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Through events, activations, installations

we build awareness, enable open dialogues and spark collective imagination about the future of social infrastructure in our city.

Garden Workshop: Native and Pollinator Garden Planning (May)

Lucía León introducing her workshop to attendees at the Overton community garden. Photo: Joe Ignatius On the sunny morning of Saturday,...

Young attendees play with bubbles at the Overton Plaza. Photo: Joe Ignatius On Saturday, May 24th, we came back from winter break with...

On the evening of Tuesday, November 19th, intrepid cyclists met at the 31st Street Harbor to participate in a holiday group ride. The...

Several attendees stand on the Chicago map pavement mural at the Overton Plaza. Photo: Joe Ignatius On Saturday, October 19th, we closed...

Attendees pose for a group shot at the entrance of El Paseo. Photo: Borderless Stewardship Team On a bright Saturday, October 5th, a...

Workshop participants pose for a group shot. Photo: Joe Ignatius Our latest Community Day took place on a bright, breezy Saturday,...

On Saturday, September 7th, we hosted the second workshop in our new gardening series. Lucía León leads our second garden workshop....

Photo: Joe Ignatius Volunteers and neighbors gathered on a sunny Saturday, August 31st to celebrate our monthly Community Day at Overton....

Photo: Shavonna White On Saturday, August 24th, we launched our newest event series. Led by Lucía León , an urban farmer and land steward...

Cutting the ribbon to debut the Overton Exchange Plaza (Photo: Joe Ignatius). July was quite a busy month for us at Overton. On Monday,...