Here’s your chance to weigh in on development around Wood Street

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital and its nonprofit arm wants residents’ input to guide future development projects around the hospital.

By Amethyst J. Davis

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Health

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January 18, 2023

A file photo of UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital. Provided by an Ingalls spokesperson

The Ingalls Development Foundation is hosting community listening sessions to gather residents’ input on future developments around the Wood Street corridor.

Residents can attend in-person at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Professional Building, located at 1 Ingalls Drive tonight, January 18, starting at 6pm.

There’s also a virtual session January 19, starting at 1pm.

That feedback will guide the work of IDF, the non-profit arm of the UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital, and the hospital, around the 157th Street and Wood area.

Ingalls will serve as the anchor institution, or an organization that can leverage its economic capital to better the social welfare of the community nearby.

Researchers with the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy quietly launched a survey this year asking residents about their community needs.

Registration details here:

Author

Amethyst J. Davis

Amethyst J. Davis is responsible for spearheading the growth and development of the HWH, including outlining the editorial trajectory and content. She also produces “The Renaissance Letter,” our biweekly email newsletter, edits content, and fact-checks stories prior to publication. Amethyst was an administrator at New York University before launching her journalism career. She was previously a member of the Sounding Board, the community advisory board for Chicago Public Media, which includes WBEZ Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times.

Amethyst is a 2023 Leader of a New Chicago award recipient, as recognized by the Field Foundation and MacArthur Foundation. She was named to Forbes 30 Under 30.

In 2022, Amethyst was a Casey Fellow with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Black News & Views. She is a sought after speaker on community journalism and has given talks at institutions like DePaul University and the University of Kansas. Amethyst is a regular guest on City Cast Chicago.

She was invited by Harvard University to submit a 2023 and 2024 Nieman Lab prediction. Under her leadership, the HWH has become one of the nation’s most-watched hyperlocal newsrooms. The HWH has received national coverage in publications like Poynter, Harvard University’s Nieman Lab, the National Press Journalism Club Institute, and Editor & Publisher.

A Harvey native, Amethyst is a Brooks Middle School (’11) and Thornton Township High School alum (‘15) and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from NYU (BA’19). She is an alumna of the Data and Policy Summer Scholar program at the University of Chicago.