The Blue Ribbon Committee was established in June 2007 to create the enabling legislation required for setting up the "Bronzeville Housing Trust Fund." The committee included 12 local Bronzeville residents and pastors and 8 housing, finance, and legal experts, several with roots of their own in Bronzeville. Nick Brunick of Applegate and Thorne-Thomsen drafted the legislation in keeping with the specifications of the committee, the language of the referendum, and a more detailed proposal approved by delegates at Housing Bronzeville's General Assembly on April 22, 2006. Mr. Brunick is former director of the Regional Housing Initiative for Business and Professional People for the Public Interest.
The Blue Ribbon Committee put the finishing touches on its enabling legislation on October 25, 2007. Housing Bronzeville will take the proposed legislation to the community for approval and to local aldermen to steer through the Chicago City Council.
Members of the Blue Ribbon Committee (Left-to-right:
Vanessa Smith, Tanger Fielder, Rev. Jeffrey Campbell,
Mildred Darby, Peter Landon, Cynthia Brown, Clara
Gatewood-Brown, Linda Singleton, and Gerald Offut).
Missing from the picture are committee members:
Valencia Hardy, Kenneth Williams, Rev. Clement Townsend,
Venita Carr, Jeri Richard, Dr. Paul Fischer, William
Higginson, Alvin Robinson, Robin Larson, Anthony Ruvolo,
and Nick Brunick.
Read the enabling legislation written by the Blue Ribbon Committee, entitled "Bronzeville Affordable Home Ownership Ordinance" (Nov. 12, 2007)
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