CBS Chicago: Three People Injured In CTA Bus Shooting In Chatham, Officials Say

[VIDEO] You might have seen this report from the University of Chicago medical center on last night's 10 PM news on CBS 2. An update to yesterday's story on a shooting on a CTA 75th bus along side the Dan Ryan Expressway on State Street near 77th street. The three victims who were injured in this shooting have been hospitalized.

FLY DUMPING AT NORTH END OF 77th BLOCK ALLEY BETWEEN MICHIGAN & WABASH

Message forwarded to us from Mrs. Haley, president of the 75th,76th,77th,78th Wabash Block Club, via  Leslie Honore of Greater Chatham Alliance:

Dear Neighbors,

We are having a problem with fly dumping at the north end of the 77th block alley between Michigan and Wabash. Someone is dumping large sheets of drywall. This has been happening periodically since November. Please, please, please get a license plate number if you see anyone dumping materials in the alley. Call the police and the alderman's office. Also, someone has fly dumped tires on the property of the Sparkle Car Wash.

H. Haley

President

75th,76th,77th,78th Wabash Block Club

Please help us catch these criminals, and respect our neighborhood.

Did you get any mail yet?

Just wondering if anyone has gotten any mail yet?

I haven't recieved anything since Monday. Now, i undertsnad maybe Tuesday, definitely Wednesday. But by Friday, our walkway was definitely clear.

And when I visited the post office on Cottage Grove at 3 pm on Friday, the window was closed because the staff was on break (for lunch?_. Several people were standing in line.

Maybe I am a bit bitter because I haven't received a couple of packages that we need here at the home.


But does this really make a case for keeping our post office open?
 
And how does this compare with other parts of the city?

Its Time for Chatham to demand the stores that they want!

Now that Pullman will get their Walmart and pay higher prices than Evergreen Park and Englewood now putting their bid in for 63rd Halsted. Do we really need a Walmart at 83rd and Holland?

Several years ago developers started acquiring land at 77th-79th Stony Island east to South Chicago for a rumored Super K-Mart. Should we now ask Alderman Lyle and Alderman Harris to open talks to Meijer's, Costco or Woodman's, etc?

Proposed hotel on 76th & state - meeting TONIGHT!

Found this info from flyers found yesterday...

Tonight, CAPCC is hosting a meeting which includes a proposed hotel on State street, between 76th & 77th, next to the gas station.

There was a lack of information of this meeting on the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council blog, despite the fact that CAPCC President Keith Tate is also the chairman for sub-area I, where this takes place.

The enclosed flyer from the Michigan Indian Association details some of the issues the community may have with the project. These include the fact that the developers are elderly gentlemen. One of them owns the Barbara Ann motel.

Certainy one other issue would be the location. While it is located by the Dan Ryan (which is good), and not too far from the 79th street El Station, the lot is situated between streets, with a gas station taking up any entrance form 76th, making it a bit harder for cars to enter the proposed complex.

Is this a good move? Already, there is the Legacy Project slated for 85th & the Dan Ryan. There's been talk about adding a hotel as part of a proposed development (including Wal Mart) in Alderman Beale's 9th ward.

Even the CAPCC blog has suggested a hotel at 79th & State!

Certainly the initially proposed Legacy project sounds like a good idea (i.e. that it is more than just a hotel, but also convention site, church & entertainment center), but how about the others?

Look for a future blog entry on hotels & motels (including a comparison of North Side & South Side). There are obvious problems and dangers, but also some potential benefits if planned correctly.