Hermosa Community Blog
Local topics for the Hermosa area. We are seeking community voices in english and spanish, so if you would like to contribute to a topic or author a blog post, feel free to contact us.
Traffic accidents on north Kostner in Hermosa have risen 75% in 5 years. Residents are petitioning to do this right in their 40 year battle for safety.
Before Newly Weds Foods had one of it’s locations on Keeler, it was another neighborhood employer in the Pulaski Industrial Corridor.
The Pulaski Industrial Corridor is part of several Chicago communities, including Hermosa. There are 24 different manufacturing areas around the city. Many have TIFs, taxpayer monies that are allocated to revitalizing their area.
Kelvyn Park Journal, a mostly west side newspaper including Hermosa, Logan Square, Humboldt Park and Austin.
"[she]recalls very well that Walt Disney went to the old McKinley High School...she sat in his desk. And how does she know that?" - Kelvyn Park Journal, 1966