News—Backpacks opened and laptops poised, 13 Princeton University students occupied Teamwork Englewood’s conference room on a recent Thursday afternoon, poring over the 1,500-page American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to determine how South Side residents might benefit from the $787 billion federal stimulus program. Continue…
News—A variety of Englewood events, ranging from mortgage counseling to outdoor blues festivals, are scheduled for the month of May. Check them out in the current issue of the Beeline.
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News—The Greater Englewood Farmers Market kicked off June 18th, 2009 at 63rd and Union street. The Farmers Market is opened from 8:00am - 1:00pm on Thursday's from June 18th to October 29th, for more information please call 773-602-4508
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News—Through the African American Male Initiative, Teamwork Englewood is utilizing neighborhood partners to offer young men a quality experience aimed at helping increase their success and improve their lives.
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News—Teamwork Englewood recently published the inaugural edition of “Teamwork Linkages,” its quarterly newsletter. The newsletter aims to offer interesting and useful information about the work Teamwork Englewood is doing in the community and provide progress on the “Quality of Life” Plan. The newsletter also is a way to let community residents, supporters and potential partners know how to “link” to initiatives in Englewood and contribute to and back Teamwork Englewood’s overall mission.
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News—Englewood is a hot property and great opportunity for buyers, according to recent Chicago Sun Times coverage of neighborhood housing trends.
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News—Teamwork Englewood is one of two community-based organizations chosen to provide one-stop services for ex-offenders in a partnership with the city of Chicago.
Mayor Richard M. Daley announced the program Feb. 22 as part of “new city efforts to help ex-offenders turn their lives around and re-enter society.”
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News—Beginning in 2005 with the Englewood Cultural Council and Imagine Englewood If, the first Living Legend was honored with a birthday celebration. It's time to honor our Living Legends again!
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News—Check out the Bernard Place Bee Line and Imagine publications to find out about what's happening in Englewood.
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News—Deanna Woods, in yellow hat, Henry Wilson and 26 other neighborhood leaders were chosen as Community Heroes and recognized for their efforts Nov. 30 during the New Communities Program Leadership Assembly at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel.
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News—Englewood Auto Repair Training: The Chicagoland Youth and Adult Training Center (CYATC) Auto Repair Service, or CARS, provides training to at-risk young adults, especially the formerly incarcerated.
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Our community—Looking for office space? Check out these prime Englewood locations.
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News—Community Heroes are individuals who offer their passion, strength and talent to improve their neighborhoods, benefiting people who may never know them by name, but who will reap the rewards of their work. The Community Heroes for Englewood are Henry P. Wilson and Deanna Woods.
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Our community—More than 650 individuals participated in the development of an Englewood quality-of-life plan that provides a roadmap for improvement strategies ranging from safety and schools to job creation and retail development. Learn more about the plan and download the summary or full version here.
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Our community—Teamwork Englewood has choosen a handful of Adinkra symbols to represent the neighborhood and all that it stands for. These symbols originated in West Africa and have come to hold significant meaning in the culture there. They can be important here as well.
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About us—Teamwork Englewood was formed as a vehicle for comprehensive community development in 2003 through the joint efforts of St. Bernard Hospital, Greater Englewood Parish United Methodist Church and Pullman Bank (now Park Bank). Its first task was to organize the community planning process that is a requirement of LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program (NCP).
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