Community Land Trusts

CWB Project

BIG! Blacks in Green

This organization is a 2023-2024 Chicago CWB Initiative Grantee

Organization Name:

The Sustainable Square Mile - West Woodlawn Community Land Trust

Organization Neighborhood:

Woodlawn

Sector:

Construction

Project Phase:

Operating

Who we are:

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

Contact Us:

6431-33 S. Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
David Yocca
Director Green Infrastructure
Naomi Davis
Founder/CEO

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