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After Rahm’s 'smoke and mirrors,' Lightfoot claims neighborhood opportunity fund as her own

FEBRUARY 12, 2020 | by Pascal Sabino, Heather Cherone | BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO

By Pascal Sabino and Heather Cherone, includes “Mayor Lori Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to reverse decades of disinvestment on Chicago’s South and West sides — and when she took office, she found a nearly $57 million pot of money earmarked for just that purpose. … Even as developers flooded the fund as cranes dotted Chicago’s skyline, Emanuel awarded 156 grants totaling only $890,000. …” 

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