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Strategic Initiatives
The Strategic Initiatives department provides leadership to big impact, innovation, and mission advancement opportunities, spearheading ideas all the way to execution.
The Strategic Initiatives department provides leadership to big impact, innovation, and mission advancement opportunities, spearheading ideas all the way to execution.
“Go Green” is an equitable development neighborhood initiative. Located at the intersection connecting Englewood and West Englewood areas, it will introduce three capital assets: a Fresh Market; an innovative repurposing of a former Chicago Public School as a hub for supportive housing, reentry services and green enterprise; as well as a mixed-use development with housing, a business incubator, and a fine-dining restaurant all inside.
Residents are at the heart of equitable development, and we’re focused on improving housing options and home ownership. 350 surrounding vacant units will be renovated over the next 5 years. These renovations will hire the reentering citizens and at-risk youth from The Regenerator’s work programs, bringing employment and income opportunities to the area.
In 5 years we aim to create the momentum, density, and investment that will lead to the re-opening of a new Racine Green Line Station. Residents will finally have improved service, reduced walking times and access to nearby new amenities. There’s also plans to convert the abandoned historical landmark that is the old station into a community asset—more to come!
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A hub for housing, reentry services and green innovation.
A robust mixed-use community space to serve as the home of a workforce training site with 48 units of housing for returning residents, justice-involved youth and their respective families. A one-stop hub providing access to housing and jobs.
Done in partnership with our Go Green on Racine partners: R.A.G.E., Teamwork Englewoood, and E.G. Woode.
Racine Village: live, work, and thrive.
Racine Village will include 20 housing units (a mixture of studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom units) which will be half market rate and half affordable and will have an elevator and rooftop garden, a 24-hour co-working space for local entrepreneurs, and Pazzo’s @ 311 (named for its downtown 311 S Wacker location), one of Chicago’s most popular Italian restaurants and a top wedding reception venue.
As opportunities to develop critical interventions in our communities have grown, we recognized a need to bring greater structure and leadership to how we innovate and launch new ideas. Out of this, the Strategic Initiatives department was born, providing leadership to IMAN’s growing project pipeline and working across teams to bring ideas to fruition.
IMAN’s strategic initiatives work is made possible through collaboration with community organizations, funders, city leaders, and other professional partners.
