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What kind of small and medium-sized retail tenants would you like to see on the building's first floor?
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D2O Army
What kind of small and medium-sized retail tenants would you like to see on the building's first floor?

Members of the D2O Community Committee prefer a development process that is led - and owned thru the use of land trusts and co-ops - by legacy residents, including those with very low incomes. We are very... Read more...

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Martha Bright
What are your priorities for the neighborhood? What priorities should this development try to accomplish?

Decent housing

Family friendly kid friendly everyone work together to keep this area nice and safe from drug dealers and shooters save our kids support from each other I wish I could move there

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Martha Bright
What kind of small and medium-sized retail tenants would you like to see on the building's first floor?

Mama & Pop grocery store

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Martha Bright
What are your priorities for the neighborhood? What priorities should this development try to accomplish?

More mama n pop grocery store s Active Center so it can be a safe place for the children. Center for the adults teaching skills.

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Lauren Gonzales
What are your priorities for the neighborhood? What priorities should this development try to accomplish?

Prioritize not gentrifying this area and not closing down any Black-owned businesses already existing new the development (like the Hatchery did) and instead finding solutions to support them. Prioritize... Read more...

Lauren Gonzales

^It sounds like I am saying the Conservatory caters to the neighborhood. It does not, they celebrate Bastille Day and Christmas and have paid goat yoga and online mixology classes, yet have zero outreach... Read more...

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Lauren Gonzales
What meeting platform is best for the most people to attend a virtual meeting? Zoom, Facebook, other Livestream, phone or a combination?

Obviously a combination since internet is a luxury not everyone can afford

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Lauren Gonzales
What do you think about the C40 Garfield Park south building design?

How many real and legacy community members were consulted? Not including those affiliated and already working with the white non-profits in the area run by people not from here. What was your outreach... Read more...

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Isabel Velez-Diez
What do you think about the C40 Garfield Park south building design?

It looks very generic. The context and neighborhood seem to have been ignored. Does not look welcoming

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Brian Keith Ellison
What do you think about the C40 Garfield Park south building design?

While I understand the emphasis on energy efficiency and green design, I think the aesthetic of the architecture is sterile and industrial for this community. Varying of warmer color, and possibly incorporate... Read more...

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Marietta McDuffy
What are your priorities for the neighborhood? What priorities should this development try to accomplish?

My priorities are to have sufficient healthy food, educational facilities ie libraries, and recreational facilities. The development should try to mirror the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

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