An outsider is buying commercial property on the Northside. He wants residents to hold much of the equity

Lyneir Richardson was a bored bank attorney, practically asleep at his desk, when his supervisor asked him to

review a loan application from a barber wanting to open a shop in a West Chicago neighborhood.

To say something clicked understates the energy of an epiphany. He was helping a fellow African American realize his dream of owning a business and building wealth for his family…

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