Aerial view of lighting plan for Puptown Parkvia Puptown:"We continue to advocate for the installation of lighting at Puptown to make it accessible and welcoming well into the evening hours.Puptown Dog Park is one of Chicago's most popular dog parks. With Uptown's high-density housing and accessible street parking, Puptown attracts ample visitation during daylight hours.However, Puptown remains underused because it lacks adequate nighttime lighting. Dog owners rarely visit after daylight hours due to poor lighting.Please sign our online petition to demonstrate our strong community support for this very worthwhile investment. Our community is over 100 members strong, and our goal [...]

Ok, we'll admit we're a real mean crew here at UU, but we had a chuckle as we saw the announcement of a new honorary street name in Uptown come out of Alderwoman Clay's office.Walter "Slim" (or "Silm") Coleman was a longtime community organizer and activist who spent his years organizing for social justice around Chicago, with a particular focus on Uptown. Coleman passed away earlier this year. For those who lived through the Shiller years, he was the man behind the machine, working with the former alderwoman to replace many of Uptown's older and derelict buildings with low income and supportive [...]