Back in July 2021 Near West Side Partners (NWSP) hosted a 3-day Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Summit with the goal to create and set in motion collective action for a brighter future for the Near West Side. Along with a diverse [...]

https://youtu.be/F0XlfUdrpr4 Thank you for stopping, clicking or scanning to get here. The Near West Side communities appreciates the support that you continually give in the areas of safety, health, housing and commercial corridor development.    We are continuing to work [...]

For Black History Month this year, Near west Side partners would like to highlight historical moments that transpired right here in our very own neighborhood. These moments in time helped shape the society that we live in today, and were [...]

Recently Near West Side Partners’ Executive Director Keith Stanley was able to chat a bit with Tony Pa and the team at Advance Automotive Service, a car repair shop located at 965 N 35th St. A small and humble [...]

By Anne Marie Gunn and Nina Winkler   The Neighborhood Marker project is one of the Near West Side Action Activities, designed to add history and vibrance to each neighborhood and create distinctions between the seven NWS neighborhoods. Neighborhood markers [...]

In a recent interview Near West Partners’ Executive Director got a chance to chat with Near West Side’s own Pastor Craig Barnett of Greater Utopian church, located on 2925 W State St. In the community for the last 40 years, [...]