Takeaways from a recent convening of small businesses in South Chicago, one of nine neighborhoods participating in the Fifth Third Neighborhood Program.
Atlanta’s historic Grove Park, well-known for its many neighborhood clubs, was once a prosperous community for Black families and businesses in the West Side. However, decades of discriminatory divestment eventually led to the neighborhood’s economic collapse, resulting in population decreases and school closures. Today, Grove Park has no supermarket and no pharmacy.