Executive Director Lisa Lee, Mayor Lightfoot, Board Chair Sunny Fischer, and many more joined in the groundbreaking ceremony.
This is the day so many have dreamed of.
We celebrated groundbreaking on the National Public Housing Museum. Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee, the Board, and Staff were joined by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, CHA CEO Tracey Scott, Commissioner of Housing Marisa Novara, Khalia Ali, and many more to mark this incredibly special occasion at the site of the last remaining building of the historic Jane Addams Homes.
We wouldn’t be here without the unwavering support of people like you—public housing residents, city officials, housing advocates and activists, preservationists, donors, friends and family, who have helped make today possible. Also spotted in the crowd: Miss Mary Baggett (ABLA), JR Fleming (Cabrini-Green), Francine Washington (Stateway Gardens), Crystal Palmer (Henry Horner), Reverend Marshall Hatch (Jane Addams Homes), Jellystone Robinson (Ida B Wells Homes) and arts, humanities and culture leaders: Dr. Haki Madhubuti, Alex Kotlowitz, Elizabeth Todd Breland, Jamie Kalven, Ben Austen, Rich Cahan, Reginald Robinson, Laura Washington, Chirag Badlini, DCASE Commissioner Erin Harkey, Commissioner Rachel Arfa, Carlos Tortelaro, Anne Lazar, Amanda Williams, Ellen Alberding, Brad White, and more!!
