Cabrini NOW

Cabrini NOW is a community-driven planning and design effort to improve the Cabrini neighborhood through new housing and economic development on CHA properties. This plan will guide what gets built and how investments are made in the area. Cabrini NOW is all about making sure your voice is heard! We want to hear from everyone in Cabrini to create a plan that truly reflects what the community wants and needs.

This initiative will:

Update and build on the existing 2015 community plans and vision in a changing neighborhood context.
Respond to the current and future affordable housing needs of the neighborhood and Chicago.
Embrace all voices in the neighborhood and co-create a shared vision for Cabrini’s future.

We want to hear from YOU! We’ll be hosting a series of workshops, surveys, and listening sessions throughout the process.

To share your ideas and to sign-up for updates, please email cabrininow@thecha.org

Community Event #3 — Draft Plan Presentation and Community Conversation (December 11, 2024)

CHA is excited to invite and welcome you to our third and final community event planned for Cabrini NOW! Together with residents and other stakeholders, we’ve created a draft redevelopment plan for CHA-owned land in the Cabrini area through the Cabrini NOW process.

The purpose of this event is to share and get input from community members on the draft redevelopment plan, in addition to sharing what happens next in the Cabrini NOW process and after.

The event will take place on Wednesday, December 11 from 5-7pm at the St Matthew United Methodist Church (1000 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60610). It will be a family friendly event that will provide seating, hot chocolate, cookies, and other snacks and beverages for attendees in a wheelchair-accessible space with restrooms. Some street parking is available, but most of it is metered or permit only.

We will share an engagement summary from our July 31 community event soon – please stay tuned for updates by signing up for emails if you haven’t already or by checking back to this webpage. We will provide physical copies of the engagement summary and the presentation slides at event. The video presentation from our July 31 community event is posted below.

We would like to have as many community members attend the event as possible and would appreciate your help in getting the word out! Please also see below for our event flyer to share and be on the lookout for social media posts to share. To sign up for updates and provide input, please email cabrininow@thecha.org.

Thank you for your interest in Cabrini NOW! We hope to see you on December 11!

Cabrini NOW Draft Plan Presentation and Community Conversation Event Flyer

Community Event #2 — Ice Cream Social and Community Conversation (July 31, 2024)

Did you miss the July 31st Cabrini NOW Ice Cream Social and Community Conversation? Check out the presentation recording below and learn more about the first draft planning and design strategies we discussed with around 120 community members.

We are very thankful that about 120 community members, including over 30 CHA residents, attended the Cabrini NOW Ice Cream Social and Community Conversation on July 31!

After getting input from community members on their desires and priorities for the Cabrini area at our kickoff celebration on May 8, we created our first draft planning and design strategies for how to redevelop CHA-owned sites in the area. At our July 31 event, we shared those first drafts with community members and are starting to analyze the input we received.

Our next step is to refine the draft concepts towards a more finalized draft redevelopment plan based on the community’s input and feedback from City of Chicago departments and City agencies. We hope that you will be able to join us at the next community event, likely in a couple months from July 31, which will be focused on getting community feedback on that next draft before we share a finalized plan.

To see what was presented at the July 31 community event, please see the video posted above and visit the links provided below.

Community Event #1 — Kickoff Celebration (May 8, 2024)

On May 8, approximately 100 community members, including over 30 CHA residents, convened to discuss and provide input on future developments in the area. The project team is set to summarize this valuable feedback and share it with both attendees and the broader public. The insights gathered will guide the creation of revised plans and designs, encompassing new housing, enhanced green spaces, improved transportation, and additional community investments. These draft plans will be presented at upcoming community meetings to gather further feedback and refine the proposals.