Near West Side Commercial Development

Neighborhoods Non-Profit Network

Parent Leadership Programs

Pilsen Commercial Development

Plain Talk

Project TELL

West Side Consortium Training Institute
for Family Childcare Home Providers
(formerly Community Union Day Care Center 1996-1999)

Project Description
A program where focus groups, surveys and market feasibility studies were done with the intent to attract commercial development to the area. Workshops helped neighborhood businesses with plans and entrepreneurial training. The City Department of Planning recommended a proposal to bring a Walgreens to the Near West Side to the City Council, who approved it. A Walgreens was eventually built and it stands at the corner of Madison and Western in the Near West Side.

Funding Source
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (JCD), Great Cities Faculty Seed Fund, City of Chicago

Contact
Nacho Gonzalez

Partners - UIC
Voorhees Center

Partners - Community
Near West Side Community Development Corporation

Partners - Others
City of Chicago

Project Dates
1996-2001