Visioning session
Images from the Visioning sessions that kicked off the planning process in May and June 2003.

Youth visioning
The planning process organized by Quad Communities Development Corp. included a youth visioning session at King College Prep High School.

Chicago Lawn
This Southwest Side community is rebuilding relationships as a foundation for its ambitious plans for community development.

Little Village
This tight-knit Mexican-American community boasts a thriving retail sector on 26th Street, but it needs improved jobs for adults and better schools for its booming youth population.

Logan Square
Bisected by historic boulevards, densely populated Logan Square is experiencing new investment that could force change on its working-class residents.

Washington Park
Several hundred new units of housing have been built in Washington Park during the past 15 years, but much vacant land remains and retail investment is not there yet.

Youth Summit in Englewood
At a youth summit on March 19, 2005, more than 100 Englewood youth discussed safety, police relations, education, recreation and community.

Building community through the arts
Many NCP quality-of-life plans highlight the arts as a tool for building healthier communities through youth involvement, beautification and cultural events.

How police, communities work together
NCP neighborhoods work with Chicago Police on reducing violence, building relationships, developing healthy youth activities and encouraging careers in law enforcement.

Humboldt Park
Humboldt Park is staking a claim for working-class residents through development of affordable housing and improved education, health care, and recreational activities.

South Chicago
Despite the loss of the once-mighty USX Steel plant, South Chicago remains vibrant, with a lively business strip, century-old and brand-new homes, and improved parks and schools.

North Lawndale
North Lawndale has begun to rebound four decades after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. took up residence there to shine a spotlight on the poor.

Quad Communities
The Quad Communities area is part of Chicago’s historic African-American center. It is comprised of the diverse community areas of Oakland, Kenwood north of 47 th Street, and parts of Douglas and Grand Boulevard.

Auburn Gresham
Auburn Gresham is a community on the south side of Chicago that has high-quality housing,growing business districts and good public and private services.