Groupon and LISC Chicago Announce 2016 Neighborhood Change Project Winners
December 08 2016 - 11:11AM
Business Wire
Awards recognize the most impactful ideas from
local business districts on ways to spur economic development in
Chicago neighborhoods
Groupon (http://www.groupon.com) (NASDAQ: GRPN) and the Local
Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago announced the 2016
Neighborhood Change Project winners––given to participants of LISC
Chicago’s Business District Leadership (BDL) Program for ideas that
support community-based economic development in Chicago’s 77
neighborhoods. Groupon sponsored the program for the first time
this year and provided $15,000 in micro-grants to help fund the
winning projects.
“As a Chicago-based company, we’re thrilled to support some of
the most innovative ways that nonprofits and local business
districts are creating stronger and healthier neighborhoods,” said
Matt Kruse, head of social responsibility, Groupon. “Local
businesses––along with the energy and connections they
provide––form the backbone of our communities, and when they
succeed everyone benefits.”
LISC Chicago’s BDL Program brings together nonprofit and public
sector leaders to support training, education and capacity building
for organizations offering services to business districts
throughout the city of Chicago. BDL’s six-month training addresses
the professional development and networking needs of the growing
field of commercial district practitioners to deepen their
expertise in revitalizing commercial corridors.
“What made the winners stand out was how the ideas effectively
leveraged the unique characteristics of these neighborhoods to
create a sense of community and drive local economic development,”
said Meghan Harte, executive director, LISC Chicago. “We look
forward to continuing our work with these business districts, and
others throughout the city, to help them learn from each other’s
successes and challenges.”
The winners of the 2016 Neighborhood Change Projects
included:
Grand Prize Winner ($5,000
grant)
- West Humboldt Park Development Council
for “Forty Acres Market Days” –– Market day in Humboldt Park that
celebrated African-American culture through food, while educating
community residents on affordable and healthy food choices from
local vendors.
Runner-up Winners ($2,500
grants)
- Uptown United for “Taste of Uptown” ––
Collection of featured menu items from two dozen local restaurants
in the Uptown neighborhood designed to increase foot traffic and
promote the diversity of restaurants along the Broadway
corridor.
- Morgan Park Beverly Hills Business
Association for “Go19!” –– Plan to raise awareness of local Morgan
Park and Beverly merchants by increasing bike and foot traffic
along the local business corridor. The Morgan Park Beverly Hills
Business Association also won a separate award from Groupon for a
“You Are Beautiful” installation.
- Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago
for “The Hatchery Employment Readiness Initiative” –– Training for
unemployed and underemployed residents of East Garfield Park in
basic food handling and management practices to serve as a
workforce pipeline for the new Hatchery Food Incubator.
- 51st Street Business Association for
“Bronzeville Jazz Festival” –– Neighborhood jazz festival to help
build relationships between Bronzeville residents and business
owners along the 51st Street business corridor.
To learn more about this year’s Neighborhood Change Project
winners, LISC Chicago’s BDL program and Groupon’s commitment to
local communities, please click here to watch a short video.
About Groupon
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is building the daily habit in local
commerce, offering a vast mobile and online marketplace where
people discover and save on amazing things to do, see, eat and buy.
By enabling real-time commerce across local businesses, travel
destinations, consumer products and live events, shoppers can find
the best a city has to offer.
Groupon is redefining how small businesses attract and retain
customers by providing them with customizable and scalable
marketing tools and services to profitably grow their
businesses.
To download Groupon's top-rated mobile apps, visit
www.groupon.com/mobile. To search for great deals or subscribe to
Groupon emails, visit www.groupon.com. To learn more about the
company’s merchant solutions and how to work with Groupon, visit
www.groupon.com/merchant.
About LISC Chicago
LISC Chicago connects neighborhoods to the resources they need
to become stronger and healthier. Part of the national nonprofit
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, LISC Chicago provides
grants, loans, technical assistance and other resources to more
than 70 partner organizations in low- and moderate-income
communities across Chicago. When neighborhoods are connected to the
right resources and work together to advance robust, coordinated
community development plans, they are better positioned to
participate in the region’s economic growth. For more information
visit, lisc-chicago.org.
LISC Chicago’s Business District Leadership Program is supported
by: The Polk Bros. Foundation; PNC Bank; The City of Chicago,
Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP); Associated Bank;
and Coro New York Neighborhood Leadership Center.
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