently married with two children and another on the way. She described culture shock in those early days. She didn’t speak English, felt unsafe, didn’t know anyone in the city and lacked a space in the neighborhood to meet people. A few years after settling in, she discovered the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council through her children’s school, Burroughs Elementary.

Sep 24, 2024 | ciceroindependiente.com | Wyatt Myskow

By Wyatt MyskowInside Climate NewsTEMPE, Ariz.—It was just before 8 a.m., yet the temperature was already nearing 100 degrees as members of Arizona State University’s SHaDe Lab lugged a ladder and their heat-measuring equipment to Kiwanis Park. Nobody else was at the playground but one child coasting down a slide and her mother. Across the street at the local elementary school, the principal could be heard giving his morning address over the PA system: “Another heat advisory today,” he warned.