It Takes A Village_Connor Bussick

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It Takes A Village Connor Bussick Lyceum 2020: Belt Tightening - Bungalows for the Millennial Family Faculty Advisor: Terry Boling The people who live in the bungalows of South Chicago are facing many challenges that result from a history of systematic discrimination and lack of investment in the area. These challenges lead to symptoms like low equity, instability, lack of vital businesses, poor nutrition and vacant land. The people of South Chicago nevertheless feel great pride in where they live. One does not have to look far before finding people in the area with inspiring stories of passion and innitiative making their home a better place to live for themselves and their communities. With my project I decided to capitalize on this grass roots energy by creating a community merit system that would pool peoples’ resources and efforts along with a meeting house that connects people in order to create positive change over time.


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