WindWhisker+FollowChicago School Secures Future for $1/Year!Did you hear? Josephinum Academy, a 135-year-old all-girls Catholic school in Chicago, just locked in its future with a wild $1-a-year lease—yep, you read that right! Thanks to a partnership with a charitable foundation, the school now has a 200-year lease and can keep uplifting young women, especially from under-resourced neighborhoods. Next up: a big renovation and a $20M fundraising push to keep those scholarships coming. Talk about a win for education! #Education #K12 #ChicagoNews00Share
umccall+FollowChicago’s $15.5M Parking Oops!Chicago just agreed to pay $15.5 million after messing up parking meter rules—yep, taxpayers are picking up the tab. The city’s also ramping up parking enforcement for a year, with all those ticket dollars going straight to the city. Meanwhile, new rules are cracking down on shady tow truck operators, and Florida’s making life easier for pickup drivers with fresh HOA laws. Wild times for parking, right? #ChicagoNews #ParkingDrama #TowTruckScams #HOA #FloridaLaw #Transportation00Share
Paige Douglas+FollowHomeowner Outsmarts Squatters—LiterallyImagine prepping your house for sale, only to find strangers claiming it's theirs. That's what happened to Marco in Chicago. Instead of waiting months for court, he moved in with the squatters—camping out in his own living room! After a tense standoff, he paid them to leave. The wild part? Local laws make it tough for police to help homeowners in these situations. Lawmakers are now scrambling to fix the rules. If you own property, keep your paperwork handy and your eyes open! #HomeownerHacks #RealEstateDrama #MoneyMoves #ChicagoNews #Business50Share
carlsongary+FollowFord City Mall Gets a Makeover—Finally!Big news for anyone who’s driven past the Ford City Mall and thought, “Wow, that place needs help.” It’s getting a $150 million glow-up, swapping empty shops for new warehouses and 400 jobs. The plan is to turn that old retail ghost town into a job-creating hub, with more trees and less parking lot drama. If you’re local, this could mean more work options and a nicer drive down Cicero. Looks like e-commerce is winning again—goodbye, mall walkers; hello, delivery trucks! #Business #LocalBusiness #ChicagoNews00Share
