South and West Side Neighborhood Revitalization Starts with its Residents
Community development in neighborhoods that have long faced underinvestment begins with the people who know their communities best. On Chicago’s South and West…
Senior Director of Community Development
Christen Wiggins is senior director of Community Development at The Chicago Community Trust. Prior to this role, she oversaw grantmaking and program strategy at the…
Community development in neighborhoods that have long faced underinvestment begins with the people who know their communities best. On Chicago’s South and West…
Underinvestment has limited economic mobility and contributed to higher rates of poverty across Chicago’s South and West sides. Combined with depopulation, it has…
For more than a decade, a deceptively simple question has shaped conversations about economic mobility: Is college still worth it? Skepticism about a…