September 7, 2023 Englewood Economics: How community and capital are coming together to drive resurgencemoderated by Ja’Net Defell – Cecile DeMello, Deon Lucas, Anton Seals Jr., Felicia Slaton-Young City Club event description: Englewood is one of the most innovative communities in the city. Undiscovered talent and growth opportunities abound, as evidenced by the Quality of […]
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Near the corner of 71st Street and Crandon Avenue, Michael McDowell mans the flat top at Surf’s Up South Shore as he has nearly every day since 2014. McDowell, who took over the Southern seafood and wing shop franchise from his stepmother, has seen South Shore’s ups and downs over the years. Vacant lots and boarded-up storefronts still pepper 71st Street, but McDowell says the neighborhood is .
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Teamwork Englewood and the South Shore Chamber Community Development Corp. were selected through the Neighborhood Developers Initiative, run by Community Desk Chicago.