Chicago Innovators: Bridging the funding gap for community-based real estate projects

One Chicago group is on a mission to unlock capital for transformative projects in the city’s historically underserved communities.

Chicago Innovators: Bridging the funding gap for community-based real estate projects
63rd and Cottage Grove Ja’Net Defell / The Community Desk
Chicago Innovators: Bridging the funding gap for community-based real estate projects
63rd and Cottage Grove Ja’Net Defell / The Community Desk

Chicago Innovators: Bridging the funding gap for community-based real estate projects

One Chicago group is on a mission to unlock capital for transformative projects in the city’s historically underserved communities.

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Community Desk Chicago is a real estate development group that focuses on building wealth and investment in Black and brown communities on the city’s South and West sides.

Reset learns more about the organization and how it’s shifting the city’s model of community development.

GUEST: Ja’Net Defell, director of Community Desk Chicago