Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation
The Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (GADC) works to foster and promote revitalization of the low-to-moderate income neighborhoods of Auburn-Gresham, Englewood and West Chatham. The organization's service area runs from 67th Street to 83rd Street north to south, and the Dan Ryan Expy. to Damen Avenue east to west.
GADC receives support from many sources and contributors including the Local Initiatives Support Corporation of Chicago (LISC/Chicago), the MacArthur Foundation, the City of Chicago’s Departments Community Development and Environment, State of Illinois, and local private & financial institutions.
As part of the New Communities Program, Greater-Auburn Gresham has worked to:
- Organize residents and other community stakeholders to develop a Quality of Life Plan that integrates existing and planned activities;
- Assess existing programs, identify service deficiencies, and generate organizational and community commitments to address them; and,
- Partner with other organizations to attract and integrate new or improved services, creating quality recreational and social opportunities for the community.
GADC's other programs include:
Community Economic Development
Promotes Mayor Richard M. Daley's Business Express Program
Provides technical assistance for business start-ups
Beautifies commercial areas via Chicago of Chicago’s Special Service Area #32
Holds informational forums
Serves as CAPS liaison and public safety advocate
Facilitates of the Community Advisory Council
Collaborates with Retail Chicago, the Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Centers, and other community-based organizations
79th Street Renaissance Festival
City of Chicago Summer Youth Employment
State of Illinois Summer Youth Employment
After School Matters Youth Employment
Urban Gateways Art Options Youth Employment
Free Tax Services and Financial Seminars
Free Financial Coaching through Center for Working Families
Provide free web pages for local establishments
Housing and Senior Services
Holds informational forums, home-buying seminars and credit counseling
Provides technical assistance for block clubs and homeowner associates
Creates a resource and referral network with linkages to financial resources and social services
Collaborates with Neighborhood Housing Services
Participates in the Department of Housing HRAIL Program as a delegate agent as well as the Historic Chicago Brick Bungalow initiative
Undertakes the Senior Minor Home Repairs and Maintenance Program, preservation of single family and multi-unit housing, and Special Project Initiatives
Provide Foreclosure Prevention Workshops
Real Estate Development
Builds mixed-income housing and commercial units
Provides consulting and project management services
Undertakes construction management and property management
Informative and Educational Services
Middle School Extended Day Programs
Arts and Technology Extended Day Programs
Safe Passageways to/from local schools
Peace Alliances and Asset Building Initiatives
Community Newsletter
Community Web Portals (In Creation)
GADC is located at 1159 W. 79th St., Chicago, IL 60620. We can be reached by phone or fax at (773) 483-3696 or e-mail at greaterauburncdc17@sbcglobal.net. (Note: Our offices are adjacent from the Faith Community of Saint Sabina, 1210 W 78th Place, Chicago, IL, 60620.)