NEWS CHICAGO METRO/STATE
Little Village Discount Mall vendors get city help to set up at new location
About 40 vendors were forced to leave the mall on West 26th Street at the end of March, and had been looking for a new location. On Friday, they announced they’d found one — and had a commitment from the city to help.
By
Michael Loria
Apr 14, 2023, 8:13pm CDT
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) held a news conference Friday to discus a plan for vendors displaced from the Little Village Discount Mall to relocate to a former Kmart in Gage Park.
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Dozens of Little Village Discount Mall vendors, unable to operate since leaving the West 26th Street shopping center in March, have a new space lined up — and $500,000 from the city to help them get started, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) announced Friday.
The government here is HELPING them make money under the table. All this money is tax free they make and the city said we'll give you $500k to move to a new location to continue to make tax free money.
Meanwhile, black Chicago had a thriving grocery store called "Moo and Oink" on the south and west side. The original owners fcked up the money and the store had to close. Not one black alderman or preacher came together to figure out a way how we could buy the brand and keep it open.. Not one..
Meanwhile, latino vendors are saying that the licensing requirements are hurting their businesses, so they are protesting the requirements to be a licensed vendor.
BUSINESS
CHICAGO STREET VENDORS SAY CITY LICENSING REQUIREMENTS ARE HURTING BUSINESS
By
Leah Hope
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Chicago street vendors said they simply want to continue working and providing for their families, without fear of fines from the city.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Across many parts of Chicago, street vendors are an integral part of the community. But those vendors saying the city's licensing requirements are making it hard to stay in business.
Black people in my city have no time to be beefing with one another, we got a real problem brewing and the government is actually helping.