🌱 Chicago To End Mask Mandate + Uptown Businesses Targeted

Good morning! Georgi Presecky here with a new edition of the Lakeview Daily.

First, today's weather: Intervals of clouds and sun. High: 24 Low: 24.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Lakeview today:

1. Chicago will lift its mask and proof of vaccine mandates on Feb. 28. Statewide requirements will also expire next Monday. (Patch)

2. Six Uptown businesses have been burglarized over the past two weeks, Block Club reports. Four Asian restaurants were targeted. (Block Club)

3. City Council is expected to vote today on converting The Covent Hotel into affordable studio apartments. The century-old Lincoln Park building could be converted into 84 units if approved. (Block Club)

4. A new Chicago scholarship program will send 4,000 city students to Illinois colleges. Education nonprofit Hope Chicago plans to invest $1 billion in scholarships over the next 10 years. (Chalkbeat)

5. More than 2,100 Afghan refugees have settled in Illinois since September, with up to 1,000 more expected to arrive in the state. The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago and other groups are seeking donations of basic necessities for the settlement process. (Paid source: Tribune)

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Today in Lakeview:

• Learn to cook samosas at Get in the Kitchen. (6:30 p.m.)
• Open Mic Night at Hairpin Arts Center. (7:30 p.m.)
• Comedy showcase at the Rambler Kitchen & Tap. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Temperatures will drop into the 20s today, with a significant chance of snow tomorrow afternoon. (Patch)
• The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will feature the music of “Jurassic Park” and “Star Wars” at upcoming concerts. (UrbanMatter)
• Start-up grocery delivery service Food Rocket is expanding to Lakeview. (Grocery Dive)
• 2D Restaurant gave away 222 mochi donuts at 2:22 p.m. Tuesday in honor of its grand opening and the palindromic date: 2/22/2022. (Axios)
• Lincoln Park Zoo antelope Asali has found a new home in Brookfield. (ABC)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.