A part of the My CHI. My Future. initiative expansion, the City will support community organizations connecting Chicago’s youth in 15 communities across the South and West sides through youth employment, engaging events, and community convenings for strategic planning

Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Local Leaders Celebrate Mayor Lightfoot’s Unprecedented $16.5M Investment in Arts Nonprofits in 2023

The announcement is aligned with Mayor Lightfoot’s LaSalle Street Reimagined initiative, and, taken together with the three previously announced projects, will pave the way for the largest office-to-affordable residential conversion effort in the nation

State-of-the-art multi-purpose, mixed-use building and park provide model for sustained economic revitalization, enhanced opportunities for community engagement, and meaningful investment in future sustainable development in Southwest Side communities

The cultural pop-ups temporarily occupy vacant downtown commercial spaces to showcase art and offer international goods made available by local independent retailers

The event also celebrated recently announced plans for a new Illinois Tool Works manufacturing facility in the community

Applications from eligible domestic workers and undocumented residents are still being accepted and reviewed

Today’s announcement is the culmination of four years of work by the Lightfoot administration making strategic block- and neighborhood-level investments promoting economic growth

Newly completed pedestrian and bicycle bridge will improve lakefront access for Chicago’s south side

New 53,000 square-foot, two-story performance center and 5.5 training fields in the Roosevelt Square neighborhood on the Near West Side will create economic opportunities, employment, recreational activities, and affordable housing resources for the community