By John Walker
Special to Inside
Paramount Homes and the Chicago Showcase Homes has donated a total of $10,000 in charity awards to several local schools in Lincoln Park and Lake View.
The Chicago Showcase Homes, held in June and July of 2002, was the first event of its kind to showcase three $1-million-plus new-construction single-family homes with contemporary interiors decorated by teams of professional interior designers. Sponsored by the Chicago Home Builders Foundation and Paramount Homes, the Chicago Showcase Homes was held at Wrightwood Park Place, a luxury 15-home development at 2649-2655 N. Paulina St.
"With several luxury homes sold, we are proud to have kept our pledge to neighborhood children as we distribute some of the showcase net proceeds to local schools," said builder/developer Bruce Fogelson, president of Paramount Homes.
Paramount Homes and the Chicago Showcase Homes also recently received the 2003 Chicago Association of Realtors "Good Neighbor" award for best new single-family homes in the city.
The charitable donations are being divided among the following public, private and parochial schools located predominantly in Lincoln Park and Lake View:
Chicago/Lincoln Park Public Schools (CPS)—$3,000. The donation will be divided between Prescott School, 1632 W. Wrightwood Ave., ($1,500) and Oscar Mayer School, 2250 N. Clifton St., and Sabin School, 2216 W. Hirsch St. ($1,500).
Chicago/Lincoln Park Parochial Schools—$3,000. One half of the donation will be divided between St. Ignatius College Prep, 1076 W. Roosevelt Rd., and the Cardinal Bernadin Early Childhood Development Center, 1651 W. Diversey Pkwy. Anshe Emet Day School, 3760 N. Pine Grove Ave., will receive $1,500.
Chicago/Lincoln Park Private Schools—$3,000. The donation will be divided equally between Francis W. Parker School, 330 W. Webster Ave., and the Latin School, 59 W. North Blvd.
A $1,000 donation will be awarded to Roosevelt University's Chicago School of Real Estate, 430 S. Michigan Ave.
"Great schools are just one reason these neighborhoods are among the premier places to live and raise a family in Chicago," said Fogelson. "The neighborhoods of Lincoln Park and Lake View have built up great schools, good shops, more jobs and trades and are an engine of the local economy, and home building is a proud part of that."
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