"Food is Art" was the theme of this year's Chicago Gourmet.  But I came away with a better appreciation of "food is business" - and a complicated business at that.

In a week when Suburban Unity Alliance and the Oak Park Regional Housing Center both hosted events filled to capacity with community members advocating for equity, the Chamber voted to back SUA's "Pledge for Unity."

The restaurant business is particularly difficult.  We are sad to see Marion Street Market go but appreciate that no one really knows what is going on behind the scenes in small business.

Elijah Sims' horrific death to gun violence just east of Oak Park in Chicago's Austin neighborhood is a clarion call to action. Our own community's fate is linked to that of those around us.  Only a regional approach can help raise the standard of living for all of us.