Thoughts after the election
One of the most wrenching and divisive presidential elections in recent history has just concluded. As the nation was split before on the worth of the major-party candidates, so it …
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Heat waves and crime waves: Can affordable housing cool things off?
This may be the last real heat wave of Chicago’s summer. The mercury has climbed above 90 degrees, and the heat index is closer to 100. Forecasters are calling for …
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Developing Community
On Friday, Full Circle held an open house at the Milwaukee Avenue Apartments in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. The property, Full Circle’s first new construction project, features 32 affordable apartments, designed …
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Art and Community
The Milwaukee Avenue Apartments (MAA), Full Circle’s newest property and its first new-construction project, received some beautiful new additions yesterday, thanks to the efforts of students and teachers from the …
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Transit Oriented Development and those who need it most
Logan Square is a Chicago community at a crossroads — literally and figuratively. Its location, character, diversity, and proximity to public transit and major arterial streets have made it a …
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The Creekview Apartments, 26 units of affordable senior housing, to break ground in Richmond, IL
Read the latest from the Northwest Herald.
By HANNAH PROKOP – hprokop@shawmedia.com
RICHMOND – Plans for a $6 million, 22,000-square-foot senior apartment complex in the village are underway, and construction …
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Building community, one egg at a time
The Villagebrook Parents Council held its second annual Easter EGGstravaganza on Saturday, March 19, in the courtyard. The late winter chill did nothing to dampen spirits, apparently.
Parents and kids, …
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Why are we called “Full Circle”?
Harry Gottlieb, 1918-2015
It’s hard to name a company. Especially when that company only exists on paper.
When Milton and Martin Pinsky and I formed Full Circle Communities in 1999, …
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The employees seem happier . . .
Picture by David Gottlieb
Full Circle moved its offices from a suburban to an urban location three months ago. It may be my imagination, but it seems like folks …
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From Our Executive Director
When Full Circle Communities was formed in 1999 it had no assets other than an idea. My co-founders, Milton and Martin Pinsky, and I wanted to create a model for …
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