Block Club Chicago Shared-Ownership Business Projects Get $2 Million In ‘Wealth Our Way’ Grants
November 25, 2025CHICAGO — Several community-led business plans, including a worker cooperative’s manufacturing center and a live-work building for young Black Chicagoans, will receive six-figure grants through a new city-backed fund.
Six projects were announced last week as the inaugural recipients of Wealth Our Way grants. The first round of the initiative, funded by city housing bond proceeds, aims to support worker co-ops, community investment vehicles and other development.