In Alderman Ronnie L. Mosley’s 21st Ward weekly bulletin, the focus is on ongoing development and infrastructure progress, including advances in major residential and business projects (e.g., Morgan Park Commons and Beverly Ridge Phase 1B), completed resurfacing work, and scheduled transportation improvements like Metra’s 89th & Morgan Bridge Project. The newsletter also highlights upcoming community policy/services engagement through a July 25 town hall on water management, environmental concerns, and emergency preparedness, plus a second portion featuring a SplitsecAI gunshot-detection app demonstration and free Back-to-School immunization clinics.
Other major announcements/events include “Movies in the Park” (Gremlins on July 22), summer block party visits and PlayStreets (107th Place), and safety advisories on Honda air bag thefts and Illinois Secretary of State text scams.
Alderman Debra L. Silverstein (50th Ward) announced the annual 50th Ward Back to School Giveaway on Sunday, July 26 at 10:00 AM at the Indian Boundary Nature Play Center (northwest section of the park near Estes and Rockwell), featuring free backpacks and school supplies distributed one per child on a first-come, first-served basis. The newsletter includes sponsor acknowledgments (Devon Sport, AAIM Howard & Western LLC, and Peoples Gas) and provides event and office contact details. No zoning, housing, transit, budget, or street-safety policy meetings or approvals are mentioned.
Alderman Scott Waguespack (32nd Ward) does not list any specific city meetings, hearings, ordinances, development/zoning actions, or budget/transit funding decisions in this newsletter; the focus is on business reminders. It includes practical guidance on sidewalk café permit compliance and setup, street-sweeping rules, keeping alleys/dumpsters clean (including grease bins), and city graffiti removal resources. Other major announcements are a July 25 North Branch Works bike tour (“Blues & Brews”); plus reminders to register for the Small Biz Expo in August and use local small-business resource organizations and programs.
Aldermanic Office of the Third Ward newsletter (7/21/26) highlights upcoming/community events rather than zoning, housing, transit, or budget matters, including the 8th Annual CRR1919 Bike Tour, Cosmo Care Day of Giving, and the Fuller Park Sidewalk Sale. It also notes mobile vehicle emissions testing. No specific policy changes, development approvals, or street safety/redesign projects are mentioned in this issue.
Alderman Stephanie D. Coleman’s 16th Ward newsletter focuses on community service guidance rather than outlining specific zoning, housing, transit, budget, or street-safety hearings, policy changes, or development approvals. It notes that an Air Quality Advisory led to rescheduling “Alderman in the Park” at Mabel Park to Monday, July 27, and reminds residents to report City issues via the CHI311 app or the ward office. The newsletter also promotes general resources and upcoming community events/educational and employment opportunities.
Alderman Timmy Knudsen (43rd Ward) reports that after advocacy following a Sunday homicide near Lincoln and Webster tied to fights at “The Dime” (2263 N. Lincoln Ave), Chicago Police Interim/Acting Superintendent Fred Waller issued a Summary Closure Order closing the bar immediately for up to six months. Knudsen says the closure is separate from a longer process to permanently revoke the liquor license and will continue pushing for stronger restrictions and a permanent resolution for the site, with community input.
Other notes include condolences to the victim’s family, thanks to local police leadership and Lincoln Avenue businesses for providing information, and regular office hours details.
Alderman Ronnie L. Mosley (21st Ward) announced “Movies in the Park” at Fernwood Park (10436 S. Wallace) on July 22 at 7:45 pm, featuring a free outdoor showing of *Gremlins* (plus free snacks) with the movie starting at dusk. The newsletter does not mention any zoning, housing, transit, budget, or street-safety hearings or policy changes.
Alderman La Spata’s 1st Ward newsletter reports that the community review is underway for the proposed development at 2758 N. Mozart, with extensive resident feedback collected following the July 21 First Look meeting. It also notes an accessibility-related transit/streets update: CDOT lost a class action over Accessible Pedestrian Signals, and Chicago’s all-pedestrian crossing at North, Milwaukee, and Damen (the “Pedestrian Priority Pilot”) will be delayed pending required APS installations. In addition, the alderman highlights the scheduled start of work next Monday on the Polish Triangle’s planned first public restroom in decades, plus updates on Meet Me on Milwaukee volunteer sign-ups and a rescheduled bike tune-up event at Palmer Square Park.
Alderman Walter Red Burnett (Ward not listed) is inviting residents to Ward Night tonight (07/28/26) to share concerns and request time to meet with him. The newsletter provides an opt-out link; no zoning, housing, transit, budget, or street-safety meetings or policy actions are mentioned.
Alderman Brian Hopkins (2nd Ward) highlights a Metra Clybourn Station feasibility study open house (July 23) and delayed Cook County property tax bill timing (second installment mailed around Sept. 1, due around Oct. 1). On transportation and street work, the newsletter also outlines ongoing infrastructure: Inner Lake Shore Drive resurfacing with pedestrian-safety improvements, Southport/Belden intersection reconstruction, and additional park and street projects (including Clover Playlot and Pearson St parkway work), plus an update that the Division Street streetscape will start in early August. Other major announcements include Coffee with the 18th District Commander (July 23), the 2nd Ward Bike the Ward event (Aug. 23), Market Days at Pioneer Court (Wednesdays through October), and community events like garden walks, Chicago Climate Week (through July 25), and a Beatles sing-along at Lake Shore Park (July 26).
Alderman Samantha Nugent (39th Ward) sent a public safety update about an ongoing shooting incident on the 4600 block of N. Springfield Ave on July 20, with multiple people shot including a police officer. The 17th District Police are actively responding as of 1:15 p.m., and residents are advised to avoid the area while additional information is requested via CAPS.017District@ChicagoPolice.org or 312.742.4410.
Alderperson Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) shared that the November ballot referendum question on short-term rentals is being explained and that residents can send feedback; the newsletter also highlights the Community Safety Committee meeting and ongoing housing-protection policy themes tied to the Northwest Side Preservation Ordinance and community land trusts. Fuentes also announced a CDOT/DWM/CTA-approved street closure for sewer infrastructure work at W Division St and N Spaulding Ave (7am–4pm), with local traffic allowed only.
Other items include details for the 12th annual Colombian Fest (with festival road closures and a 5K on Saturday) and general ward updates such as zoning intake procedures, construction-project links, and office/event resource information.
Alderman Timmy Knudsen (43rd Ward) shared a special alert about a shooting and homicide near Lincoln Avenue and Webster Avenue, with one person of interest in custody; he notes his office’s push for restrictions on late-night bars along this Lincoln stretch and says the 2200 block will receive additional and permanent weekend patrol. He asks residents to submit any video or information to Chicago Police Area 3 detectives (CAPS) or the 18th District.
Other announcements: the newsletter lists 43rd Ward office hours (Mon–Thurs 9am–5pm, Fri 9am–2pm, Sat 10am–12pm).
In the 11th Ward, Alderwoman Nicole T. Lee introduced an alternative ordinance to the Mayor’s proposed rental housing rule changes and noted a budget mid-year hearing where concerns were raised about zero-revenue categories; she also backed TIF funding for The 78 and pushed for public meetings on major stages, including questions about the Wells–Wentworth Connector bike path timeline. The newsletter also highlights upcoming zoning hearings (Aug. 10) and provides ward event updates such as National Night Out (Aug. 4), Chinatown Summer Fair (July 25–26), and Beat 914 (July 29).
Alderman Debra L. Silverstein (50th Ward) postponed the “Clean & Green” event originally scheduled for July 19 on Oakley Ave due to an Illinois EPA air quality alert tied to wildfire smoke from Canada. She urged residents to monitor air quality via AirNow.gov, especially people at higher health risk.
No zoning, housing, transit, budget, or street-safety meetings or policy actions were announced in this message.
Alderwoman Maria Hadden (49th Ward) reports holding a Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy hearing on Chicago’s Sustainable Data Centers Report and introducing City ordinance O2026-0027165 to amend the Energy Benchmarking law by requiring annual data centers to report energy and water use transparency. She also notes City Council did not support a deal for the resale of parking meters, and she cleared the “Bird Friendly” design ordinance from the Rules Committee. Other major updates include a July 20 community meeting with Loyola University and the Ignatian Mission Center on the St. Ignatius/Waldorf School redevelopment proposals, plus ward/community reminders like rescheduling her block party town hall to July 23 and upcoming infrastructure meetings and street work.
Alderman Nicholas Sposato’s 38th Ward update focuses on the new Starbucks location at Irving Park and Cumberland, including expected purchase closing by the end of August, finalizing city permits, interior construction shortly after, and a potential October/November opening. The email does not report any zoning, housing, transit, street-safety, or budget hearings/ordinances, and instead shares community items such as a donation option for St. Cyprian Food Pantry and an adoptable-pet highlight (Tamaki).
In the 40th Ward, Alderman Andre Vasquez’s committee held a hearing focused on how CPD is enforcing a January Executive Order directing CPD to investigate and pursue prosecution related to federal agents’ wrongdoing, and CPD announced a new policy encouraging residents to report alleged federal immigration violations. The Committee on Finance also voted to delay approval of Chicago’s proposed parking meter sale to Stonepeak Partners, citing concerns tied to ICE/deportation flight contractor Omni, and the newsletter highlights Council passage of the 40th Ward Environmental Board’s Sustainable Parkways Resolution to expand pollinator gardens and bioswales for flooding and air-quality benefits. Other updates include multiple community rezoning meetings (2648-58 W. Lawrence and 1634 W. Thorndale), ongoing street projects and resurfacing (including Manor Avenue and Lincoln Avenue streetscape), and events such as the cancelled catalytic converter etching event, the 40th Ward Back to School supply drive, and an Electric Vehicle Demo Day on July 19.
Alderman Scott Waguespack (32nd Ward) reports City Council action this week on housing and related policy, including introducing an alternative rental-housing ordinance to the mayor’s proposal and supporting Alderman Knudsen’s Prediction Markets Ordinance. The Council also passed TIF-backed legislation for the 78 project area/Foundry Park to support the Chicago Fire stadium development and a City-owned ~1,200-space below-grade parking structure, along with street/Metra, river wall, and public open-space improvements. Separately, Waguespack shares public safety updates from July CAPS meetings, including ongoing tap-to-pay scam warnings, and notes the CPD superintendent search process after Superintendent Larry Snelling’s retirement; he also highlights July street repaving/lighting work and upcoming community events like the Roscoe Village Burger Fest and several garden walks.
Alderwoman Angela Clay (46th Ward) reports on neighborhood development and infrastructure: her office is coordinating a July 27 community presentation on a proposed zoning change at 1429 W. Irving Park for a five-story mixed-use building, and the ward is seeing multiple CDOT street resurfacing and an alley reconstruction expected to finish by mid/late August (including Malden/Magnolia/Leland/Lawrence). She also highlights the open community participatory budgeting idea period (through July 31), along with HomeGrown home purchase assistance details and the 46th Ward’s HomeGrown/ARO rental-occupancy application information.
Other notable items include a July 25 street naming ceremony honoring Lois Juanita Ellington, a Back to School Bash on August 1 at Clarendon Park, upcoming park advisory council meetings, and reminders about hazardous air quality/heat safety and updated scooter/e-bike guidance.