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    Spring 2019 – End of Season Social +  Memos to the Mayor
    PAOLA AGUIRRE
    • May 15, 2019

    Spring 2019 – End of Season Social + Memos to the Mayor

    Our end of season tradition includes a social gathering – this time we ventured to Skylark in Pilsen. We took this also as an opportunity to participate in this year's On the Table, this city-wide series of small community meetings organized by the Chicago Community Trust. In this edition, we were tasked with writing a Memo to the Mayor. Since this Spring season was dedicated to learn, exchange and advocate for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), our memos focused on this topic.
    Spring 2019 – Workshop #7: Tourism as Placemaking + Grant Writing
    PAOLA AGUIRRE
    • May 8, 2019

    Spring 2019 – Workshop #7: Tourism as Placemaking + Grant Writing

    At our last workshop we had a double feature – (1) Amanda Scotese, founder of Chicago Detours joined us to share her ideas about Tourism as Placemaking; additionally, we were intrigued by the recent announcement by the Pritzker Traubert Foundation of the (2) Chicago Prize, a competition to award $10 million to a community project this summer, and decided to engage our participants with experience in grant writing to share an overview, insights and advice about this topic – a

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