Little Village Facts:

• One block from the proposed factory site is a Pre-K through 2nd Grade Elementary school of 800 students. Next door is another school with 1,500 students.
• Little Village's zip code has the 3rd worse air pollution in the 8 county Chicago Metropolitan area.
• The Little Village Community NEEDS 101 acres to meet the MINIMUM standard of 2 acres per 1,000 population!
• Little Village: Population 91,000
• Youngest Median age of Chicago's 77 communities: 20.9 years old The city agrees 5 new schools are needed: 3 elementary and 2 high schools!
• 2 New Neighborhood Libraries or a Regional one are critical to our learning!
• 16 acres in the neighborhood are designated for 2 new schools.
• The rest of the open land on Chicago's southwest is designated for commercial or industrial use.
  

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Housing Information Web Site:

Chicago Area Housing

Census Information:
2000 Census Data for Chicago Community Areas:

Little Village is the common name for South Lawndale - Chicago Community Area #30
- in this PDF file South Lawndale Data is on pages 88-90:

http://www.nipc.cog.il.us/Y2K_SF1_CCA.htm

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