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INVEST South/West Part of GAGDC's Economic Development "Year of Collaboration"
- Jul 18, 2023
GAGDC ecomonic development and SSA teams meets with the GMA construction team.
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Mayor Lightfoot's 3-Year INVEST South/West Anniversary!
- Samir Samir Mayekar, Deputy Mayor, Nov 16, 2022
We are proud of all that we have accomplished, together, over the past 3 years, with Invest South/West. Check out the celebration video.
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INVEST South/West Auburn Gresham Artist-in-Residence Closing Out the Summer with a Bang!
- Dorian Sylvain, Aug 10, 2022
Colors of Community, Dorian Sylvain's capstone project as Artist-in-Residence for Auburn Gresham with the city's INVEST South/West initiative, unveiling and dedication, Saturday, August 13th.
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South Shore Artist Dorian Sylvain Bringing Huge Afrocentric Mural To Auburn Gresham’s 79th Street
- Reprinted from Block Club Chicago by Atavia Reed, Jun 29, 2022
Using “Afrocentric designs, bold colors, patterns and symbols,” Dorian Sylvain paints a 50-by-50-foot mural inspired by the community, on a bare wall at 7901 S. Racine Ave.
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Promoting Stronger Neighborhoods One Network and Partner at a Time - AGNN!
- United Way of Metro Chicago, Feb 1, 2022
Auburn Gresham has a vision for a strong future. A collaboration of residents, businesses, partners and the city of Chicago are in it together!
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UPDATE: Neighborhood Opportunity Fund is open! Apply by Friday, Sept. 24
- Sep 6, 2021
than $4 million in funding available for small businesses, non-profits and cultural institutions across Chicago’s West, Southwest and South sides. The deadline for applications is Friday, Sept. 24.
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Auburn Gresham Evaluation Committee - Video Recap
- Patrick Brutus, Jul 26, 2021
Evergreen/Imagine development team DPD hosted an Evaluation Committee last week on July 22, 2021. Click the link in story to see the meeting video recap.
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JUNE 8th, INVEST South/West Initiative Starts Series of Community Engagement Meetings!
- Patrick Brutus, Jun 8, 2021
INVEST South/West Initiative, invites you to our series of community engagements starting on June 8, 2021, with two more planned meetings to follow!
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Catalyzing Neighborhood Investment: Webinar Registration
- Jan 26, 2021
How to Direct Public & Private Investment to Black & Latinx Neighborhoods to Scale CATALYZING NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT, Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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U of I Board of Trustees approves Mile Square lease
- Reprinted from University of Illinois System News, Jan 22, 2021
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved a lease on Thursday for a new Mile Square health clinic in Auburn Gresham, in the Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle HUB.
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INVEST South/West Auburn Gresham RFP Sole Pitch: Evergreen Imagine
- Reposted from City of Chicago, DPD, INV/SW, Jan 21, 2021
Auburn Gresham Invest SouthWest pitch by sole developer?
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With the Competition for the Chicago Prize Behind Them, South and West Side Community Organizations Keep Doing the Work
- BY JONATHAN DALE, Reprinted from Southsideweekly.com, Dec 11, 2020
Solutions are not easy, but these projects are at the forefront of the conversation from organizers continuing to do the daily work of building coalitions to shore up power.
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Artists in Residence in four INVEST South/West neighborhoods - Auburn Gresham Selected Dorian Sylvain!
- City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Nov 16, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot announced the artist residence program in four neighborhoods on the south and west sides. artists were selected through a community led process. This will lead to public art and cultural programs for Auburn Gresham, Austin, Englewood and new city back of the yards!
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AUBURN GRESHAM SAYS THANK YOU TOO AS-- Mayor Lightfoot Celebrates Accomplishments of Invest South/West on One-Year Anniversary!
- Mayor’s Press Office, Oct 26, 2020
AUBURN GRESHAM SAYS THANK YOU and LET'S GET STARTED! AS Mayor’s signature initiative has laid the foundation for equitable, long-term economic development in 10 South and West Side communities and catalyzed nearly $400 million of committed investment.
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CDFI Fund Announces More Than $3.5 Billion in New Markets Tax Credits
- Jul 16, 2020
Washington-- The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced $3,548,485,000 in New Markets Tax Credits today that will spur investment and economic growth in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. A total of 76 Community Development Entities (CDEs) were awarded tax credit allocations, made through the calendar year (CY) 2019 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program).
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Invest SouthWest Proposed Community Plans
- City of Chicago Department of Planning, Feb 4, 2020
DPD and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) hosted events across the South and West sides to launch INVEST South/West. The family-friendly events where well attended and included a broad overview of the initiative, performances by local artists, and an open house with planning exercises for each community area, youth activities and food from local chefs.