Choose Chicago grant seeks to help 12 Chicago neighborhoods attract more tourism: Auburn Gresham, Austin, Back of the Yards, Englewood, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, New City, North Center, North Lawndale, Roseland, South Chicago and Hyde Park.
Restore hears more about the program and hears from people in two neighborhoods who will benefit.
GUESTS: Nedra Sims-Fears, executive director, Greater Chatham Initiative
Rob Fojtik, VP of Neighborhood Strategies at Choose Chicago
Berto Aguayo, executive director of the anti-violence program Increase peace
Asiaha Butler, executive director of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (RAGE)
Ashley Woodthorp, president of the Heart of Lincoln Square Neighborhood Association