Press

2022

WBEZ Curious City: How to Start a Community Garden?

Sun-Times: At El Paseo Community Garden in East Pilsen, neighbors connect with nature, each other

ABC 7: El Paseo Community Garden deepening its roots in changing Pilsen neighborhood

WBEZ Reset with Sasha – Ann Simons: The Elders of a Pilsen community garden are honored in a new documentary

Adelante Chicago: Nuestra Herencia

Chicago Tribune: In a community garden in Pilsen, a wellness group provides guided meditation, sound healing, yoga, energy medicine at low cost: ‘An untapped way of healing’

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago design studio has MAPPED out local community-based resources

WTTW News: Chicago Announces Compost Pilot Program That Draws on Expertise of City’s Community Gardens

Chicago Tribune: Gift drive gives isolated seniors at Pilsen center Christmas presents to help combat loneliness. ‘This makes me feel loved.’

WBEZ Chicago: Struggling — and coping — with grief during the holidays

Southside Weekly: Best of Pilsen 2022

2021

Chicago Reader: Growing together at the El Paseo Community Garden

WTTW: At El Paseo Community Garden, ‘The Sky’s The Limit’ for Programming, Opportunities

Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices

Block Club Chicago: Neighbors Asked For A Dog Run Next To A Community Garden In Pilsen. A Fundraiser Brings It Closer to Reality

Loyola University Chicago: The anti-gentrifiers

South Side Weekly: Best of Pilsen 2021

2020

WTTW: Pilsen’s El Paseo Community Garden Hedges Against Gentrification With Half-Acre Expansion

Block Club Chicago: Pilsen’s El Paseo Garden Set To Expand To Vacant Lot, Warding Off Development From Site

Block Club Chicago: El Paseo Community Garden In Pilsen Wins MacArthur Foundation Creative Placemaking Award

Porch Drinking.com: Lo Rez Brewing | El Paseo Pale Ale

AARP: Community Challenge 2020 Grantees

ABC 7: LISC announces winners of the Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards

MacArthur Foundation: Revitalizing Land, Place, and Communities

Chicago Community Gardeners Association: El Paseo Community Garden Is Awarded a Creative Placemaking Award

2019

Chicago Sun Times: Pilsen garden shows how one small nonprofit is enhancing public spaces, one small project at a time

ABC 7: Pilsen neighborhood blossoms with beauty, art in community garden

ABC 7: Pilsen Public Art Tours offer education about neighborhood murals, help preserve area’s Mexican heritage

Chicago Architect: El Paseo Community Garden Collaborates with Young Architects

2018

Medill Reports Chicago: Pilsen Garden looks to grow beyond stalled plans for the El Paseo Trail

McKinley Park News: Horizon Students Build Solar Panels to Power Play Garden

Univision: Conoce “El Paseo”, un jardín comunitario en Pilsen donde la agricultura urbana tiene un sentido social

Chicago Tribune: So, what exactly happened to Mayor Emanuel’s plan for Pilsen, Little Village bike and pedestrian trail?

2017

Chicago Tribune: Crean mural en ‘El Paseo Community Garden’ para preservar la presencia latina

2016

Fox 32: Paseo trail to connect Pilsen, Little Village neighborhoods

2014

Tool Made: Turning Dirt into Dialogue at El Paseo Community Garden

2013

DNAinfo: Contaminated Soil Near Community Garden Getting Cleaned Up, EPA Says

DNAinfo: Pilsen Residents Furious After Lead Contamination Found Near Garden

Chicago Talks: Growing Station Community Garden in Pilsen focuses on water conservation

The Gate News: Uncertain future for the Loewenthal site

2011

Chicago Now: Wishing Tree in Pilsen Inspired by Chicago Botanic Garden

2010

Chicago Now: “Please do not steal the Vegetables!!