We The People A COMMUNITY INVESTMENT VEHICLE
Our core objectives include:
- Providing greater control over community commercial assets
- Reducing the number of vacant, blighted and troubled buildings in South Shore
- Creating opportunities for ownership and community investments
- Increasing jobs
- Attracting new businesses
- Increasing small business cash-flow and credit
- Circulating dollars
- Closing retail gaps
- Fostering a sense of community through collaboration
The time is now to build on South Shore’s strengths, by harnessing the momentum of new development and investment activity around the Obama Presidential Center and other transformational projects including the Regal Mile Studio and Thrive Exchange. Directly along 71st Street, there is a host of resident and entrepreneur-led development projects including Bennett Place, Studio Yogi, Slab BBQ expansion, Nafsi, Galley Culinary Studio and Inner City Entertainment.
Collectively, these projects are bringing more than $600M in investment to the greater South Shore area. Let’s make sure that the people who call South Shore home get a voice – and a stake – in the exciting progress bubbling up on the South Side.
ABOUT
Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs)
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is comprised of diverse South Shore residents that have invested in the growth and well-being of South Shore. Their job is to define the north star of the We The People CIV, serving as evaluators, facilitators, and decision-makers based on feedback from the community stakeholders.
- Tonya Trice, Executive Director, South Shore Chamber Community Development Corporation
- Anton Seals, Chairman, South Shore Works
- Tyriece Kennedy, Owner, Galley Culinary Studio
- Michael Kelley, Organizer, Bennett Place
- Leslie Cain, President, Bryn Mawr Institute
- Gerald Williams, Developer, MOT Development
- Julia Perkins, Owner, Studio Yogi
To ensure a successful planning and design process, the Steering Committee also draws upon a group of professional advisors with experience in topics such as tax/accounting, legal compliance, commercial real estate, financing, and property management.