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Teamwork Englewood

Chicago, Illinois

Grants

2023 (1 year)
$275,000

Established in 2003, Teamwork Englewood (Teamwork) works to convene, connect, and mobilize organizations in Englewood to work toward the shared goal of a stronger, unified community. In partnership with community organizations, schools, faith-based institutions, and businesses, Teamwork Englewood focuses on public safety, the provision of services to populations with special needs, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles for all residents. Teamwork’s areas of focus include: housing and public spaces, health and wellness, employment and economic development, public safety, and education and youth. Teamwork's employment and economic development work focuses retail corridor development. Alongside its network partners, Teamwork provides technical assistance and helps to secure capital for a number of development projects on and around Racine Avenue in West Englewood. This award for general operating support strengthens Teamwork as it works to facilitate opportunity and support place-based community economic development in the Englewood community.

2021 (2 years)
$500,000

Established in 2003, Teamwork Englewood works to convene, connect, and mobilize the many organizations in Englewood to work toward the shared goal of a stronger, unified community. In partnership with community organizations, schools, faith-based institutions, and businesses, Teamwork Englewood focuses on public safety, the provision of services to populations with special needs, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles for all residents. The Englewood Quality of Life Plan is the result of a community-driven planning process that activates residents to address the issues of greatest concern to them: Housing and Public Spaces, Health and Wellness, Employment and Economic Development, Public Safety, and Education and Youth. This renewed award enables Teamwork Englewood to implement the ongoing strategies emerging from the work of the residents in each of these key areas, including continued commercial corridor development within the community.

2019 (2 years 7 months)
$500,000

Established in 2003, Teamwork Englewood works to convene, connect, and mobilize the many organizations in Englewood to work toward the shared goal of a stronger, unified community. In partnership with community organizations, schools, faith-based institutions, and businesses, Teamwork Englewood focuses on public safety, the provision of services to populations with special needs, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles for all residents. The Englewood Quality of Life Plan is the result of a community-driven planning process that activates residents to address the issues of greatest concern to them: Housing and Public Spaces, Health and Wellness, Employment and Economic Development, Public Safety, and Education and Youth. This award enables Teamwork Englewood to implement the strategies emerging from the work of the residents in each of these key areas.

2018 ( 3 months)
$20,000

Established in 2003, Teamwork Englewood works to convene, connect, and mobilize the many organizations in Englewood to work toward a shared goal of a stronger, unified community. In partnership with community organizations, schools, faith-based institutions and businesses, Teamwork Englewood focuses on public safety, the provision of services to special needs populations and the promotion of healthy lifestyles for all residents. This award enables Teamwork Englewood to host a series of resident and stakeholder convenings that will examine the inequities in the community, elevate the voices of community residents, and develop an action agenda for Englewood.