Chicago Urban League Partners With Landmark Development
“SouthSideWORKS” is Designed to Support and Finance More Equitable Economic Development and Infrastructure Investment in South Side Neighborhoods
“SouthSideWORKS” is Designed to Support and Finance More Equitable Economic Development and Infrastructure Investment
in South Side Neighborhoods
are collaborating on a comprehensive framework for
a new program designed to create economic opportunities
in neighborhoods that have been historically underinvested
– starting on the South Side of Chicago. The program,
called SouthSideWORKS, is tied to Landmark’s proposed
ONE Central multi-modal transit hub and mixed-use
destination development, which was enacted by the State
of Illinois in 2019.
SideWORKS will help ensure that South Side residents
and business owners are prepared to take advantage of the
opportunities it will create. The League and Landmark are optimistic that this program will be a model for other neighborhoods in Chicago, communities throughout Illinois,
and cities across the country.
our neighbors to the north living one way, and communities
on the south and west sides struggling to attract any level of investment and resources that can help them grow,” said Karen Freeman-Wilson, President & CEO of the Chicago Urban League, located in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood. “The SouthSideWORKS program seeks to create a new narrative focused on equity and opportunity. It is intended to be an investment not just in physical neighborhoods, but in people.”
and new and existing programs to build M/W/DBE capacity, provide training and education for youth and adults, and
build a diverse pipeline of talent for in-demand careers at
ONE Central and throughout the region. Importantly, it will
also inject new, private funding sources to build affordable
and workforce housing and stimulate other development
throughout the South Side along transit lines.
incomes. The research clearly shows that this will require
creating new jobs, improving transit access, developing underutilized land, and defining a long-term strategy that bridges from construction into operations.”
work to do. SouthSideWORKS aligns perfectly with our mission of advancing economic and racial equity and can help propel underinvested communities forward for decades to come.”
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