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Think Regeneration Presents
The Chicago Market Project
We are building a coalition with growers and entrepreneurs to help launch the Chicago Market, which will open in May 2024, and connect underserved growers in the region with an exclusive market opportunity to fill a 15,000 sq ft co-op grocery store/nutrition center in the Uptown neighborhood.
Who Will Benefit?
Illinois Family Farmers
Illinois Family Farmers
Illinois Family Farmers
Connect 7th-generation family farmers in Illinois with an exclusive marketplace where they can sell their products, meet their customers, and influence the entire supply chain.
Chicago Customers
Illinois Family Farmers
Illinois Family Farmers
Chicago residents will now have a new option for their food, a community-based cooperative market that is focused on nutrition, education, and affordability.
Our Partners
About the Chicago Market: Opening May 2024
Local Food
Nutrition Focused
Nutrition Focused
Connect underserved growers in Illinois with exclusive market opportunities.
Nutrition Focused
Nutrition Focused
Nutrition Focused
Open doors for consumers to healthy food grown for flavor and nutrient density.
Educational
Nutrition Focused
Community Based
Learn in our teaching kitchen and from cooks in our large prepared food department.
Community Based
Nutrition Focused
Community Based
Our shoppers and local community members help make key store decisions.
Support the Project
Think Regeneration's Role
Think Regeneration is an official partner of Chicago Market. We are working with the task force to raise $250k in philanthropic or low-interest capital that would trigger about $10.8 million in grant funding, and could be repaid within 18 months or less. The funding will allow our task force to stay on track for construction in 2023, expand the grower supply network, and prepare to apply the grant funding. Once opened, Think Regeneration will support Chicago Market by helping them buy from underserved farmers, collect consumer interest data, and sharing their national model with other interested groups and municipalities.
Donate to Chicago Market Project
Think Regeneration is a 501(c)(3) committed to ensuring your generosity makes a real impact in our food supply. All donations will go to help create more opportunities for underserved growers in Illinois to supply the Chicago Market.
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