UPTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

CORRIDORS OF VISION

5TH FACILITATED SESSION
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
4753 North Broadway
1st Floor Conference Center

Study Area:

Broadway - Ainslie to Foster
See map in workbook

Participants:

  • Mary Laura Bushman, Institute of Cultural Affairs - Facilitator
  • Cindi Anderson, Uptown Chicago Commission
  • Tomas Bissonnette, Spanish Speaking Bookstore
  • Eric Cheng, Sun Wah
  • Kelli Cheng, Asian American Small Business Association
  • Dr. Solomon Chu, Uptown Chamber of Commerce
  • Thom Greene, Greene & Proppe
  • Steve Hartmann, Uptown Chicago Commission
  • Tam Van Nguyen, Vietnamese Association of Illinois
  • Jeff Pavia, Combined Insurance
  • Robert Peterson, Gunnison Block Club
  • Billy Pham, Asian American Small Business Association
  • Rick Pluhar, Grand Adell
  • Peter Porr, Southeast Asia Center
  • Jennifer Ritter, O.N.E.
  • Stewart Sheinfeld, Uptown Car Wash
  • Carol Kokola, Uptown Community Development Corporation

Executive Summary:

At the January 29 session, participants continued the Corridors of Vision process with a session based on Broadway, Ainslie to Foster. Outreach for this session was extensive. Packages were mailed to block clubs, community organizations and institutions. Neighborhood businesses were solicited by mail and in person. Each participant received an assessment workbook with questions centered on five values: accessibility, safety, goods and services, aesthetics and community diversity. Each participant was asked to visit the study area to observe and absorb the look and feel of the corridor.

Based on their notes and observations, participants shared their current impressions and visions for the study area as it exists and as it might exist in the future. Facilitator Mary Laura Bushman guided the group through a collective brainstorming, sharing in pairs and small group breakout with the objective of focusing on several different Vision Elements, descriptions and Action Steps to carry forward the creative and forceful changes envisioned by the group.

This session was the fifth in a series of Corridors of Vision workshops. The workshop series represents Phase 1 of the Corridors of Vision process. In later phases, UPCORP will share its draft vision for the corridors of Uptown with other community groups, incorporating input and inspiring discussion. With each refined iteration, the visions will grow into a tool with which the community can evaluate development, identify and attract new businesses and development, and guide the revitalization of the Uptown Community.

The process used at this session was based on the previous Corridors of Vision sessions, which were designed and led by Mary Laura Bushman of the Institute of Cultural Affairs, and by Rev. Dr. Sid Mohn. Funding for this session was provided by the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development and by Abbell Credit Corporation.

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