Community Experience organized by Loyola University Chicago
Registration is mandatory.
Register here!Community engagement and economic redevelopment between LaSalle Street Church and gentrified Cabrini Green neighborhood.
This is a two part opportunity for participants to experience an organizations economic development plan and a gentrification tour. First, participants will learn how LaSalle Street Church a long standing neighborhood religious institution formed the Near North Unity Program which seeks to promote and strengthen community cohesion in Chicago’s Near North neighborhood and connect residents, businesses, and organizations into a resilient community by building upon local strengths through planning, organizing, and human development. Second, participants will have a guided tour of the former Cabrini Green public housing community, which is in the midst of Chicago Housing Authorities neighborhood redevelopment plan. A developing partnership is in the works between Loyola University and LaSalle Street Church.
