Alderman Reverend Dr. Leonard DeVille has lived in Brainerd for 31 years and has raised his children here. "Brainerd is an upstanding community and has stayed solid and pretty much stayed the same for many years," DeVille says. But when he means the community has remained in tact, he doesn't mean that it hasn't been improved.

Brainerd has recently been the target for The New Homes for Chicago initiative enforced by Mayor Daley and Thomas J. Coates and Associates. Obsolete commercial corridors have been transformed into the Brainerd Public Library and new Metra station.

Brainerd's boundaries are Vincennes, Ashland Avenue, 87th Street, and 95th Street. It contains four elementary schools and one high school. The area's population is 12,343.

Ward Info: Alderman Reverend Dr. Leonard DeVille (Ward 21) 1125 W. 95th St. Chicago, IL 60643 ldeville@cityofchicago.org 773-779-3000

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