The Far South Chicago Coalition joined with LISC Chicago in the summer of 2020 to begin engagement towards the first-ever Quality-of-Life Plan on the Far Southside.  FSCC and its members and partners hosted dozens of events through the Fall and into 2021, both in-person and virtual.  In early 2021, FSCC completed its About Our Community report summarizing the assets and opportunities this preliminary work surface and began sharing this across the community.

 

With a strong and diverse advisory committee of 26 leaders and stakeholders from the many communities that make up the Far South, FSCC and LISC agreed to proceed into planning together and confirmed Phalanx Family Services as the convening agency stewarding the effort. The advisory committee members all engaged the networks they represent across the community, and FSCC undertook a series of community meetings residents could attend in person or virtually over the course of six months.  These events, intentionally located across the Far South region, engaged hundreds of community residents who gave feedback and shared their passions and visions.  Many of those who attended joined in the effort and this plan represents these many viewpoints on where we as a community intend to focus our collective work.