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ALT 1. Text: Mayor Johnson Breaks Ground on South Side Non-Congregate Shelter for Homeless Youth. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson, Alderman Ronnie Mosley, DFSS Commissioner Angela Green, DOH Commissioner Lissette Castaneda, Deputy Mayor Arturo Carrillo, and Unity Parenting's Constance Colin break ground on a non-congregate shelter on the site of a vacant former hotel in Branierd on the South Side.
ALT 2. Text: The $6.2 million redevelopment by Unity Parenting and Counseling will transform a former Brainerd motel into 26 non-congregate units for young adults ages 18-24 experiencing homelessness. Image: Mayor Johnson hugs a young Black woman in a school hallway.
ALT 1. Text: Mayor Johnson Signs Order to Expand Food Access & Create Network of Year-Round Public Markets. Image: Mayor Johnson, holding a basket of groceries, speaks to the owner of Forty Acres Fresh Market, a neighborhood market in Austin opened with City funding.
ALT 2. Text: Mayor Johnson’s Market City Action Plan is a community-informed strategy to make fresh, healthy food more affordable and accessible in Chicago, especially on the South and West Sides. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson, in a market stand that says "Chicago Market City," signs the Chicago Market City Action Plan executive order in Austin alongside Ald. Chris Taliaferro, Greater Chicago Food Depository CEO Kate Maehr, Urban Growers Collective CEO Erika Allen, and Grow Greater Englewood Co-Founder Anton Seals.
ALT 3. Text: Developed alongside residents, the Action Plan will strengthen Chicago’s neighborhood markets, create opportunities for local food entrepreneurs, and advance a citywide network of farmers markets and year-round public markets. Image: A Chicago Youth Works employee washes green and red lettuce leaves in a large tub inside a greenhouse at Gary Comer Youth Center's farm in Greater Grand Crossing.
ALT 4. Text: The Market City Action Plan builds on Mayor Johnson’s existing initiatives to increase food access, including the Good Food Fund and Neighborhood Market Grant Program, urban agriculture development, and Protecting SNAP. Learn more at chi.gov/market-city. Image: Mayor Johnson poses for a photo with a Senior Black woman, wearing a "Food for Every Neighbor Fight to Save Our SNAP" shirt, at a Save Our SNAP event at the Go Green Griot Plaza in Englewood.
ALT A group of people stand together with shovels in a groundbreaking ceremony. They are in front of a "Build Better Together" banner, positioned against a brick building. The scene conveys a sense of collaboration and progress.
ALT Boxes and individually wrapped packages of Mo’Mo Bites are displayed on a table. The flavors visible include Apple Cinnamon Cream and Strawberry & Cream. The packaging features playful cartoon fruit characters.
ALT A group of four people stand smiling in front of a "Build Better Together" sign with "Mayor Brandon Johnson" written on it. They are outdoors, positioned along a tan brick wall.
ALT 1. Text: Mayor Johnson Launches Property Tax Debt Relief Pilot, Funded by Suing Bus Companies Involved in Migrant Crisis. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson high fives a Senior resident (Black woman) and homeowner as she steps down from her porch on the South Side.
ALT 2. Text: Mayor Johnson’s $500,000 targeted relief effort is designed to help indebted homeowners in South Shore, Englewood, and Pilsen—who are at risk of property tax sale—keep their homes. Learn more at Chicago.gov/ptdrp. Learn more at Chicago.gov/ptdrp. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson and Alderman Desmon Yancy talk to two South Siders while touring the Gary Comer Youth Center in Greater Grand Crossing.
