With grateful hearts, we say THANK YOU for supporting our mission all year long. Happy Thanksgiving from our team to yours! 🧡🍁"
Far South Community Development Corporation
Non-profit Organizations
Chicago, Illinois 1,053 followers
Our mission is to alleviate low-income communities within our service area of poverty, blight, and economic distress.
About us
Far South Community Development Corporation (Far South CDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides strategic community-building services to residents and businesses in Chicago’s Far South Side neighborhoods and across south suburban Cook County. Far South CDC is one of the largest comprehensive community development organizations in the Chicago region that provides direct residential support, business assistance, and equitable development and planning services. The organization is a voice and advocate for economic, environmental, and social justice for the region. Far South CDC’s mission is to alleviate low-income communities within Chicago's far south side and south suburban Cook County of poverty, blight, and economic distress through effective economic and community development. Far South CDC’s value to the community is to: 1) Preserve/Protect the region by being a voice and advocate for economic, environmental, and social justice for the residents and businesses; 2) Sustain the region’s cultural dynamics by marketing and strengthening the existing assets and programs; and 3) Grow the region with local partnerships in the region through business development, community and housing services, and development and planning initiatives via equitable projects and programs.
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http://farsouthcdc.org
External link for Far South Community Development Corporation
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1977
- Specialties
- Economic Development, Business Development, Housing Counseling, Urban Planning, Commercial Development, and Residential Renovation
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853 W 115th St
Chicago, Illinois 60643, US
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837 W 115th St
Chicago, Illinois 60643, US
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11227 S Halsted St
Chicago, Illinois 60628, US
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851 W 115th St
Chicago, Illinois 60643, US
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Did you say FREE TURKEY? Join the holiday vibes + community love at the @maxcandleco MakerSpace Holiday Open House & Turkey Giveaway ! 🎄✨ 🦃 The first 35 people will receive a FREE TURKEY! 🕕 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 11336 South Michigan, Chicago, IL 60628 Come tour the MakerSpace, meet the small businesses, learn about the upcoming classes and workshops, and get early access to @maxcandleco holiday specials. Pull up, shop local, and connect with our team and community partners! 💛 #maxcandle #chicagofreeturkey #chicagoturkeygiveaway #candlebusiness
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MORE EXCITING NEWS TODAY FOR CHICAGO'S FAR SOUTH SIDE!!! Today, the Chicago Plan Commission approved our amended Planned Development application for the 13-acre mixed-use Morgan Park Commons project. This is a major win for the project and the community, as this puts us closer to a Spring 2026 groundbreaking for Phase I. Phase I consists of: A. Demolition and site development of the entire 13-acres with new streets that will reconnect to the city grid, underground utilities, site detention, public way improvements, two gateway plaza entrances, and pad-ready sites for future phases; B. Two mixed-use affordable housing developments totaling 70 units with ground-floor retail and live/work units that border along the South Halsted Corridor, which creates a two-block walkable streetwall connecting to the proposed new Pace Pulse Station. Many thanks to Ald. Ronnie Mosley and his office, the leadership of Commissioner Ciere Boatright and Lissette Castaneda, City of Chicago department staff, our team at Far South Community Development Corporation, past and current partners, and, most importantly, our community, for all the support in helping us reach this point. We still have alot of work to do, but we are only a few steps away from turning a more than 15-year blighted and vacant site into a neighborhood asset and treasure. ONWARD! #InvestFarSouth #BCBI #SSA45 #Ward21 Ald. Ronnie Mosley State Rep. Justin Slaughter Chicago Department of Planning and Development Chicago Department of Housing DL3 Realty POAH Communities LJC Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C. Far South Community Development Corporation Ciere Boatright Lissette Castañeda Patrick Murphey Jasmine Gunn Noah Szafraniec Tamra Collins Esther Sorrell Carla Glover Leon Walker Alex J. Sparhawk, Esq. Bill Eager Julie DeGraaf Velazquez Paolo Cisneros Lesley Roth Prayag Bagde, WEDG Max Komnenich, AIA Eli Lechter Omar Smailbegovic Steve Friedland Chris Mehring Nikiesha Emery Florence Hardy, Esq, MBA Patricia Ballay Katanya E. R. Will Bouman Dorian A. Johnson Crystal Birl Cam Brown Janece Simmons Elizabeth Neukirch
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A behind-the-scenes look at our Small Business Spotlight interview featuring Pauline Sylvain from Max Candle Co.! Stay tuned—the full interview is on the way!🎤🎥
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Check out our concept for the Greyhound Station in West Pullman at https://lnkd.in/gTwJ-B_e I applaud Mayor Brandon Johnson Administration for wanting to keep Greyhound Bus services in the city when most cities purged them out across the nation. Reason being, its passengers are mostly low-to-moderate income individuals. Also, it has become expensive to operate a bus terminal in downtown areas. So, I know there maybe push back from Alders regarding spending $50 million to purchase and renovate the current Greyhound location. I would make a humbled request to the Johnson Administration to allow neighborhoods to bid on this Greyhound Station proposal. Imagine spending $50 million in a neighborhood that will attract 500,000+ people per year. This could be the revitalization communities on the south and west sides need to support its commercial corridors and public transit ridership, if placed near public transit. It may not make much of a difference in downtown but would be a game changer for neighborhoods in need of foot traffic for our local businesses and public transit, investments in local tourist attractions and green space, and possibly new residents to the community. What if we retained 1% of the riders that come to Chicago via Greyhound in neighborhoods because we show how affordable and abundant our resources are in the city compared to wherever they are coming from. That would be 5,000 people per year. Of course, I will advocate for Chicago's far south side, specially West Pullman. Our areas on Chicago's far south side has experienced significant population losses. This could be one of the answers to bringing back communities. #InvestFarSouth #WestPullmanChicago #JGMA
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Attention Residents! Need repairs on your home? The IHDA Home Repair and Accessibility Program (HRAP) 2 is now available! Join our Post Purchase Webinar Thursday to learn more! Register here: https://lnkd.in/g9MGdwkG #ihda #homerepairgrant #illinoishomerepairgrant #hrap #hrap2
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Yesterday’s event turned out to be a great success! A special thanks to host Janelle Price from Parker Price Strategies Co. for delivering a very informative workshop: "Funding Your Legacy, Grant Writing for Small Business" This workshop will provided practical, hands-on guidance to help business and property owners strengthen their grant applications. Everyone also had the opportunity to connect with other participants and learn about current funding opportunities available in our community. Stay tuned for future opportunites! #grantwriting #smallbusinessgrants
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Congrats to our VP of Planning & Development, Katanya E. R.!!
Dreaming and planning with communities. Making meaningful change happen in Chicago and beyond. 💭✨
Super excited to share that yesterday the Al Raby Foundation held our first Board Retreat! It was a fantastic gathering where we shared ideas and made progress towards our future goals. We welcomed our Founding Board members at the beautiful Parkway Social: Jhmira Latrice Alexander, MPA, Domonique Battle, Marquis Miller (not pictured), and Jacky Grimshaw (not pictured) along with Raby Family members Kathy Raby, MS, MA, CSM®, IEIN, Leesa Raby, Dornetta Martin (not pictured), J'Khayla Johnson, and myself. We’re officially recognized as a 501(c)3 non profit organization so we’re gearing up for big things - Stay tuned! Also, help us wish Al’s daughter, Kathy a VERY happy birthday today!!! 🎉🎂🥳
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Wow! What a turn out! Our recent Paper Shredding/E-Waste Recycling was a major success! On Friday Nov. 7th, the community showed up and out to get rid of electronics their documents and safely! Shout out to our Special Service Area #45 / Far South Halsted#45 / Far South Halsted Director Dorian A. Johnson for coordninating this event! Stay tuned for the next one! Full recap coming soon! #papershredding #electronicwaste
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Far South Community Development Corporation reposted this
It was quite the honor to have been invited as one of the panelists for last night's discussion: "Access and Opportunity - A Panel on Equitable Housing" hosted by the Illinois Women's Affordable Housing Network and AtlusWorks. To be on a panel with two highly experienced individuals, Erika Poethig and David Brint, was beyond words I can explain. Thank you Tania Kadakia for the invitation and the entire team at IL-WAHN, including Karly Brinla, Andrea Keeney, Avni Shah, CPA, Carolyn Isaacson, AIA, Janine Perez, Sevara E. Davis, Lisa Washington, and Cheryl Wilson. I will echo an earlier post by Nicki Pecori Fioretti stating the urgency was definitely in the room for building affordable housing faster, cheaper, and in bulk to address the current housing crisis in Illinois. We will continue to advocate through the halls of Springfield and various local city/village halls across the state for the need for more housing funds, streamline approval processes, and zoning policy amendments. Many thanks to Illinois Housing Development Authority, City of Chicago's Department of Housing, and Chicago Housing Authority. Will Bouman Jaime Torres Carmona Armando Tobias
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