Source: Crain’s Chicago Business
Pullman's revitalization shows that, from asset-based development and strong community partnerships, it's possible to create a tale of one unified city.
PULLMAN — When the pundits and the public wrote off the once-thriving Pullman community as another victim of a changing global economy, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives began imagining the positive impact that could flow from leveraging the neglected attributes and assets of the community to catalyze new developments.
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And we're working with the National Park Service and state of Illinois to transform Pullman's historic clock tower building into a visitors center and its 12-acre campus into a living museum. CNI developed the first food hall on the Far South Side with local entrepreneurs, offering residents the first sit-down casual dining option in the community. It will serve the more than 300,000 visitors expected at the monument site annually.