CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Tribune
By David Jackson and Gary Marx, Chicago Tribune reporters
12:15 a.m. CDT, October 19, 2013
West Side pastor John Abercrombie says his mission is to lift a struggling community and serve its most vulnerable residents.
In addition to tending his church flock, he has made himself a key player in City Hall’s planning and development efforts in the South Austin neighborhood.
City, state and federal agencies have poured millions of dollars into several projects in which Abercrombie played a leading role.
Yet a Tribune investigation found that Abercrombie has at best a mixed record of success as a developer and landlord, mirroring city officials’ haphazard efforts to assist one of the city’s hardest-hit neighborhoods.
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