Westside Community Church Receives $10 Million Miracle Grant for Garfield Park

The New Mount Pilgrim Church recently celebrated securing the Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s $10 million community development grant to launch Sankofa Wellness Village. It’s the first major redevelopment in Garfield Park since the MLK riots in 1968. The grant recipient was announced over the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend (2023).

The Sankofa Wellness Village is a $50 million “Garfield Rite to Wellness Collaborative” project. The project includes a Wellness Center, housing, health center, fitness facilities, daycare, a credit union, the MAAFA Center for Arts & Activism, a entrepreneurship incubation hub called “The K,” and a community grocer initiative.

Other collaborative community partners include the Maafa Redemption Project, The Leaders Network, Westside United, Rush Medical Center, Erie Health, the YMCA, The Community Builders, and Project Forward.