The Year of Chicago Music will celebrate Chicago’s Jazz and World Music Festivals with virtual performances over the Labor Day holiday and Sundays throughout September

New citywide efforts to protect commercial corridors and neighborhood businesses through rapid deployments, stronger community partnerships, enhanced use of technology and more; CPD to fully equip every citywide team working in the field with body-worn cameras starting this weekend

69% of the first wave of new hires lives within 10 miles of the new Morgan Park Blue Door Neighborhood Center

Five neighborhood organizations will be chosen to serve as licensing and resource hubs for small business owners

Program has given restaurants and bars greater outdoor options during COVID-19; enhancements will make it easier for liquor-only establishments to operate outdoors

Beaudet becomes Chicago’s first-ever Native American to serve as a City Commissioner; Marlene Hopkins named Buildings’ First Deputy Commissioner

City-backed fund provides relief to Chicago’s small businesses as they work to recover from continued COVID-19 impacts and damage sustained during nationwide protests and unrest