LISC/New Communities Meets at Sunshine

Back in mid-July, Joel and other community leaders met together with local leaders to discuss the long-term development of the community addressing topics of affordable housing, crime, cultivation of the arts and youth programming. These conversations also included dialogue about how to encourage and support commercial development, specifically bringing new businesses into the Woodlawn and Washington Park neighborhoods.



The meetings participants are each apart of the New Communities Program, which is a long-term initiative of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation/Chicago to support comprehensive community development in 16 Chicago neighborhoods. The efforts seeks to rejuvenate challenged communities, bolster those in danger of losing ground and preserve diversity of areas in the path of gentrification.



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