Department of Planning and Development | January 25, 2020

#INVESTSouthWest

EQUITY IN INVESTMENT

“The issue here isn’t a lack of government funding. It’s a lack of multiplying public investment with private investment. That is something that we will change.”- Mayor Lightfoot

EQUITY IN INVESTMENT - Chicago is Inequitable

HIGH INCOME

VOORHEES INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

1970 2017

MIDDLE INCOME

LOW INCOME

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 2040

New York

Los Angeles

Chicago

Population

EQUITY IN INVESTMENT

Population Trends

Thousands Of African-Americans Are

Leaving Chicago Each Year. Why?

SOURCE: WBUR.ORG, PHOTO: DANIELLE SCRUGGS

South Shore

Summer Festival

South Shore Chamber of Commerce

South Shore

Majani Restaurant

Tsadakeeyah and Nasya Emmanuel

Bronzeville

Sip & Savor

Trez Van Pugh

Invest South/West

Community Kickoff

West Side

COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLANNING

Humboldt Park

COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT

Mayor Lightfoot

South Shore

YOU!

Ald. Dowell

3rd WardAld. King

4th Ward

Ald. Hairston

5th Ward

Ald. Mitchell

7th WardAld. Harris

8th Ward

Ald. Sadlowski

Garza

10th Ward

CATALYZE

10VIBRANT

NEIGHBORHOODS

ON THE

SOUTH &

WEST SIDES

Austin

Humboldt Park

North Lawndale

New City

Roseland(Pullman & West Pullman)

Englewood

Auburn Gresham

South Shore

South Chicago

Bronzeville(North Kenwood,

Oakland, Grand Boulevard, Douglas)

THEN

10 M0RE…

PHASE 2

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTFUTURE PHASES

… AND

ANOTHER

10

PHASE 3

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTFUTURE PHASES

Strong local community partners

Existing community plans

Access to transit

Existing neighborhood services

and anchors

Concentration of business

licenses

FOCUS ON STRENGTHS:

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTAREAS OF GREATEST NEED

PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOOD

CONCENTRATED DISADVANTAGE

FOCUS ON STRENGTHS:

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTAREAS OF GREATEST NEED

Strong local community partners

Existing community plans

Access to transit

Existing neighborhood services

and anchors

Concentration of business

licenses

South Shore Corridor Study

The Bronzeville Alliance

FOCUS ON STRENGTHS:

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTAREAS OF GREATEST NEED

Strong local community partners

Existing community plans

Access to transit

Existing neighborhood services

and anchors

Concentration of business

licenses

South Shore

South Chicago

FOCUS ON STRENGTHS:

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTAREAS OF GREATEST NEED

South Shore Cultural Center

Strong local community partners

Existing community plans

Access to transit

Existing neighborhood

services and anchors

Concentration of business

licenses

FOCUS ON STRENGTHS:

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTAREAS OF GREATEST NEED

South ChicagoCommercial Ave

Strong local community partners

Existing community plans

Access to transit

Existing neighborhood services

and anchors

Concentration of business

licenses

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTHyde Park

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTFulton Market

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTS Cottage Grove Ave

EQUITY IN INVESTMENT

Commercial Ave

EQUITY IN INVESTMENT

Bronzeville

South Chicago

FOCUS

Public Investments to

support local priorities

INTEGRATE

New strategies for

public safety

Polis Station (Studio Gang, on-going)

Northtown Library

(Perkins+Will, 2018)

DRIVE

Private investment to

build local wealth

Avalon Regal Theater

AMPLIFY

Local assets

Englewood multi-use trail

EQUITY IN INVESTMENTMAINTAIN CITYWIDE FOCUS

INVEST S|W TOOLKIT

INVEST S|W TOOLKIT

BUILDING STOCK

Bronzeville

42nd Pl & Cottage Grove Ave

Existing Furniture Store

AUSTIN

LARAMIE AND CHICAGO

South Shore

79th & Exchange

Former Bank Building

2229 S. MICHIGAN AVE.

BEFORE

2229 S. MICHIGAN AVE.

AFTER

INVEST S|W TOOLKIT

TRANSPORTATION

Chicago Ave. - Oak Park Chicago Ave. - Chicago

AUSTIN

CHICAGO AVE & AUSTIN BLVD.

LINCOLN HUB

TACTICAL URBANISM

Lakeview

INVEST S|W TOOLKIT

VACANT LOT BEAUTIFICATION

NORTH LAWNDALE RESILIENT

CORRIDORS

ODGEN AVE. & TRUMBULL AVE., 2018

VACANT LOT TREE PLANTING

INVEST S|W TOOLKIT

PUBLIC ART & PROGRAMMING

VIADUCT LIGHTING

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

PHILADELPHIA

MURAL PROGRAM

CULTURAL PROGRAMMING

ENGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL

INVEST S|W TOOLKIT

SHOP LOCAL

Bronzeville

Shawn Michelle’s Homemade Ice Cream

Nataki Muhammad

Feb 6, 2020 Kehrein Center for the Arts,

10:00 AM - Noon

Next Information Session:

345 Gallery - 345 N. Kedzie

NEXT STEPS

COMMUNITY KICKOFF EVENT

GREATER ENGLEWOOD

COMMUNITY KICKOFF EVENT

GREATER ENGLEWOOD

Winter 2019/2020

PROGRAM TIMELINE

COMMUNITY

KICK-OFFS

CONFIRM

WHAT WE’VE

HEARD

SPRING 2020

REFINE &

PRIORITIZE

WORK PLAN

NEW NOF

INVESTMENTS

IN EXISTING &

NEW SMALL

BUSINESSES

SUMMER/FALL 2020

NEW &/OR

ENHANCED

PUBLIC

EVENTS &

PROGRAMMING

DEVELOP

WORK PLANS

FOR

2021 & 2022

CONVENE

COMMUNITY

PARTNER

WORKING

GROUPS

COMMUNITY PARTNER WORKING GROUPS TO MEET BY REGION

COMMUNITY KICKOFF EVENT

PLANNING ACTIVITES

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