Media Inquiries and Coverage
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Media Coverage
2023
“NCUE community partner Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation holds grand opening of Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Hub,” Illinois State University, January 31, 2023
2022
“UIC Neighborhood Center Opens in Auburn Gresham,” University of Illinois, Chicago, October 30, 2022
“Miracle On 79th Street’: Auburn Gresham’s Healthy Hub Opens, Bringing Restaurants, A Clinic, Bank, And More To The South Side,” Block Club Chicago, October 10, 2022
Healthy Lifestyle Hub in Auburn Gresham Gets Ribbon Cutting," WGN Chicago, October 7, 2022
“Gresham’s Healthy Lifestyle Hub prepares to open,” Chicago Sun-Times, October 5, 2022
“Searching for solutions to gun violence: Health Lifestyle Hub planned for Auburn Gresham,” CBS News, Jul 20, 2022
“Auburn Gresham Sets Itself Up for a Revitalization,” Crain's Chicago Business, July 8, 2022
"Auburn Gresham's Healthy Lifestyle Hub Will Open This Month On 79th Street, Bringing New Life To A Long Vacant Building," Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 8, 2022,
"Update on Chicago Prize 2020," Polk Bros. Foundation, Jun 14, 2022
"JPMorgan Chase Delivers Over $1 Billion in Community Development Financing Including GAGDC $14.5M NMTC," JPMorgan Chase News, May 3, 2022
2021
"Landmarks Illinois Timuel D. Black Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago’s South Side Grant Recipients,", Landmarks Illinois, June 10, 2021
"GAGDC’s CEO Carlos Nelson helps revive community through Bears partnerships," The Chicago Crusader, June 6, 2021
"Local leader Carlos Nelson honored by community, family as Bears draft QB Justin Fields", 670 The Score, May 20, 2021
"Bears to invest $611,000 in Healthy Lifestyle Hub," Chicago Bears News, May 19, 2021
"Recent NMTC Project Round-Up," New Markets Tax Credit Coalition, February 2021
2020
“City picks sites in Austin, Auburn Gresham and Englewood for its Invest South/West program,” Chicago Tribune August 24, 2020
“Healthy Living Hub Is Centerpiece Of Big Plans For Auburn Gresham: ‘In 5 To 10 Years … You’ll See The Vibrancy,” Block Club Chicago, August 24, 2020
Gresham neighborhood receives $10 million ‘Chicago Prize,” Chicago Sun-Times, August 6, 2020
"Auburn Gresham wins inaugural Chicago Prize for community development initiative," Chicago Tribune, August 6, 2020
“$10M Chicago Prize Awarded to Auburn Gresham Team to Build Health Hub,” WTTW News, August 2, 2020
“Missing Pieces: Economic development in Chicago is all about location,” Crain’s Forum, April 3, 2020