NCP Investment Portfolio - New Communities Program
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NCP Investment Portfolio - New Communities Program
New Communities Program | November 2006 Community Investment Portfolio 14 catalytic projects LITTLE VILLAGE The New Communities Program neighborhoods offer unique investment opportunities LITTLE VILLAGE Logan Square Humboldt Park East Garfield Park AUBURN GRESHAM Green and Energy-Efficient Renovation 08 CHICAGO SOUTHWEST The Cannery Shopping Center 10 EAST GARFIELD PARK Madison Street ROADMAP 12 ENGLEWOOD Chicagoland Auto Repair Service (CARS) 14 HUMBOLDT PARK Mural Arts Program 16 LITTLE VILLAGE Little Village Park Campaign 18 LOGAN SQUARE School-to-School Armitage Housing 20 NORTH LAWNDALE King Memorial District 22 PILSEN These projects are the most investment-ready of hundreds to La Casa College Dormitory emerge from a series of quality-of-life plans written by neighbor- 24 QUAD COMMUNITIES hood residents under the leadership of local organizations. The Cottage Grove Corridor Initiative plans are part of the New Communities Program, a four-year-old 26 SOUTH CHICAGO effort to apply comprehensive community development in 16 Steel Town to Green Town Chicago neighborhoods. 28 WASHINGTON PARK St. Edmund’s Commons Townhomes 30 WEST HAVEN Haven Square Shopping Center 32 WOODLAWN String Instrument Program West Haven North Lawndale Pilsen Little Village Quad Communities Douglas Oakland Oakland Kenwood Washington Park Englewood Cities and neighborhoods, like businesses, rise or fall based on investment. Many parts of Chicago—downtown in particular—have boomed thanks to public and private investment in such projects as residential Dearborn Park, the restoration of Wacker Drive and, most recently, Millennium Park on Chicago’s magnificent lakefront. Assembled here is a portfolio of Chicago’s next great investment opportunities. Some of the projects call for substantial residential and commercial redevelopment—project values run more than $245 million in the aggregate. Others are modest in dollar amounts, but heavy on civic spirit: ethnic wall murals by local artists, a retail feasibility study, expansion of a training program for auto mechanics. Many have key partners in place while others are looking for Woodlawn Chicago Southwest Community Investment Portfolio 06 co-developers. Virtually all seek “seed investment” to trigger something larger. How large? Large enough to change these neighborhoods—and this city—in important ways. Large enough to help reconnect these communities and their residents to the region’s economic mainstream. Auburn Gresham South Chicago Look carefully at what the NCP neighborhoods propose for themselves and for their city. We think you’ll agree. It is time to invest. AUBURN GRESHAM 1 Green and Energy-Efficient Renovation Vacant building to be reborn as community cornerstone using green technology for efficiency and affordability A city-owned abandoned building on a key corner in the 79th Street LOCATION 934 West 79th Street INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY commercial district will be fully rehabilitated. Energy-efficient materials and environmentally friendly construction methods will make $450,000 for loans and/or grants it one of the first green and sustainable mixed-use buildings on OVERALL PROJECT VALUE the South Side. The building will contain three affordable housing $750,000 units, an office for the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development TIMELINE Corp., and meeting space for computer classes, personal finance Early 2007 Construction Late 2007 Completion PARTNERS McBride Kelley Baurer, architect; Ramm & Associates, engineer; HJKessler Associates, sustainable design consultant training and free tax preparation. BENEFITS The renovated building will relieve the community of a blighted and unsafe building; improve air quality and reduce utility costs for limited-income tenants; promote investment in Auburn Gresham while fostering awareness of sustainable technologies; and provide community spaces where residents can learn the skills necessary to achieve financial security and independence. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corp. (GADC) is working to revitalize the neighborhoods of Auburn Gresham, Englewood and West Chatham by designing and implementing programs that improve the community’s economic viability; increase the availability of quality housing to people of different income levels; maintain and improve existing affordable housing; and enhance the delivery of social services, particularly to senior citizens. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Carlos Nelson 773.483.3696 [email protected] (pictured right) 1. Renaissance Festival drew crowds. 2. Building is unoccupied and needs renovation. 3. The building renovation structure will contain offices and apartments. (photo credits) 1. Alex Fledderjohn, 2. Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corp., 3. McBride Kelley Baurer. 2 3 . CHICAGO SOUTHWEST 1 The Cannery Shopping Center Community group and major developer partner to build a different kind of shopping center The Cannery will be a “neighborhub” that appeals to ethnic communLOCATION 60th Street and Western Avenue INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY ities underserved by retailers. It will bring together stores, restaurants and other foot traffic generating uses to create a destination that $62 million for construction and mortgage financing; lease commitments appeals to a broad audience. General Growth Properties, one of the OVERALL PROJECT VALUE Southwest Development Corporation to construct up to 375,000 $62 million TIMELINE Summer 2007 Break ground Summer 2008 Completion PARTNERS General Growth Properties world’s largest shopping center developers, is working with Greater sq. ft. of retail space. BENEFITS Originally a can factory, the site was redeveloped in the 1980s for retail uses, but much of the land remains unused. The Cannery will anchor this intersection as a major retail destination. The catalytic effect already can be seen with a smaller retail center now being developed across the street. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Greater Southwest Development Corporation (GSDC) was founded in 1974 to hold banks accountable for community disinvestment. GSDC’s mission has broadened and, with its partners, it has been responsible for $500 million invested or retained in the neighborhood. Projects include a Jewel-Osco grocery store that was key to keeping 63rd and Western a vibrant retail district (and of which GSDC owns ¹/³); retention of the Nabisco bakery, which makes 22 million Oreo cookies a day; and housing developments, single-family rehabs and foreclosure-prevention work. 2 3 4 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT James Capraro 312.822.1388 [email protected] (pictured right) 1. The new center will anchor neighborhood redevelopment. 2. The Jewel-Osco will be part of the mix. 3. A large population lives nearby. 4. The site includes ample vacant land. (photo credits) 1. General Growth Properties (rendering), 2-4. Eric Young Smith EAST GARFIELD PARK 1 Madison Street ROADMAP Partnership aims to populate retail streets with places to stop and shop, eat and greet ROADMAP stands for Retail Opportunities And Design, the Madison LOCATION Madison Street and East Garfield Park Trade Area Advisory Partnership. ROADMAP has more than 60 participants and includes representatives from the city, local chambers of com- INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY merce, business and property owners, churches, and residents. It $70,000 for planning, marketing and pre-development costs is devising strategies and recommendations to attract retailers to OVERALL PROJECT VALUE $6 million for first-phase retail development the East Garfield Park trade area, centered on Madison Street from Damen to Central Park. It will create marketing materials and hire a retail development expert to “tell the story” and attract new retailers. TIMELINE February 2007 Comprehensive retail plan unveiled Spring 2007 Targeted marketing implemented The immediate area has a population of 19,000 and a traffic count, PARTNERS sit-down restaurant, and that local shoppers could support 40,000 Madison-Western Chamber of Commerce, Greater Garfield Park Chamber of Commerce, University of Illinois at Chicago—City Design Center at Madison and Western, of 25,000 cars per day. UIC researchers estimate that crowds coming to United Center events can support a sq. ft. of family-apparel retail space. BENEFITS A revitalized Madison Street will attract other retailers to the trade area; provide support to the Garfield Park Conservatory and 2 3 its 180,000 annual visitors; and set the table for a new cultural arts facility on Madison that would provide performance and gallery space for local artists and residents. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance (GPCA) enhances the environmental, social and economic vitality of Chicago’s West Side and encourages the larger community to explore the fundamental connection between plants and human life. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Eunita Rushing 773.638.1766 [email protected] 10 (pictured right) 1. A hearty lunch at Edna’s Restaurant on W. Madison Street. 2. The corridor includes attractive corner buildings. 3. Empty land is available for retail development. (photo credits) 1-3. Eric Young Smith 11 ENGLEWOOD 1 2 Chicagoland Auto Repair Service (CARS) Program to train ex-offenders as auto mechanics plans an off-campus repair shop The Chicagoland Youth and Adult Training Center (CYATC) Auto LOCATION 59th and Green Streets INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Repair Service, or CARS, provides training to at-risk young adults, especially the formerly incarcerated. Based at Kennedy-King City $275,000 $75,000 for workshop, garage rehab $200,000 for working capital, inven tory, license fee, and equipment College, CARS trains students to become industry-certified automo- OVERALL PROJECT VALUE for the City of Chicago and has placed more than 60 graduates $275,000 TIMELINE Early 2007 Begin rehab within 90 days of securing capital commitment PARTNERS Ford Motor Compay, Daimler-Chrysler, City Colleges of Chicago, Cook County Courts, EmployAmerica, BAC Partners tive technicians—one of Illinois’ fastest-growing occupations with an average starting salary of $30,500. CARS maintains 250 vehicles in private-sector positions. This project will allow CARS to offer 3 repair services to the general public at a garage building near 59th and Halsted. BENEFITS The program helps launch careers among those who might otherwise take a wrong turn. The expansion will provide direct employment opportunities to residents; provide local repair services; generate scores of good-paying jobs in other repair shops; and attract additional commercial investment. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Teamwork Englewood (TE) brings together diverse representatives to participate in a collaborative and comprehensive approach to community development. TE does not control the process or dictate to the community, but rather serves as a facilitator and coordinator of the talents, energies and resources of residents and other stakeholders. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Rev. Henry Barlow 773.783.4024 [email protected] 12 (pictured right) 1. Facility will be built in this garage. 2. Students learn technical and computer skills. 3. Instructor Clinton Hall and students. (photo credits) 1. Johnnie Muhammad, 2-3. Eric Young Smith 13 HUMBOLDT PARK 1 Mural Arts Program Rainbow of painted walls will proclaim a neighborhood’s racial and ethnic heritage Ten original murals will be painted by local artists on communityLOCATION Various locations in Humboldt Park INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY owned space throughout Humboldt Park. The murals will enhance connections between the neighborhood’s Puerto Rican, African- $15,000 per mural American and Mexican ethnicities, and reaffirm Humboldt Park as OVERALL PROJECT VALUE a culturally distinct Chicago neighborhood. The project is included $150,000 for 10 murals in the neighborhood’s 2006 Building Community through the TIMELINE Arts action plan. 2007 First mural completed 2007–2011 Two murals completed and installed per year PARTNERS Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, Association House, archi-treasures, various local artists BENEFITS The Mural Arts Program will show that community institutions can use the arts to improve neighborhoods, while contributing to the city’s overall cultural heritage. It will also demonstrate how small investments that build on existing community strengths can achieve 2 3 larger social goals such as community pride and ownership of public space; increased leadership and participation in community affairs; and expanded investment in economic development. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation builds community by creating affordable housing, improving economic conditions, developing grassroots leadership and preserving ethnic and cultural traditions. Active for 39 years in West Town, Humboldt Park, Logan Square and Hermosa, Bickerdike has developed 1,006 . affordable housing units. Much of the portfolio has been built by Bickerdike’s subsidiary, Humboldt Construction Co. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Raul Echevarria 773.278.5669 [email protected] (pictured right) 1. Humboldt murals help tell neighborhood stories. 2. Many are painted by youth and local artists. 14 3. Community protests kept this mural from being covered up. 4. Walls have been identified for new murals. (photo credits) 1. Sarah Morton, 2. Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp., 3. Sarah Morton, 4. Bickerdike Redevelopment Corp. 15 LITTLE VILLAGE 1 Little Village Park Campaign A place where students once learned skills will again nourish the young with constructive activity and exercise The community has developed a campaign to demolish the former LOCATION 3100 S. Kedzie Avenue INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY site of the Washburne Trade School, a dormant and dilapidated building that blights two city blocks in the heart of Little Village. In $5 million for demolition conjunction with the City of Chicago and the Chicago Public Schools, OVERALL PROJECT VALUE the plan is to build a park along with a recreation center or other $25 million community amenity. TIMELINE Little Village is a densely populated working-class neigh- 2007 Groundbreaking begins BENEFITS PARTNERS borhood with few green spaces or public recreational facilities. This Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Schools, Little Village community members project will eliminate a dangerous, unsightly building; increase the number of parks and/or community-use facilities in Little Village; and attract more private development throughout the area. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Little Village Community Development Corpo- ration (LVCDC) is working to ensure balanced and sustainable development that is respectful to all stakeholders: working families, 2 3 youth, seniors, faith communities, local businesses and organizations. Since 1990 LVCDC has organized community residents and collaborated with its many partners to combat youth violence, improve educational opportunities and build a better future for one of Chicago’s fastest-growing communities. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Jaime de Leon 773.542.9233 x 19 [email protected] 16 (pictured right) 1. Activities now take place on city streets. 2. The Washburne site could become a park. 3. In park-short community, volunteers build a playground. (photo credits) 1-3. Juan Francisco Hernandez 17 LOGAN SQUARE 1 School-to-School Armitage Housing Lively storefronts beneath affordable apartments will enhance Armitage Avenue’s “school corridor” Sixty units of family rental housing above storefront and restaurant LOCATION Armitage Avenue from Humboldt Boulevard west to Springfield Avenue INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY $10 million for private equity $9 million for public financing $1 million for private financing $260,000 for charitable donations OVERALL PROJECT VALUE spaces will be built along a one-mile stretch of Armitage Avenue. The development will fill up to six vacant parcels along the commercial street, which is less than two blocks from five elementary schools, one middle school and three parks. BENEFITS This project will build community by linking families, schools, affordable housing and the retail district in a common corridor. It More than $20 million will also build on human assets and parent networks nurtured over TIMELINE the last 10 years; help shape an important retail district in a way 2006 Pre-development 2007 or 2008 Construction 2009 Completion PARTNERS Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation; Humboldt Social Services; Westtown Concerned Citizens; Ames, Funston, McAuliffe, Mozart, Yates and St. Sylvester Schools that supports local businesses; provide affordable housing for longterm residents; and strengthen local schools by stabilizing student populations. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Logan Square Neighborhood Association, 2 3 established in 1962, is one of Chicago’s oldest and most successful community organizations. A primary focus is building stronger community through stronger schools using innovative programs such as Parent Mentors, Community Learning Centers, Literacy Ambassadors and a bi-lingual teacher development program called Nueva Generación. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Susan Adler Yanun 773.384.4370 x 16 [email protected] (pictured right) 1. Armitage Avenue is within two blocks of six schools. 2. Stores and housing will fill gaps along street. 18 3. Shopping area remains key local asset. (photo credits) 1. Eric Young Smith, 2. Macondo Corp., Architects & Planners, 3. Juan Francisco Hernandez 19 NORTH LAWNDALE 1 Dr. Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King, Jr. Memorial District Housing and new community facilities for the site where Dr. King lived in 1966 Forty years ago, to call attention to segregated slum conditions LOCATION 16th Street and Hamlin Avenue INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY in northern cities, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, lived in a walk-up apartment building at the $21 million corner of Hamlin Avenue and 16th Street. That building, like so OVERALL PROJECT VALUE many in North Lawndale, was later torn down. The King Memorial $41 million $20 million for mixed-use rental housing $15 million for community center $6 million for campus park and King Memorial District will cover four acres along 16th between Hamlin and Spring- TIMELINE center for the Marcy Newberry and Chicago Youth Centers, now 2007 Begin affordable family housing project 2008 Begin campus park and King Memorial 2009 Begin community center and public library PARTNERS Chicago Youth Centers, MarcyNewberry Association, Safeway Construction Company, The Westside Federation field. It will consist of a memorial to Dr. King; an affordable family housing development that includes both rental and home ownership opportunities; a park near Penn Elementary School; a community located nearby; and a new public library. BENEFITS The King District will help revive the once-thriving commercial area on 16th Street, which was damaged by the riots following Dr. King’s assassination. The project will add momentum to recent developments including renovation of the former Howland Elementary School, a new fire station and a new Access Living site. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Lawndale Christian Development Corporation was established in 1987 by Lawndale Community Church to bring holistic revitalization to the lives and environments of Lawndale residents through economic empowerment, housing improvements, educational enrichments and community advocacy. 2 3 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Marcus Thorne 773.762.8889 x 12 [email protected] (pictured right) 1. Dr. King waves from apartment window during 1968 stay. 2. Plan includes park, housing and King 20 memorial. 3. Youth play football on 16th Street lots. (photo credits) 1. Chicago Tribune file photo. All rights reserved. Used with permission. 2. Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP, 3. Eric Young Smith 21 PILSEN 1 La Casa College Dormitory In a former convent, Pilsen-area students can live and learn in a safe, supportive atmosphere La Casa is envisioned as a 70-student multi-college dormitory in a LOCATION 17th Street west of Ashland Avenue INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY neighborhood environment. The Resurrection Project will convert the former St. Adalbert Convent, a beautiful building with five floors $1.1 million that have been vacant for decades, into 19 single rooms and 31 OVERALL PROJECT VALUE doubles. The basement and first floor will provide a drop-in study $4.5 million center for current and prospective college students, with a computer TIMELINE lab and conference rooms. The site is one block from train and bus Fall 2008 Completion stops and close to restaurants, groceries and other businesses. PARTNERS Local high schools, Chicago-area colleges and community-based organizations to be identified BENEFITS La Casa will provide an alternative living arrangement for students who live in overcrowded homes where studying is difficult; increase the number of community members who will continue their post-secondary education; improve the types of jobs our youth can obtain as college graduates; and attract young people to local businesses, the nearby El Zócalo town square and community service opportunities with local organizations. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION 2 3 The Resurrection Project (TRP) was founded in 1990 by a coalition of six Catholic churches and concerned citizens who wanted to make a difference in their community. TRP’s work has resulted in more than $146 million in commercial development, affordable housing, small business support and loan packaging for first-time homebuyers. This year TRP’s services and activities will reach approximately 5,000 individuals. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Guacolda Reyes 312.666.1323 [email protected] (pictured right) 1. Dorm will be built in this former convent. 2. Pilsen college students helped gain state funding for La 22 Casa. 3. Mexican-style mosaics on Orozco School. (photo credit) 1. César Nuñez, 2. The Resurrection Project, 3. Eric Young Smith 23 QUAD COMMUNITIES 1 Cottage Grove Corridor Initiative Developers rediscover a South Side thoroughfare thanks to its market potential…and stylish renewal plan This marketing, beautification and maintenance plan lays the groundLOCATION Cottage Grove Avenue from 39th to 51st Streets INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY $450,000 to install street and sidewalk décor, artwork and benches, and to continue corridor maintenance OVERALL PROJECT VALUE More than $60 million for commercial and residential developments already announced TIMELINE 2007 Completion of art installation Ongoing maintenance of corridor PARTNERS Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center, Cleanslate, Chicago Christian Industrial League work for redevelopment of a 12-block stretch of Cottage Grove into one of the South Side’s premier shopping venues…but with a big residential component. Daily street and sidewalk cleaning has begun and young artists have crafted a signature “look” for banners, benches and sidewalk tile. The message: You’ve arrived at “The Grove.” BENEFITS Giving the corridor a sense of excitement and identity is the first step to attracting quality retail to an area that has been underserved for 30 years. This project will help bring local and national retailers to new and rehabbed mixed-use buildings; attract newcomers, current residents, visitors and tourists; and recapture some of the $450 million a year that residents now spend outside the neighborhood. Several retail/residential projects will break ground in 2007. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC) serves the North Kenwood, Oakland, Douglas and Grand Boulevard neighborhoods. Bringing together a community in transition, it aims to maintain an economically diverse population by spurring development of affordable housing, creating vibrant and healthy commercial corridors and improving delivery of services to underserved populations. QCDC serves as a convener of existing organizations to attract resources to the 4th Ward. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Yvette Kelly 773.268.7232 [email protected] 2 3 4 (pictured right) 1. Banners proclaim Cottage Grove’s new identity. 2. Cleanslate crew maintains and beautifies. 3. New 24 housing to bring more shoppers. 4. Students at Little Black Pearl designed the banners. (photo credits) 1. Alex Fledderjohn, 2. Eric Young Smith, 3. Sarah Morton, 4. Eric Young Smith 25 SOUTH CHICAGO 1 Steel Town to Green Town Community will bring vacant lots back into use with affordable, environmentally friendly housing South Chicago plans new affordable housing west of the soon-toLOCATION 83rd to 92nd Streets between Commercial Avenue and the USX site INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY $1,875,000 $1.5 million for green homes development $75,000 for technical advisor $300,000 for land acquisition OVERALL PROJECT VALUE be-developed USX steel site. The community will apply to the Chicago Community Land Trust to purchase vacant lots, and will build homes that incorporate “green” features such as solar panels, high-performance windows and energy-saving appliances. The goal is to provide high levels of efficiency similar to the New Homes for South Chicago built by Claretion Associates, and to gain certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. $1,875,000 BENEFITS TIMELINE 2007 Plan project and recruit partners 2008 Commence build-out, marketing and sales PARTNERS Chicago Community Land Trust; Chicago Departments of Environment, Housing, and Planning and Development; Claretian Associates South Chicago is poised for rebirth with the forthcoming rede- velopment of the 573-acre mill site. The project will provide affordable housing as new market-rate units are built nearby; support income diversity; and replace Rust Belt grey with green, environmentally friendly housing on 10 vacant parcels. 2 SPONSORING ORGANIZATION 3 Southeast Chicago Development Commission (SCDCom) was founded in 1981 to help the neighborhood cope with de-industrialization. The mission has broadened into providing leadership, planning, advocacy and other programs that improve the quality of life. Recent accomplishments include expansion of SCDCom’s Job Resource Center; renovation of Russell Square park; creation of a community/school partnership at Sullivan Elementary; and launch of the Southeast Chicago Observer newspaper. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Mary Karen Reynolds 773.731.8755 x 20 [email protected] (pictured right) 1. New houses will include solar panels or other green technologies. 2. Many vacant lots are available for 26 reuse. 3. Commercial Avenue retail is nearby. (photo credits) 1. Eric Young Smith, 2. Southeast Chicago Development Commission, 3. Eric Young Smith 27 WASHINGTON PARK 1 St. Edmund’s Commons Townhomes Vacant lots to become affordable rental townhouses— and a base for local renewal efforts Fifty-three rental townhouses, mostly three-bedroom units, will be LOCATION 60th Street from Wabash to Indiana Avenues INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY $500,000for gap financing OVERALL PROJECT VALUE $14.6 million TIMELINE 2007 Construction 2008 Completion PARTNERS Ald. Arenda Troutman (20th Ward), Charter Mac, Chicago Department of Housing, Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Chicago Housing Authority, Developers Mortgage Corporation, Gilead Management Company, LISC/Chicago, Redevelopment Service Corporation, Skender Construction Company, University of Chicago, Washington Park Neighborhood Association built on 10 vacant lots, bolstering the return of middle-income housing in this reviving South Side neighborhood. The Commons will contain four units for households earning less than 30 percent of the area median income, 17 units for those earning less than 50 percent and 25 for those below 60 percent. The remaining five units will be leased at market rates. BENEFITS The housing development will reduce the number of vacant lots that plague Washington Park; expand the income range of neighborhood residents; serve as a neighborhood model for mixed-income housing; and attract other developers, including those offering homes 2 for sale. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION 3 St. Edmund’s Redevelopment Corporation (SERC) works to renew the Washington Park community by developing quality housing and fostering revitalization opportunities for all people. SERC is working to redevelop former Chicago Housing Authority sites and vacant lots into successful mixed-income housing; create attractive gateways coming east from the Dan Ryan Expressway; revitalize commercial strips; increase parks and green space; and improve employment opportunities. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Cecelia Hunt 773.752.8893 [email protected] 28 (pictured right) 1. Townhomes will be attractive and affordable. 2. Older brick housing is being rehabbed. 3. Most local families are renters. (photo credits) 1. Johnson and Lee Architects, Ltd., 2. Martha Brock, 3. Juan Francisco Hernandez 29 WEST HAVEN 1 2 Haven Square Shopping Center Grocery and other stores at Madison and Western will signal return of retail to West Side artery The Haven Square Shopping Center will be a supermarket-anchored LOCATION Madison Street and Western Avenue INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY retail center with approximately 65,000 sq. ft. at the southeast corner of Madison and Western. The anchor tenant will be the first new $9 million grocery store on West Madison since the 1968 riots devastated re- OVERALL PROJECT VALUE tailing along the street. 3 $9 million TIMELINE BENEFITS The shopping center will enable community members to 2007 Groundbreaking shop in their own neighborhood for the first time in 40 years, and PARTNERS bring fresh produce to an area that was identified as a “food desert” Coniston Consulting in a 2006 study. It will also provide employment and business opportunities to residents, including 107 jobs created by the project itself; generate traffic to bolster the pioneering Walgreens store at the intersection’s northeast corner; and inspire similar projects, such as the Madison Street ROADMAP initiative sponsored by two chambers of commerce and the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION 4 Near West Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) was established in 1988. It serves low- and moderate-income residents in West Haven by developing affordable housing, providing supportive services and organizing. NWSCDC partnered on the Walgreen’s development across from the grocery site. Its Home Visitors Program has worked with more than 600 families transitioning from public housing into mixed-income developments. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Glenn Azuma 312.382.2102 [email protected] (pictured right) 1. A grocery store will anchor the center. 2. Neighbors want a source of fresh produce. 3. A new Walgreens 30 opened in 2002. 4. Madison and Western after 1968 riots. (photo credits) 1. Eric Young Smith, 2. Alex Fledderjohn, 3. Eric Young Smith, 4. Chicago Tribune file photo. All rights reserved. Used with permission. 31 WOODLAWN 1 String Instrument Program Students gain opportunity to make music… and learn the joy of artistic achievement The Woodlawn String Instrument Program (SIP) will teach 40 youth, LOCATION Andrew Carnegie School Dorchester Avenue and 61st Place INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY $60,000 for first year $32,000 for instructional costs $22,000 for staff $6,000 for refreshments OVERALL PROJECT VALUE ages 6 to 12, to play the violin, viola or cello. Instructors from The Music Institute of Chicago will come to Andrew Carnegie, a local public school, every Saturday for 30 weeks. Enrollment will be first come, first served with a $6 weekly instrument rental fee, which will allow families of different backgrounds to come together in a highachievement setting. Instructors use the Suzuki method, which $375,000 over five years requires active involvement by parents or guardians. TIMELINE BENEFITS Spring 2007 Student/family recruitment September 2007 Program launch PARTNERS Apostolic Church of God, The Music Institute of Chicago, Andrew Carnegie Elementary School, Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corporation, The University of Chicago The program will enhance community development through the nurturing and development of young minds. It will model parental involvement in children’s lives, spur creation of additional cultural projects, and advance Woodlawn’s status as a quality mixed-income community. SIP will supplement existing youth programs such as athletics, academics, arts, community service, entrepreneurship and technology training. These programs have helped students improve their grades and expand their skills. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION Metropolitan Area Group for Igniting Civiliza- 2 3 tion, Inc. (MAGIC), a youth service organization based in Woodlawn, offers programming that provides youth the opportunity to grow, explore new ideas and achieve their potential. MAGIC’s program portfolio includes a mural arts program, leadership development for young men and young women, and youth organizing training. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Joseph Strickland 773.290.2313 [email protected] 32 (pictured right) 1. A model program is already underway. 2. Woodlawn housing is in high demand. 3. Youth programs are a Woodlawn tradition. (photo credits) 1-3. Eric Young Smith 33 Learn more about investing in Chicago’s New Communities. LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program (NCP) is the nation’s largest experiment in comprehensive community development. It seeks to rejuvenate challenged communities, bolster those in danger of losing ground and preserve the diversity of areas in the path of gentrification. Each effort is led by a neighborhood-based lead agency that coordinates its work with that of other local and citywide organizations. NCP is supported by a major grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 34 DESIGN: Kym Abrams Design Caroline Goldstein LISC/Chicago 1 N. LaSalle St., 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 312-697-6455 [email protected] www.lisc-chicago.org www.newcommunities.org 35 1 North LaSalle Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 312-360-0800 www.lisc-chicago.org www.newcommunities.org