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A group of scrappy entrepreneurs is taking advantage of the Loop’s slow but steady recovery, opening dozens of new downtown restaurants and stores this year. More workers are venturing to the Loop several days each week, and tourists flooded the Riverwalk and other top downtown attractions over the summer, boosting confidence and making it a bit easier for small-business owners … [Read more...] about Scrappy entrepreneurs are setting up cafes, coffee bars and stores in the Loop. ‘A recovery has started.’

After Hurricane Melissa’s exceptionally strong winds subsided, the roots of breadfruit trees clung deep into the fertile Jamaican soil — offering hope and a step toward food security in the future. For the past 16 years, Mary and Mike McLaughlin, Jamaican natives who now live in Winnetka, have helped plant almost half a million fruit trees — mostly non-native breadfruit — … [Read more...] about In hurricane-torn Jamaica, Winnetka couple’s climate-resilient breadfruit program offers food and hope

After Hurricane Melissa’s exceptionally strong winds subsided, the roots of breadfruit trees clung deep into the fertile Jamaican soil — offering hope and a step toward food security in the future. For the past 16 years, Mary and Mike McLaughlin, Jamaican natives who now live in Winnetka, have helped plant almost half a million fruit trees — mostly non-native breadfruit — … [Read more...] about In hurricane-torn Jamaica, Winnetka couple’s climate-resilient breadfruit program offers food and hope