| Wrigley Field would get new neighbors under developer's proposal for ...
A Chicago developer unveiled plans in the city's Wrigleyville neighborhood Wednesday night for a nine-story, mixed-use development with a hotel that would stand virtually eye-to-eye with Wrigley Field.
Representatives for developer Steven Schultz, who owns land across the street from the ballpark at the north end of the block bounded by Clark and Addison Streets and Sheffield Avenue, met with community members and Ald. Tom Tunney to seek support for the project.
Schultz wants to build two nine-story buildings connected by a four or five-story base, with a Hyatt Place hotel on the Clark Street side and residences at Addison and Sheffield. The hotel would have about 135 rooms, and the other building would contain about 150 rental units. There also would be about 100,000 square feet of commercial space on the land, plus a health club and 500 parking spaces.
Couple basks in sunny glow of victory after winning free solar power
The seemingly endless sunshine that illuminated Tracy this week seems the perfect initiation for a new home solar system.At least, Bryan and Stacey Watson sure think so.The couple beat out 15,000 contestants to win a free home solar system through BP Solar and "Evan Almighty," a Universal Pictures movie that was filmed using energy from solar panels.The Watsons, with their 1-year-old son, Chance, basked in their win Thursday while a team from 1st Light Energy Inc. installed 25 solar panels on top of their home, which sits just north of Schulte Road.The system comes with a wireless module that shows how many kilowatts the panels have converted into energy and how much energy the family's used on any given day.The Watson's utility bills typically range from $150 in the winter to $250 during the heat of summer.
Religion too big a part of elections
That was a real stretch. Now I suppose you will tell me that the slaughter of hundreds of millions by the communists was an act of love. Starving the people of the Ukraine to death must have also been the intellectually superior act of love. Adolf Hitler was as left wing as you could ask for. I don't allow the propagandists to tell me what that creep was. Too many of our families were slaughtered by that left wing extremists. Do a bit of in depth study please. What pray tell do you think the word NAZI means? " .
Few Businesses, Non-Profits Help Ex-Offenders Work
Pamela Ainsworth had work experience, education and bond insurance when she went job hunting earlier this year. She had been a bartender and waitress before she was sentenced to prison on drug and auto-theft convictions. In a federal prison in Texas, she had a top-paying job, earning $1.15 an hour plus bonuses as a call-center rep for Xcel Energy. While incarcerated for 3 1/2 years, she also learned data entry and accounting. For three months, 33-year-old Ainsworth worked diligently to find employment. She applied at local restaurants, grocery stores, mega-retailers and telemarketers. Even though she was bonded to protect an employer if there is theft, forgery, larceny or embezzlement, Ainsworth wasn't hearing the answer she needed. "It's hard. It's humiliating.
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