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CWB Project

Artists Design the Future

Engaging artists, creatives, and arts businesses in a participatory planning process to build and manage a mixed-use development. The limited equity housing cooperative residential units above a first floor commercial space will be fully accessible, affordable, and proximate to public transit.

CWB Project

Austin Community Food Co-op

We seek to empower and uplift the Austin community by providing access to local food through a community member-owned grocery store, offering educational opportunities to learn about food literacy, and strengthening the health, wellness, and local economy of the Austin Community.

CWB Project

BIG! Blacks in Green

Blacks in Green (BIG) is an environmental economic development non-profit that serves as a bridge and catalyst among communities and their stakeholders in the design and development of green, self-sustaining, mixed-income, walkable villages within Black neighborhoods with its Sustainable Square Mile

CWB Project

Bluestem Building and Restoration

A design/build worker-owned cooperative based in Chicago. We specialize in fine woodworking, carpentry, art installation, and historic restoration of residential and commercial spaces. In addition to our commissioned work, Bluestem is committed to social engagement.

CWB Project

BSC Construction Cooperative

BSC Construction Cooperative will be a shared asset for BIPOC entrepreneurs across Chicago to improve their financial health and the economic health of their communities. Through this cooperative, BIPOC businesses and their workers will pool their purchasing power to access steady work.

Technical Assistance Provider

Capital for Communities, LLC

Our mission is to build a more just and equitable financial system by helping communities access financial capital on their own terms. We do this by advising community leaders and organizations on developing capital programs, raising non-grant capital, and engaging with the financial system.

Technical Assistance Provider

Center for Changing Lives

CCL partners with participants to uncover possibilities, overcome barriers, and realize their potential. Our work includes coaching on financial, employment, and resource mobilization goals that enhance lives, training, and skill enhancement opportunities, and advocacy and organizing on economic pol

Technical Assistance Provider

Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED)

The Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) at UIC conducts research that shapes the trajectories of local and regional economies, improves development outcomes, and expands economic opportunity.

Technical Assistance Provider

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos: United Workers Center

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos’ Southeast Cooperative Business Incubator (SCBI) provides training to develop successful worker cooperative businesses in Chicago's southeast side and surrounding suburban neighborhoods.