Community Desk Chicago

Community Desk Chicago (“The Desk”) is a community development intermediary. The Desk supports local nonprofits, community developers and entrepreneurs to build community self-reliance and improve the quality of life for residents through commercial corridor revitalization efforts. These efforts support local ownership and activation of underutilized community assets. The Desk’s work is centered around three strategic pillars including 1) leveraging and coordinating place-based capital, 2) supporting small-scale infill commercial real estate development and 3) advocating for systems change.