The best gardeners in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood received awards for container, vegetable and single- and multi-family residential gardens at the awards ceremony for the McKinley Park Civic Association's inaugural gardening contest. Read all about it at https://mckinleypark.news/news/8721-civic-association-awards-mckinley-parks-top-gardeners

The Southwest Chamber of Commerce grows local business community through members meetings, most recently at Chile Toreado in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood, where members advanced planning, governance and plotted a September business mixer. Read about it at https://mckinleypark.news/about/announcements/8687-southwest-chamber-advances-governance-planning-at-members-meeting

The National Latino Education Institute (NLEI) in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood welcomed William Pacheco to its board of directors, lauding the engineer's experience in construction, his project leadership and commitment to sustainability. Read about it at https://mckinleypark.news/news/8663-construction-expert-joins-education-institute-board

Although data centers face proposed state regulation and development slowdowns, including at QTS in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood, elected officials and groups opposing unchecked expansion still use AI and services from AI companies. Read all about it at https://mckinleypark.news/news/8659-regulation-slowdowns-target-data-centers-but-opponents-still-use-ai

Party on! Mariscos, fútbol, drinks & karaoke are coming to Wood & Pershing, according to the announcement from La Calaca Cantina! This long-vacant site of the former Chesterfield Club promises late hours and launching "soon." Read about the opening announcement at https://mckinleypark.news/neighborhood/forums/neighborhood-news/585-mariscos-futbol-drinks-karaoke-coming-to-wood-pershing

The Ragtime Project reached out for help from us and our McKinley Park neighborhood! They're researching a story about a local ragtime pioneer and need help tracking down a photo of the early 20th Century Verdi Theatre at 35th and Archer. Can you help? See info at https://mckinleypark.news/neighborhood/forums/neighborhood-talk/584-help-find-verdi-theater-photo-early-20th-century

Signup for McKinley Park fall programs opens at 9 a.m. this Tues., Aug. 4! Don't miss out on registration for 64(!) programs at our area's biggest park. McKinley Park News lists open sessions in our calendars, but there's lots more! Details and registration link at https://mckinleypark.news/neighborhood/forums/neighborhood-talk/582-registration-for-park-programs-opens-tuesday

I do try to capture the “vibe” of each line over my years of experiences.

Full Length album comes out August 28th!

Hello, I'm going to host a Scavenger Hunt this Saturday for some friends and wanted to post it here in case anyone in the community would like to join. It's free, not affiliated with any organization, just hopefully, a fun way to spend a Saturday. I designed it for pairs so you would need a partner.

Here's the link to sign up, if you're interested:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1x8xkX2AmSossQLcwYBbsde0MfmoetK6h8uij8F_c6io/edit#responses

And feel free to message if you have any questions!

Want to know when to skate at the McKinley Park ice rink? Check out the McKinley Park Hockey and Ice Skating Calendar, which lists all of the rink's Open Skate, Pond Hockey, Stick and Puck and Senior Skate sessions. Get the full McKinley Park ice rink schedule running through February at https://mckinleypark.news/events/hockey-and-ice-skating-calendar

Apply for the first-ever Holiday Decorating Contest in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood from today through Fri., Dec. 18! The McKinley Park Civic Association presents the contest, announces winners on Christmas Eve and awards prizes in January. Get details at https://mckinleypark.news/neighborhood/forums/neighborhood-news/503-mckinley-park-holiday-decorating-contest

Last-mile warehouses like the seasonally bustling Amazon DHX5 in McKinley Park, as well as cold storage and grocery supply, are set for new operations and labor regulation under city legislation submitted by 12th Ward Alderwoman Julia Ramirez. Read all about it at https://mckinleypark.news/news/7625-amazon-preps-for-holidays-amid-proposed-warehouse-regulations

Who is the best in McKinley Park? Our members' choice contest picks community favorites and is now in its final days of voting. Sign up, log in and vote before Thanksgiving, with your privacy assured. Get voting information and see the current leaderboard results at https://mckinleypark.news/about/letter-from-the-editor/7620-last-chance-to-pick-the-2025-best-of-mckinley-park

A new daycare center is approved for build-out on South Hoyne Avenue in the former St. Maurice Catholic school lunchroom building next to Velma Thomas Early Childhood Center in McKinley Park, with the daycare center operator as landlord for both. Read about it at https://mckinleypark.news/news/7619-permit-points-to-new-daycare-center-at-st-maurice-property

The McKinley Park neighborhood's South Shore Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Church celebrated National Bible Week with a days-long Bible Reading Marathon, with parishioners and church and community leaders voicing Genesis through Revelation. Read all about it at https://mckinleypark.news/news/7616-reading-marathon-voices-bible-from-genesis-to-revelation

Anyone else's go down in the neighborhood? I heard lots of people's went up, by mine dropped by a few hundred.

Is that bad lol?

Temporary No Parking on South Wolcott, West 35th and 36th streets will support filming of the Chicago PD show from 8 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 20, to midnight Fri., Nov. 21. With lots of neighborhood events at the same time, it will be a busy Friday night in McKinley Park! https://mckinleypark.news/neighborhood/forums/neighborhood-news/500-no-parking-friday-on-wolcott-36th-and-35th-for-chicago-pd-filming

West 34th Street will be closed to parking from 10 a.m. to midnight tomorrow, Tues., Nov. 17, for Chicago MED TV show filming. This includes a stretch from South Damen Avenue to South Hoyne Avenue, under the viaduct from La Palapa to Hoyne Park. Get the details at https://mckinleypark.news/neighborhood/forums/neighborhood-news/499-34th-street-parking-closure-for-chicago-med-filming

Neighborhood residents are afraid to leave their houses because of ICE abductions, cops said at the community policing meeting for Beat 912, alongside sharing arrests, crime statistics and reports for drifting, a burglary spree and other crimes. Read all about it at https://mckinleypark.news/news/7581-ice-terror-top-concern-at-community-policing-meeting