3C Community Profile: Humboldt Park
Take a stroll down the Paseo Boricua corridor on Division Street and it’s easy to see why Humboldt Park is one of Chicago’s most vibrant…
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For more than 100 years, The Chicago Community Trust has convened, supported, funded, and accelerated the work of community members and changemakers committed to strengthening the Chicago region. From building up our civic infrastructure to spearheading our response to the Great Recession, the Trust has brought our community together to face pressing challenges and seize our greatest opportunities. Today, that means confronting the racial and ethnic wealth gap.
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Metropolitan Tenants Organization
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Southeast Environmental Task Force
Through a community driven process, Southeast Environmental Task Force (SETF) along with our partners, will make tangible strides to advance a community articulated vision of the Calumet River as a place that supports businesses that generate community wealth and do not harm public health; that nurtures community connection and joy; and that is ecologically restored. Our process will center the activation and development of two sites: the 100th street/skyway community access site along the west bank of the river and the Schroud/Hyde Lake gateway site that will connect the community to both the river and Wolf Lake. Our process will also yield rich data that will inform another proposed project that will liaise with the City of Chicago site design and land use policies within the broader Calumet River geography.
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P3 Markets LLC
The 226 East 43rd Street project aligns with our commitment to transit-oriented development (TOD) by providing a mixed use project that includes the redevelop an existing 7,000-square-foot building located at 226 East 43rd Street and the acquisition of an additional 7,000 square feet of unimproved city property directly west, located at 220 West 43rd Street.
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Southland Human Services Leadership Council
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The Network - Advocating Against Domestic Violence
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The Chicago Community Trust
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Center for Neighborhood Technology
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), along with the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) and technical assistance partners, are applying for funds to support the administration and implementation of Elevated Works, an Elevated Chicago program to advance publicly-funded equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) and policy in Chicago by supporting Elevated Chicago partners in their contracts with government. These funds will contribute to project management and administration work done by CNT, the creation of an equitable transit oriented scorecard led by MPC, and the provision of technical assistance to ETODs, predominantly in neighborhoods impacted by disinvestment on Chicago’s South and West sides. These funds will supplement a $1 million contract awarded to CNT by the City of Chicago to implement the Elevated Works program.
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McKinley Park Development Council
A previous Our Great Rivers grant provided funding to develop a comprehensive plan for the riverfront parks surrounding Bubbly Creek: Canalport Riverwalk, Park 571, and Canal Origins. CDOT’s incorporation of that vision into strategic planning has now opened the possibility of an analogous framework plan aimed at expanding connectivity, strengthening linkages and broadening public access along the South Branch of the Chicago River from Daley Boat Launch on Western Ave through to Ping Tom Park in Chinatown. There will be several sub-goals to the project enhancing the public realm. Chief among them is creating connections among existing pedestrian and bike paths while fostering collaboration between private and public landholders along the riverfront in order to support and increase public access. These connected paths could touch the following 8 Sites of Interest: Daley Boat Launch, the Damen Silos, Canal Origins Park, Bubbly Creek, Park 571, the Loomis St Bridge, and 2420 S Halsted, and Lawrence Fisheries.