For Black History Month this year, Near west Side partners would like to highlight historical moments that transpired right here in our very own neighborhood. These moments in time helped shape the society that we live in today, and were [...]

Recently Near West Side Partners’ Executive Director Keith Stanley was able to chat a bit with Tony Pa and the team at Advance Automotive Service, a car repair shop located at 965 N 35th St. A small and humble [...]

By Anne Marie Gunn and Nina Winkler   The Neighborhood Marker project is one of the Near West Side Action Activities, designed to add history and vibrance to each neighborhood and create distinctions between the seven NWS neighborhoods. Neighborhood markers [...]

In a recent interview Near West Partners’ Executive Director got a chance to chat with Near West Side’s own Pastor Craig Barnett of Greater Utopian church, located on 2925 W State St. In the community for the last 40 years, [...]

By Lucas Johnson, NWSP Intern   The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has exposed longstanding health disparities across the United states. Data has shown that across the country African-Americans and other minorities are dying at a higher rate than White Americans, even [...]

By Lucas Johnson, NWSP Intern To start off the new year, Near West Side Partners would like to highlight its continual effort to promote th Covid-19 vaccine with the hope of a higher vaccinated population leading to a healthy community. [...]

Beginning Saturday, November 20th, the Tripoli Shriners host their 4th annual Feztival of Trees. The Feztival of Tree’s has had a long history with the Kora Shriners in Maine, and ever since 2016, the Tripoli Shriners have modeled their plans [...]