East Garfield seeks greener, healthier future
East Garfield Park is a mostly low-income, African-American community that sits outside the immediate radius of high-energy gentrification -- at least for now. Located two to three miles west of the Loop on the “El” Green Line, the community’s business sector was devastated and significant amounts of its population fled after the 1968 riots, and the neighborhood has never fully recovered.
More about the community | Quality-of-Life Plan
News and articles
Points of light amid foreclosure funk 8/2/2011
Failed mortgages continue to dog Chicago neighborhoods, but new or improved programs show promise
10 Commandments of a good community tour 2/1/2011
A how-to guide for putting your neighborhood on the map.
Free meals on menu, from pantries to schools 1/11/2011
LISC/Chicago and NCP fund a variety of efforts to provide for those in need.
Lead agency
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
www.gpcommunitycouncil.org/index.html
300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60620
(773) 638-1766 phone
(773) 638-1777 fax
Eunita Rushing
Executive Director
email
Mike Tomas
NCP director
email
Rishona Taylor
NCP project manager
email
Maps and data
East Garfield boundaries
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