Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to share ...
From federal agents descending on a South Shore apartment to the sweetest melons in town, here's what resonated with Block ...
Three months after local news specialist DNAinfo’s website was abruptly pulled offline, a team of Chicago journalists have rebirthed its spirit as Block Club Chicago — boosted by blockchain and ...
Block clubs are some of the most integral building blocks of a community. Any time someone reaches out to me to ask a question about his or her neighborhood, or to point out a concern pertaining to ...
The Board of Block Clubs was founded in 1990 in an effort to provide leadership and create a communication network amongst block clubs, tenant councils, crime watch units, human services agencies, the ...
An earlier story in this space about starting and operating successful block clubs in northeast Ohio generated many responses. Additional club members wished to weigh in with their thoughts. Carol and ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- On 8000 South Euclid Ave. in the South Chicago neighborhood, the self-proclaimed "new kid of the block" moved in five years ago. Rodney Meeks only had to point across the street from ...
Many cities have different versions of a block club, but in Chicago, they're generally a group of neighbors who get together to solve small issues affecting the neighborhood, like garbage pickup or ...
The Block Club sign, which is found all over the South Side, but in few other places, is traditionally a list of Things You Shouldn’t Do in Our Neighborhood: no loitering, no car washing, no loud ...
Hollywood screenwriters might have rejected the script for being too unbelievable, but Michael Block would not be denied the storybook ending to his PGA Championship fairytale. The 46-year-old – head ...
Even before the violence flared around Chicago this summer long before someone was shot to death at the end of their block in July Robert Brown and Michelle Lee-Sebastian saw signs of trouble.