Project Description
The South Side Resource Mapping project was created to learn more about all South Side of Chicago communities. The work is a partnership between the University of Chicago’s South Side Health and Vitality Studies, South Side community organizations and community members. Currently, the Resource Mapping project has collected information about businesses and organizations in the following South Side communities:
- Auburn Gresham
- East Side
- Englewood
- Grand Boulevard
- Hyde Park
- Kenwood
- South Chicago
- South Shore
- Washington Park
- West Englewood
- Woodlawn
This information is on the website Southsidehealth.org (what you are looking at right now). With this website you can create maps to find resources and businesses in these communities. We believe the information will help people find services they need, determine how community resources relate to the health and vitality of communities, and help community organizations identify areas of need.
The project began in August 2009 by collecting information in six communities – East Side, Grand Boulevard, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Washington Park, and Woodlawn. Since then, community organizations and members, students, and urban planners are using the Resource Mapping data to plan programs and identify resources and needs in these six communities.
In 2010-2011, we are expanding the project in the following ways:
- Updating the information collected in the original six communities
- Collecting service-based information for all existing businesses in the six communities
- Adding Auburn Gresham, Englewood, South Chicago, South Shore, and West Englewood
We are excited about the progress being made, and we hope you are, too!
The South Side Health Resource Mapping Team
The work is a partnership between the University of Chicago’s South Side Health and Vitality Studies, South Side community organizations and community members.
Community Members |
University of Chicago |
| Community Members | University of Chicago |
| Warner Abrams Firman Community Services, Inc. | Steve Brown Urban Health Initiative |
| Andrea Adams South Shore Cultural Center | David Chearo Survey Lab |
| Adjoa Blalock 3rd Ward Community Resident | Leif Elsmo Office of Community Affairs |
| Shane Desautels NewWays Learning | Colleen Grogan(Principal Investigator) Social Service Administration |
| Jewel Dickson Retiree/Community Activist | Dr. Daniel Johnson(Principal Investigator) Biological Sciences, Pediatrics |
| Cherita Ellens South Side YMCA | Waldo Johnson Social Service Administration |
| Roger Huff Hyde Park Village to Village | Karen Lee South Side Health & Vitality Studies |
| Brandon Johnson The Washington Park Consortium | Dr. Stacy Lindau South Side Health & Vitality Studies and OB/GYN |
| Bernita Johnson-Gabriel Quad Communities Development Corporation | Jennifer Makelarski South Side Health & Vitality Studies |
| Yvette Kelly Quad Communities Development Corporation | Eugene Sadhu, M.D. Computation Institute |
| Barbara Kensey Kensey & Kensey Communications | Todd Schuble Social Sciences |
| Rey Lopez-Calderon Alianza Leadership Institute | Dr. Jonathan Silverstein Computation Institute |
| Marc Loveless Coalition for Justice & Respect | George Smith, Jr. Center for Community Health & Vitality and South Side Health and Vitality Studies |
| Ernest Sanders Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation | Martha Van Haitsma Survey Lab |
| Arvin Strange New Communities Program Woodlawn | Dr. Eric Whitaker Urban Health Initiative |
Who is funding this work?
This work is part of the South Side Health and Vitality Studies, directed by Dr. Stacy Lindau.
Funding for the South Side Health and Vitality Studies comes from the University of Chicago Medical Center Office of the Urban Health Initiative, led by Eric Whitaker, MD, MPH, Chicago Community Trust, Walter G. Zoller Memorial Fund at the University of Chicago, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute, PepsiCo, and National Institute of Health.
To learn more about the South Side Health and Vitality Studies, click here.
How can you help SouthSideHealth.org grow?
Please contact South Side Health and Vitality Studies:
Phone: (773) 834-6657
Click here to email us!