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Chicago breaks ground on South Side youth shelter and worker-owned food plant

Leading CrossTreats project

Chicago broke ground on two South Side projects on October 21 and 22: a $6.2 million shelter for homeless young adults in Brainerd and a $1.5 million worker-owned snack factory in Chatham. A former motel becomes a 26-unit shelter with private rooms, and a century-old building becomes a nut-free food production hub.

Updated Oct 28

Notable Quotes

"ChiFreshKitchen taught us how to run a kitchen [and] VOLTS is the spark that was plugged into the building."

from Chicago breaks ground on South Side youth shelter and worker-owned food plant · Updated Oct 28

"CrossTreats is the place where we know that we can own this land, the recipe and the future."

from Chicago breaks ground on South Side youth shelter and worker-owned food plant · Updated Oct 28