BLACKS IN - Homesteaders Fair - RENOVATE a residence...BUY a building...GROW a garden by BIG: Blacks in Green

Thank You!

You gave generously to our First Annual South Side Homesteaders Fair, and we hope you found value in participating. We appreciate you, and so did our guests! They came seeking ways that your products and services could help them “renovate a residence, buy a building, grow a garden”…save money, make friends, find jobs, and beautify along the way. A tall order…and we’re glad for your support on solutions as we continue consumer education over the next seasons and beyond…by blog and other digital local/national media…in printed West Woodlawn promotions…and through creative collaborations, sponsorships, and cooperative advertising. Please enjoy this Photo Gallery, Green-Village-Building™ Teach-In, and Draft Resource Directory. April 5th celebrated the newest phase of our sustainability initiative – focusing on community-controlled development and working to advance your work while we: a) foster, attract, and expand neighbor-owned businesses; b) teach home economics and the conservation lifestyle (we call it “the beautiful life!”); c) restore heritage traditions and resettle West Woodlawn with a new, young generation of homeowners; d) beautify and strengthen our walkable-village with a Botanic Garden & Village Farm system. Our team will be in touch with you during April to schedule a time we can talk, define ways we can best support your work, and refine our Resource Directory – which we will distribute at our Green Village Pavilion at the 25th Annual African Festival of the Arts in Washington Park, Aug 29 – Sep 1 2014. We believe in Chicago as a “City of Villages” – sustainable one square mile at a time; where every household can walk-to-work, walk-to-shop, walk-to-learn, walk-to-play; and we have answered the challenge of the Tribune “New Plan of Chicago” with this proposal, believing that “only a whole-system solution can transform the whole-system problem common to black communities everywhere.” We’re eager to add your best ideas. Of course our plans are “BIG”…and thanks for joining us on the journey. We look forward to your insights, introductions, resources, and partnership as we build a family of experts, specialists, and enthusiasts needed to restore our place in the world. Thanks again for your skill and dedication!

Nae Naomi Davis Founder & CEO 773-678-9541 www.blacksingreen.org Box 378411 Chi IL 60637

Blacks in Green™ First Annual South Side Homesteaders Fair RENOVATE A RESIDENCE…BUY A BUILDING…GROW A GARDEN Thank You Sponsors, Exhibitors, Guests & Volunteers!

Thanks ComEd!

Thanks Alderman Cochran! Brian Freedman Chief of Staff

The Tribune published a call for proposals.

The 8 Principles of Green-Village-Building

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Thanks board, volunteers!

Community Congress Key volunteers not pictured: Rodney Gipson Cynthia Smith

Blake

Victoria

Clem

Boise

Consuelo

Mark Fick Senior Loan Officer

Thanks CCLF and Prologue Schools

Gwen Pruitt Prologue/Artisan

Dr. Nancy Jackson Prologue CEO

Sponsors

Thanks Exhibitors! Paula Grantt Neighborhood Housing Services

Cathy Gerlach Laura Armgardt Community Investment Corporation

Phil Johnson Johnson & Lee Architects

Johnson & Lee Architects Tiffany Cooks Guaranteed Rate Mortgage

Sarah Moskowitz Citizens Utility Board

Benet Haller Jeanne Chandler Department of Planning & Development

Terry Edlin New Community Vision Cooperative Living

Ray Fleming YouthBuild Prologue Schools Patrick Tyler PNC Bank

Deloris Allen South Side Community Federal Credit Union

Thanks Exhibitors!

Joe Merrills National Block Club University

Thanks Exhibitors! Cook County Assessor Cook County Board of Review

Vincent Davis Emergency Preparedness Disaster Survival Network

Toussaint Losier Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign

Southeast Chicago Commission SECC

Washington Park Chamber of Commerce

June Norfleet Community Congress BIG Volunteer

Eating Well with Chef Cordell!

Chef Cordell Reed

GREEN-VILLAGE-BUILDING™ Climate/Culture Crisis/Cure

VISION MISSION Self-sustaining black communities everywhere.

Walk-to-work, walk-to-shop, walk-to-learn, walk-to-play villages.

Sustainability One Square Mile At A Time Whole-System Problems Common To Black Communities Dignifies The Sovereignty Of Communities Neighbor-Led, Not Waiting For Government, Industry Grannynomics™ ~ Home Economics Fulcrum Uses Story Circles, Builds On Cultural Legacy Gets Real About Global Warming Tipping Point & Disproportionate Harm To Blacks Culture Specific But With Universal Value Priority On Neighbor Investors & Enterprises Conservation As “The Beautiful Life” ~ Skill As “The New Money”

STRATEGIES

Local Living Economy As Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy Addresses Wealth Disparity, Circulation of Wealth Measured By Increase In Household Income

Michele Banks Nutritionist

Thanks Gardeners, Growers, Stewards, Nutritionists! Carolyn Smith C&T Smith LP

Drew Thomas Gardens in Schools

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District David Vognar & Greencorps

Hal Eason Streets & Sanitation

Annamaria Leon Permaculture/Backyard Forests

GREEN-VILLAGE-BUILDING™

NOB NOP BI HE HIR COW RAP neighbor-owned businesses

neighbor-owned property business incubators home economics

circulation of wealth rich and poor

FOUNDATION

household income rising

Milton Mizenberg Sculptor

Mina Powers Beadwork

Thanks 61st Street Artisan Row! Gwen Pruitt Ceramics

Robin Clark The Scentuary

Logan Center For The Arts

Tresalyn Bray Knitting

Cynthia Bowman Cynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Delights

Alia Jahn Tie-Dye

Randolph Olive Handcrafting

Kelvin Greenwood BeeLove Sweet Beginnings North Lawndale Employment Network

The Question of the Century:

Where Is Your Village?

WEST WOODLAWN BOTANIC GARDEN & VILLAGE FARM 61ST: ARTISAN GUILD TOURISM ROW •BACKYARD & COMMUNITY GARDENS •BOTANIC PARKWAYS •LAND TRUST PROPERTIES

63RD: RESTAURANT ROW & GOOD FOOD RETAIL…START W/FOOD TRUCK ROW •BACKYARD & COMMUNITY GARDENS •BOTANIC PARKWAYS •LAND TRUST PROPERTIES TO ENSURE AFFORDABILITY FOR NEXT GENERATIONS

65TH: SCENIC BOTANIC DRIVE •BACKYARD & COMMUNITY GARDENS

67TH: COMMERCIAL FARMING DISTRICT Neighborhood Employment Climate Crisis Stewardship Horticultural Production Beautification

INDUSTRIAL ZONE AND TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY PARK

Garden & Farm Jobs/Enterprise • Artisan Guild Tourism Row populates/develops live/work multi-family storefronts featuring cultural arts – handmade furniture, quilts, rugs, ceramics, and other home and fashion accessories; also workshop, office, and service sector space for neighbor-owned businesses; connected to DuSable Migration Heritage Teaching Garden as a museum-without-walls cultural tourism destination. • Botanic Parkways emerge on every street, stewarded by neighbors trained and paid to plant, cultivate, and introduce their “urban oasis” to their neighbors, tourists, and visiting students. • Backyard Garden grower leaders cultivate a “culture of growing” gardens, parks, and farms. • Restaurant Row & Good Food Retail as a food hub features wholesale/retail food enterprises including a variety of restaurant types, specialty markets, small to medium gourmet grocers like Praxis Marketplace, Gethsemane Gardens-style nursery and gift shops - all hiring local workers. • Scenic Drive leverages the smooth, handsome high-traffic potential of Marquette; connects Jackson /Washington Parks, Oakwood Cemetery, and all commercial corridors to So.Chicago Farming Zone. • Commercial Farming & Transportation Tech Park connects growers to industrial corridor of So. Chicago Ave. and potential for intermodal innovation jobs hub.

Next Generation West Woodlawn Settler?

Thanks Historians, Researchers, Neighbors!

Naomi with UIC Food Truck Researchers

Brenda Palms Barber North Lawndale Employment Network NLEN Gold Coast Visitor

Gidwitz Lobby â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beehiveâ&#x20AC;? / Logan Center

Our Beloved Professor Timuel Black Bronzeville Living Legend Historian & Storyteller

Liz Gardner Deidre McGraw Woodlawn Summit

Paula Robinson Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission

Whole-System Problem common to black communities everywhere Malnutrition, Addiction & Poisoning

Unemployment, Under-Employment & The Black Tax

Barriers to Voting

Hyper-incarceration, Recidivism & Violence

Health Disparities

COMMON TO BLACK COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE

Self Hatred Projected

Mis-education, Drop-Outs, Illiteracy Unprepared Parenting, State-Supported Single Mother Homes

West Woodlawn Botanic Garden & Village Farm

How Many Households Could We Feed? How Many Businesses/Jobs Could We Create? How Many Neighbors Could We Train/Engage? How Many Gallons Of Stormwater Could We Divert?

West Woodlawn Botanic Garden & Village Farm System

Economic Engine: Clusters of Enterprises: Drivers of Jobs HORTICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAIN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Resource Recovery Park Growing Aquaponics/Hyrdoponics Packing Warehousing Wholesale Small grocery Trucking Value added/food preparation Buying club, food co-op , CSA Farmers market Mobile food collective Nursery Gift Shop Hardware Agricultural supply & seed Restaurant Caterer Workforce Developers Farmer Training Certificates/Degrees in Hort & Ag

PRODUCT SAMPLER • Speciality in one cash crop: • microgreens • sprouts • eggs • honey • Value-added foods • Teas • Herb blends • infused oils • Gardening clothes • Jams and Jellies • Sauces • Salad Dressings • Salsas and Chutneys • Pickles • Sun-dried Tomatoes • Dried fruits • Baked goods • Garlic Braids • Dried herbs

Non-food items: • Dried flowers or potpourri • Flower arrangements • Dried gourds (as bird houses, bowls, etc) • Luffa sponges • Skin care products • soap • skin care products • Gardening Supplies • Seed packets • Seedlings • Mulch • Compost • Canning • Fertilzers • Clothing • Art/Posters • Cleaning products • Bikes/repair; tandems • Dyes,oils • Biofuel

NEIGHBOR-OWNED BUSINESSES • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Backyard gardener Permaculture/ag/enterprise consulting worm compost, organics recycling bees and their care (consultant, beekeeper, queen breeder, swarm catcher) chickens and their care (consultant, wrangler) soil tester, adviser, improvement specialist water system adviser, drip irrigation and rain barrel installer intensive small garden installer, adviser, maintainer garden structures (compost and worm bins, chicken coops, tomato cages, raised beds, hoophouses, coldframes...) mobile food carts bike delivery service home delivery service (eg Backyard Chicken Run, other delivery of compost and etc.) Florist

Blacks in Greenâ&#x201E;˘ West Woodlawn Botanic Garden & Village Farm Inaugural Sustainability Teaching Garden - 2013 60th & South St. Lawrence Avenue Naomi Davis, Director Duane Jarrett, Chief Botanist/Designer Joe Delci, Lead Gardener/Carpenter Grower Team: Monica Brown, Manuel Cunningham, Heather Haskins, Charla Henry, Erana Jackson, Prentiss Jones, Candace & Jasmine King, Adele White McCoy, Wilbert Miller, Ariana Oatman, St. Sabina Summer Youth, Jaiz Waheed, Christy Webber, and others.

Then 2013

“The Year of the Backyard Garden”

The Waheed Backyard Garden, by the property owner, was a solo effort within the initiative, with huge growth and harvest. Two doors east, the first backyard chickens of West Woodlawn would soon be settling in.

The Davis Backyard Garden, by a tenant, would be a collaborative affair, including worm , bokashi, and Earth Machine composting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and communal harvesting by residents of the apartment building where the BIG Garden Clubhouse was also located.

Now 2014

“The Year of the Tree Canopy” food fuel fiber orchards and backyard forests

Institute For Community Controlled Development

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Thanks Thanks

s What if every household in Chicago could walk to work walk to shop walk to learn walk to play?

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