News & Press
CNI’s transformational work is recognized by local and national media organizations. Recent clips are displayed below.
WGN9 Chicago
Culver's Joins Pullman's Revitalization Effort By Sean Lewis WGN 9 Midday News November 8, 2021 CHICAGO -- The effort to revitalize Chicago's Pullman neighborhood got a boost today with the opening of the first casual sit-done dining restaurant in decades.
Pullman/Roseland Community Celebrates First New Stand-Alone Restaurant in Over 30 Years
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pullman/Roseland Community Celebrates First New Stand-Alone Restaurant in Over 30 Years A national favorite is serving nearby new businesses, residents, and visitors at the Pullman National Monument November 8, 2021 (Chicago, IL) – Baron...
CBS2 Chicago
Pullman National Monument Visitor Center Officially Opens By Asal Rezaei September 6, 2021 at 11:20 am CHICAGO (CBS) – This Labor Day is a historic one on Chicago’s South Side. The mayor, governor, and other political heavyweights came out for the official grand...
Washington Post
These Chicago Residents are Trying to Revitalize Their Neighborhood without Gentrification For decades, governments have favored rental housing for low-income Americans. North Lawndale is a test case of whether homeownership is a better bet. Two single-family homes...
Preservation Magazine
Transitions: Places Restored, Threatened, Saved, and Lost RESTORED PULLMAN ARTSPACE LOFTS In May the renovated Pullman Artspace Lofts marked the first new multifamily residential development in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood in more than 60 years. Nonprofit groups...
Chicago Tribune
Pullman Artspace Lofts complex marks historic community’s first multifamily development in 60 years The Pullman Artspace Lofts on South Langley Avenue in Chicago consists of two buildings from the 1880s, one seen at left, and new construction on what had been a vacant...
WLS7 Chicago
Pullman Artspace Lofts, which provides affordable housing and a community center, is an adaptive reuse of two, long-abandoned, rehabbed historic buildings that were once threatened to be demolished. By Sarah Schulte WLS Channel 7 TV CHICAGO -- The first new...
Pullman Community Celebrates Grand Opening of First Newly Built Residential Development in More than 60 Years
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pullman Community Celebrates the Grand Opening of First Newly Built Residential Development in More than 60 Years "Historic Preservation, Affordable Housing, and Promotion of the Arts all “under one roof” Chicago, IL- (May 20, 2021) - Elected...
WLS7 Chicago
Community Picnic Held in Celebration of Vacant Housing Restoration in Pullman A Pullman Community picnic celebrates the start of restoring more than 30 vacant homes in North Pullman. The restoration is all thanks to innovative private and public partnerships that...
State of Illinois, LISC and CNI Announce Funding for Small Businesses and Launch Next Phase of Rebuild Distressed Communities Program
State and community partners release $1.7 Million for 58 small businesses, along with $10 million RFP for corridor improvements marking next phase of program to help communities facing damages from events of civil unrest CHICAGO—The Illinois...