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  • Professor studies Chicago's initiative to sell city-owned vacant lots for $1

    Dec 2, 2016 1:00 pm by Kent ReelResearch
    A vacant lot next to a house in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood is seen Dec. 31, 2014. The lot was sold by the city for $1 as part of the Large Lots Program. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

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    • A vacant lot next to a house in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood is seen Dec. 31, 2014. The lot was sold by the city for $1 as part of the Large Lots Program. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

    Dr. William Stewart, a professor in the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, recently co-authored a study with the Forest Service on Chicago's Large Lots Program, which sells vacant city-owned parcels to nearby homeowners for $1 each.