Steven Graves Embedded: Chicago’s Englewood Neighborhood

CHICAGO (CBS) — The COVID-19 pandemic is still exposing how many communities continue to struggle.

One Chicago neighborhood is getting a huge amount of help, through a new partnership. CBS 2’s Steven Graves explains.

Cecile De Mello does the long work of leading nonprofit Teamwork Englewood because of a love for her home and three young children.

“I say to myself if I do a good job today, I’m one step closer making this a community where they can raise their family safely.”

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CHICAGO (CBS) — The blown out windows and piles of ashes are devastating sights for people who remember Antioch Baptist Church best.

The images caught the eye of a family living 1,500 miles away who left Chicago more than a decade ago. CBS 2’s Steven Graves reports from Englewood where that church burned Friday.

The church place means everything to hundreds of families, as the ashes settle, prayers are going up. Memories shared by members from across the country.

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CHICAGO (CBS) — A larger than life street mural with a message is taking over a street in one neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

CBS 2’S Steven Graves tells us why it is so much more than just art.

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CHICAGO (CBS) — Whole Foods will be closing its store in Englewood, six years after opening a grocery store in what had once been a food desert on the South Side.

A Whole Foods spokesperson confirmed the company is closing six out of its more than 530 locations nationwide, including the Englewood location at 832 W. 63rd St. and their store in the DePaul University Welcome Center at 959 W. Fullerton Ave. in Lincoln Park — a former Dominick’s. The other stores closing are in Montgomery, Alabama; Mobile, Alabama; Tarzana, California; and Brookline, Massachusetts.

“As we continue to position Whole Foods Market for long-term success, we regularly evaluate the performance and growth potential of each of our stores, and we have made the difficult decision to close six stores. We are supporting impacted Team Members through this transition and expect that all interested, eligible Team Members will find positions at our other locations,” a Whole Foods spokesperson said in a statement.

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CHICAGO (CBS) — It was news no one wanted to hear: Whole Foods closing on the South Side.

Now, local business owners want people to know the community is still motivated to thrive. CBS 2’s Steven Graves tells us how one coffee shop owner is making it happen.

It’s not the typical shop some might envision in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood.

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