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Video software company Vyond has seen quick growth since opening an office in 2022, growing from three to 43 employees.
The house and techno music festival released its full lineup ahead of its return to Union Park this Labor Day Weekend.
The tech company said its newest location is expected to create 60 jobs.
Definition Theatre and Timeline Theatre Company were each awarded $180,000; Chicago Children’s Theatre received $100,000 and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company $50,000.
Groups receiving the funds will use them to revitalize commercial corridors across Chicago, including Michigan Avenue downtown and business districts in Garfield Park, Pilsen, Humboldt Park, Uptown, West Loop, Lake View and Chatham.
Seven people are being rehoused through the city, while 15 people declined the offer, officials said.
A stretch near Clinton and Lake streets is ‘a magnet for narcotics and violent crime,’ the local alderperson says. But people in the area are concerned about the street dwellers’ welfare.
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The Renegade Chicago holiday market, which continues Sunday at Morgan Manufacturing, features approximately 170 artists.
The area adjacent to Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center gets heavy foot traffic, and neighbors have said they’ve seen daytime drug deals and use.
Ald. Bill Conway and nearby residents had petitioned the mayor’s office to address the encampment, citing open use of drugs and drug dealing.
John Shields, the executive chef at the West Loop eatery, said the honor was “a complete shock.”
No injuries were reported in any of the robberies, and no one was injured, police say.
Loud whoops and clever signs kept runners going around the halfway point of Sunday’s Chicago Marathon.
In the first sale of a downtown building in more than a year, buyer Menashe aims to be ready as tenants move or expand their space.
Police say the 39-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 100 block of North Green Street before 11:30 p.m. when the driver in a red sedan fired and shot the man in the face.
If approved, efforts to modernize Union Station would cut travel times, increase capacity, improve platforms, and connect O’Hare Airport to McCormick Place, officials said.
The city’s heat index — a measurement of how hot it feels when humidity is factored in — reached 105 degrees in some parts of the city Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
Pitchfork Music Festival will take over Union Park in the West Loop Friday through Sunday. Here’s what you need to know if you plan to go.