WEBVTT 00:02.166 --> 00:04.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:42.5% STARTING IN 2021. 00:04.533 --> 00:09.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THIS MONTH, WTTW NEWS IS 00:06.000 --> 00:11.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CHECKING IN ON NEIGHBORHOODS 00:07.833 --> 00:12.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ACROSS CHICAGO WHERE CIVIL 00:09.366 --> 00:14.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% UNREST OCCURRED THIS SUMMER 00:11.133 --> 00:15.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INCLUDING INSTANCES OF LOOTING 00:12.900 --> 00:19.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. 00:14.300 --> 00:22.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OUR NEXT STOP IS ENGLEWOOD ON 00:15.666 --> 00:24.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE BUSINESSES 00:19.033 --> 00:26.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON 00:22.600 --> 00:27.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% 63 RD STREET. 00:24.866 --> 00:28.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% QUINN MYERS CHECKS IN WITH 00:26.333 --> 00:32.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND 00:27.400 --> 00:34.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BUSINESS OWNERS TO SEE HOW THEY 00:28.500 --> 00:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ARE HOLDING ON AND WHAT IS NEXT. 00:32.133 --> 00:38.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> I GOT ILL TO MY STOMACH. 00:34.400 --> 00:40.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% MY HUSBAND WAS -- 00:36.300 --> 00:41.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% FELT ILL TO HIS STOMACH. 00:38.866 --> 00:43.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% JUST THE WHOLE SITUATION. 00:40.566 --> 00:46.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% >> ASIAHA BUTLER IS THE 00:41.766 --> 00:47.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 00:43.766 --> 00:51.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER 00:46.000 --> 00:53.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% ENGLEWOOD OR RAGE. 00:47.200 --> 00:53.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% A GROUP DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY 00:51.166 --> 00:54.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ENGAGEMENT IN THE SOUTH SIDE 00:53.033 --> 00:56.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:53.466 --> 00:58.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BUTLER WATCHED AS BUSINESSES 00:54.633 --> 01:01.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WERE BROKEN INTO AND LOOTED. 00:56.933 --> 01:02.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% JUST ONE PORTION OF WIDESPREAD 00:58.633 --> 01:03.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DAMAGE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S 01:01.100 --> 01:04.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% LONG STRUGGLED WITH 01:02.966 --> 01:07.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% DISINVESTMENT. 01:03.566 --> 01:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LOOTED 01:04.800 --> 01:11.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% FOR THE LAST 40, 50 YEARS. 01:07.466 --> 01:13.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YOU JUST TURN AROUND, I MEAN IN 01:09.400 --> 01:13.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FRONT OF AN ABANDONED SCHOOL. 01:11.600 --> 01:16.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ACROSS THE STREET IT IS 01:13.266 --> 01:17.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% ABANDONED HOMES. 01:13.966 --> 01:19.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YEARS OF 01:16.000 --> 01:22.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% SEGREGATION. 01:17.433 --> 01:22.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% YEARS OF TARGETING BLACK FOLKS 01:19.800 --> 01:25.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OUT OF THEIR HOMES WITH CONTRACT 01:22.033 --> 01:26.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% BUYING. 01:22.733 --> 01:28.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR 01:25.500 --> 01:30.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO GET LOANS 01:26.600 --> 01:31.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% TO OPEN BUSINESSES. 01:28.033 --> 01:34.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> AFTER THE CIVIL UNREST, 01:30.400 --> 01:35.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUTLER SAYS PEOPLE REACHED OUT 01:31.900 --> 01:37.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% TO HER EAGER TO SUPPORT 01:34.433 --> 01:39.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES. 01:35.266 --> 01:40.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BUT DIDN'T HAVE A CENTRALIZED 01:37.000 --> 01:41.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WAY TO FIND THEM. 01:39.000 --> 01:43.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HER ORGANIZATION BEGAN PUTTING 01:40.000 --> 01:47.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% TOGETHER A DIRECTORY. 01:41.466 --> 01:47.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ONE BUSINESS ON THE LIST IS 01:43.233 --> 01:48.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ENGLEWOOD HARDWARE ON 63rd 01:47.266 --> 01:50.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% STREET. 01:47.600 --> 01:52.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GERALD WORKED HERE IN HIGH 01:48.533 --> 01:53.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SCHOOL AND CAME BACK TO BUY THE 01:50.333 --> 01:54.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% PLACE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 01:52.200 --> 01:56.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> YOU HAVE LIMITED BLACK 01:53.933 --> 01:58.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% BUSINESSES. 01:54.366 --> 02:01.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS COMING UP, 01:56.466 --> 02:02.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IT WAS ALL DOWN THROUGH HERE 01:58.566 --> 02:04.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WERE WHOLE FOODS THOSE WERE ALL 02:01.533 --> 02:07.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% BUSINESSES. 02:02.133 --> 02:10.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% 63rd AND HALSTED, THIS AREA 02:04.266 --> 02:10.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHERE YOU WENT WAS PRINT SHOP, 02:07.600 --> 02:12.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SOMEBODY WAS ALWAYS DOING 02:10.400 --> 02:13.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% SOMETHING. 02:10.766 --> 02:14.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> NEAR ASHLAND IS ANOTHER 02:12.600 --> 02:15.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE 02:13.966 --> 02:17.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% DIRECTORY. 02:14.333 --> 02:18.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% CLOTHING AND APPARELL STORE 02:15.666 --> 02:20.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% ENGLEWOOD BRANDED. 02:17.266 --> 02:21.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OWNER CORIE LUCKETT SAYS MOST OF 02:18.466 --> 02:24.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES WERE 02:20.000 --> 02:25.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DAMAGED DURING THE SUMMER'S 02:21.900 --> 02:26.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CIVIL UNREST BUT HIS STORE WAS 02:24.233 --> 02:29.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% LEFT UNTOUCHED. 02:25.000 --> 02:30.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> IN FACT, PEOPLE WERE COMING 02:26.933 --> 02:31.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BY ASKING IS EVERYTHING OK? 02:29.233 --> 02:33.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% YOU GOOD? 02:30.100 --> 02:36.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I HAVE PEOPLE WILLING TO STAND 02:31.966 --> 02:39.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OUTSIDE THE STORE TO PROTECT IT. 02:33.466 --> 02:40.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND I JUST FELT THAT WAS GREAT 02:36.100 --> 02:42.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THEY LET ME KNOW I DID 02:39.133 --> 02:44.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% SOMETHING RIGHT. 02:40.000 --> 02:45.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> HIS T-SHIRTS AND HOODIES ARE 02:42.000 --> 02:50.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ABOUT TAKING PRIDE IN THE 02:44.366 --> 02:51.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% POSITIVE ASPECTS IN HIS 02:45.933 --> 02:54.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COMMUNITY ONES THAT DO NOT GET 02:50.366 --> 02:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ATTENTION ON THE 6:00 P.M. NEWS. 02:51.666 --> 03:01.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> YOU CAN BE YOUR OWN BOSS AND 02:54.933 --> 03:02.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% GROW AND DO IT WITHOUT HAVING 02:57.333 --> 03:03.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NEGATIVE SURROUNDING OR BACKLASH 03:01.266 --> 03:05.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% WITH IT. 03:02.333 --> 03:08.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> THAT ATTITUDE BUTLER AND A 03:03.833 --> 03:12.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HOST OF COMMUNITY GROUPS LIKE 03:05.933 --> 03:16.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE INNER-CITY MUSLIM NETWORK 03:08.433 --> 03:18.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% APPLIED TO AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT 03:12.300 --> 03:21.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% CALLED GO GREEN ON RACINE. 03:16.166 --> 03:23.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO REVITALIZE THE INTERSECTION 03:18.466 --> 03:25.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AT 63rd AND RACINE AVENUE 03:21.366 --> 03:27.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INCLUDING FRESH PRODUCE MARKET, 03:23.600 --> 03:28.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INCUBATION CENTER AND RESOURCE 03:25.200 --> 03:29.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CENTER FOR PEOPLE RETURNING FROM 03:27.933 --> 03:30.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% INCARCERATION. 03:28.366 --> 03:31.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WORK THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE 03:29.466 --> 03:33.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% COMMUNITY FOR YEARS. 03:30.900 --> 03:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> A CENTRAL PIECE OF THE 03:31.800 --> 03:37.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PROJECT IS THE CLOSED GREEN LINE 03:33.866 --> 03:39.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% STATION AT 63rd AND RACINE 03:36.300 --> 03:41.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHICH ORGANIZERS ARE ADVOCATING 03:37.633 --> 03:44.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% TO GET REOPENED. 03:39.566 --> 03:47.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FOR US JUST LIKE HAVING A VACANT 03:41.833 --> 03:49.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SCHOOL IS UNACCEPTABLE HAVING A 03:44.966 --> 03:50.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% VACANT GREEN LINE STOP THAT 03:47.466 --> 03:52.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ROLLS PAST RESIDENTS, IT'S 03:49.700 --> 03:54.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% UNACCEPTABLE. 03:50.133 --> 03:56.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> AT THE FUTURE FRESH MARKET ON 03:52.200 --> 03:57.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% 63rd STREET, WE MET JAKE 03:54.066 --> 03:58.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HATTEN WHO IS WORKING ON THE 03:56.266 --> 04:00.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% TEAM RENOVATING THE SPACE. 03:57.433 --> 04:02.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THIS IS LIKE A STARTING POINT 03:58.866 --> 04:03.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FOR THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO 04:00.600 --> 04:06.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% BETTER THIS COMMUNITY. 04:02.166 --> 04:07.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE. 04:03.766 --> 04:09.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% MAKE IT MORE LOVABLE. 04:06.433 --> 04:11.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> JAKE HATTEN SAYS HE SEES THE 04:07.866 --> 04:12.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PROJECT AS A MODEL TO TAKE TO 04:09.733 --> 04:13.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS 04:11.700 --> 04:14.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% CHICAGO. 04:12.033 --> 04:16.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> I DON'T WANT THIS TO STOP. 04:13.466 --> 04:18.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I WANT TO CONTINUE ON THIS ROAD. 04:14.966 --> 04:21.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND I WANT OTHERS TO JOIN IN AND 04:16.900 --> 04:23.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BECOME A PART OF THIS FAMILY. 04:18.566 --> 04:24.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LIKE I SAY I'M FROM THE WEST 04:21.133 --> 04:26.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SIDE OF CHICAGO, I'M HERE BUT I 04:23.000 --> 04:28.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PLAN TO BRING IT BACK THERE AND 04:24.800 --> 04:29.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% GIVE OTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY LIKE 04:26.366 --> 04:31.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% I HAVE GOTTEN. 04:28.300 --> 04:33.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M 04:29.500 --> 04:34.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% QUINN MYERS. 04:31.533 --> 04:35.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> AND WTTW NEWS IS CONTINUING 04:33.000 --> 04:37.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OUR SERIES THROUGH THE MONTH OF 04:34.333 --> 04:38.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% DECEMBER CHECKING IN ON 04:35.466 --> 04:41.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES MONTH