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Aldi’s Grand Opening
Aldi’s Grand Opening of New Chatham Store
8500 S. Holland Rd, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
Itinerary is as follows:
9-9:45 am Media and community leader preview
10:00 am Ribbon Cutting
10:00 am Store Opens
10:00 am – 2:00 pm Parking Lot Barbecue
The community is invited to come out and attend
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21st Ward 3rd Annual Business Symposium
Alderman Howard B. Brookins, Jr. hosts the 21st Ward 3rd Annual Business Symposium, Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:00 am until 12:00 noon. Information, innovation, and change for the 21st Ward.
Mr. G’s Banquest Hall
1547 W. 87th Street.
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21st Ward Winter Business Appreciation Mixer: Meet and Greet
21st Ward Winter Business Appreciation Mixer: Meet and Greet
Alderman Brookins and other local businessmen and women at Mr. G’s Super Club
Where: Mr. G’s Super Club • 1547 W. 87th Street • Chicago, IL
When: Tuesday December 28th, 2010
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Download the flyer
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Beale: We Expect Walmart Votes (VIDEO)
The Chicago City Council’s Zoning Committee on Thursday, June 24, 2010 was expected to vote on bringing a second Walmart to the city.
It would be in the Pullman Park neighborhood. Anthony Beale is the Alderman there, and he joined us.
WATCH: Beale: We Expect Walmart Votes
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Walmart and Chicago Reach Compromise to Build Dozens of New Stores
SOURCE: MyFoxChicago.com
Walmart has reached a deal with the City of Chicago to open about 30 new stores over the next few years. The development comes after years of wrangling with unions, who wanted Walmart to offer higher pay and better benefits.
Walmart has agreed to a starting wage of $8.75/hour, 50 cents more than the state minimum wage. The new stores will be built with union labor. And the...
Supporters and Researchers Disagree on Walmart’s Effect on Neighborhood
Supporters of a new Walmart in Chicago say the store will bring new jobs to the city, but researchers at UIC and Loyola University say it may not be a panacea for poor, urban neighborhoods.
The researchers have spent the past four years studying the impact of Chicago’s first Walmart, which opened in the Austin neighborhood in 2006.
They conducted telephone surveys of Walmart competitors in the...
New Wal-Mart for Pullman neighborhood gets OK by Chicago Plan Commission
The first round in the latest battle over a new Wal-Mart in Chicago went to the retailer Thursday as the city Plan Commission endorsed a shopping center anchored by the store for the Pullman neighborhood.
But the proposal that would bring a second Wal-Mart still faces major hurdles in the City Council, where aldermen allied with labor unions have again put forward an ordinance that would require businesses...
Tough Times Boost Wal-Mart’s Allure
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has won the support of dozens of church ministers in its long-running battle to expand in Chicago, a sign of how the recession has softened skepticism of the retailer in a community desperate for jobs.
The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands of congregants, are pressuring the city council to grant approval for a Wal-Mart “supercenter”—a...
