ALDERMAN STEPHANIE COLEMAN FOCUSED, CONFIDENT AND PREPARED IN RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AS ALDERMAN OF THE CHICAGO’S 16TH WARD

Alderman Stephanie Coleman, 16th Ward. Photo provided by STH Media LLC.
Alderman Stephanie Coleman, 16th Ward. Photo provided by STH Media LLC.

 

ALDERMAN STEPHANIE COLEMAN FOCUSED, CONFIDENT AND PREPARED IN RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AS ALDERMAN OF THE CHICAGO’S 16TH WARD

 

STEPHANIE COLEMAN 

ACCESSIBLE, EFFECTIVE, AND PROVEN RESULTS

 

CHICAGO’S YOUNGEST ALDERMAN DELIVERS ON COMMITMENT TO 

ECONOMIC GROWTH, SENIOR HOUSING, INCREASED HEALTH SERVICES AND AN IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE

 

 

(Chicago, IL)  Stephanie Coleman, Alderwoman of Chicago's 16th Ward- after four productive years of delivering on her promise of Economic Growth, Senior Housing, Increased Health Services, and improved infrastructure; Stephanie Coleman has organized an outstanding campaign team and platform in her quest for re-lection of Chicago’s 16th Ward.

Upon being sworn into office in 2019, Coleman inherited a ward with many inadequacies. Some of which include a lack of economic development, limited
health care services, less than adequate senior housing and a deteriorating infrastructure. But some four years later, the 16th ward has experienced positive increases in each of the above mentioned areas and so much more.

In 2016, Stephanie Coleman was elected Democratic Committeeman. In this role she registered more first-time voters in Cook County for the 2018 General Election. (One of Illinois highest numbers in millennial voter turnout to date)
Many observers have recognized Alderman Coleman’s accomplishments as groundbreaking for a first time Alderman. The community projects in which she has successfully lured and accomplished have already led to hundreds of jobs and contract opportunities for minorities within the 16th ward.

Some of which include:

· CSX Chicago Lawn Expansion—25 million Dollar Intermodal Facility

· Hope Manor II (VOA)- Supportive Housing Development for Seniors

· Go Green on Racine (Cooperative enterprise) Fresh Produce Fresh Market

· Park 585

· Englewood Connect—15 million Dollar Business Incubator

· Starbucks 58th Western (Chicago Lawn/Gage Park Location

· Englewood Music Festival—Safe family event that has drawn over Twenty Thousand people without incident

· Monteclare JoAnn Thompson Senior Residences-- 102 Units of high-quality affordable housing for independent seniors

· Fifth Third Bank (Gage Park Location).

· E.G Woode—An Incubator for Minority business owners

· Established Operation Safe Pump--

· Established Englewood/West Englewood Special Service Area

· Englewood Trail—Nature trail designed to bring Englewood and West Englewood together

  • Park 585 - $500K playlot— (former vacant lot now a safe haven for children and families in the Gage Park community)

  • Englewood Music Fest has turnout of 8,000 in 2 years (2,000 last year, 6,000 this year)

  • VOA - Hope Manor – (Welcomed 36 families back into Englewood community, took 16 vacant lots and turned them into 2- and 3-unit buildings of scattered housing now home to families


Alderman Coleman has been just as successful in sponsoring or co-sponsoring over 740 resolutions and ordinances impacting minorities, seniors, public safety, and women issues just to name a few.


They include but are not limited to:


· Resolution R2019-348--Call for condemnation on legislative efforts to diminish women’s reproductive rights granted under Roe v. Wade

· Ordinance O2019-6939--Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 3-12-050 and 7-28-235 regarding senior citizen exemptions for sewer service charges and City refuse collection fees.

· Resolution R2019-850--Call for hearing(s) on increasing opportunities for women to participate in cannabis industry.

· Resolution R2019-426 -Call for hearing(s) on existing policies and procedures for prevention of sexual harassment by and among City officials and employees

· Resolution R2019-749--Recognition of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month

· Resolution R2019-694--Call for establishment of Chicago Descendants of Enslaved Africans Reparations Commission

· Ordinance O2019-6943--Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 2-84 by adding new Sections 2-84-501 and 2-84-502 to regulate gang designations and sharing of related database information

· Resolution R2021-82--Call for immediate change in protocol regarding Chicago Police Department’s execution of search warrants and release of video footage, passage of civilian oversight measures, and establishment of City Council Committee on Litigation Review and Risk Management.

· Resolution R2020-174--Support extended to reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act and gratitude extended to advocates and service providers of domestic violence victims

· Resolution R2020-458 --Celebration of Juneteenth Day; on June 19, 2020, in Chicago to recognize African Americans freedom from slavery

· Resolution R2019-347--Call for Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) to testify on current procedures for investigating police misconduct and provide report on status of COPA

· Ordinance O2020-570--Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 4-8 by adding new Section 4-8-300 to regulate third party food delivery fees.

“I have served as a pastor in this community for nearly three decades and have witness firsthand the decline of this community. But upon Alderman Coleman being elected in 2019 and because of her relentless efforts, the City of Chicago seemed have now thoroughly engaged in the productivity of our ward.” says Pastor Leslie Sanders of Hope Presbyterian Church of Englewood.

Pastor Sanders continued, “The announcement and fulfillment of so many economic development projects by Alderman Coleman has given our community the necessary boost in economic development but has also created excitement and euphoria throughout Englewood. Alderman Coleman has established herself as a true champion of delivering goods and services.”
Alderman Coleman was elected in 1999 after serving four years as the 16th ward’s Democratic Committeeman. She has been lauded by many organizations and community leaders for her unified approach to governing and managing the operations of the ward constituent service office. Alderman Coleman has also been firm in attracting jobs and other forms of economic development into the ward.

“I am grateful, honored, and blessed to represent the community in which I have called home my entire life. Moreover, the energy in which I exhibit on a daily basis is grounded in the confidence that the 16th ward residents have instilled in me. Collectively we have moved beyond the norm to establish new and unique ways of attracting economic development, expanding our access to healthcare, and making Englewood and other parts of the ward a destination point for all Chicagoans to enjoy.” says Alderman Coleman.

Alderman Coleman got her start in politics from her mother, former Alderman Shirley Coleman, to whom she learned the importance of making the concerns of the 16th ward constituents a high priority. In 2019, Alderman Coleman was elected as Alderman of the 16th ward at the age of 30 years old, becoming Chicago’s youngest elected Alderman.

Alderman Coleman has a passion for service and is actively involved in issues concerning senior and youth services which includes education, the achievement gap, public safety, and economic development. Through her committed service, Alderman Coleman continues to be committed to transforming the 16th ward into a melting pot of diversity, inclusion, and opportunity.

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