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Mon, 2009-04-20

"It’s 7 a.m., and the sun barely peeks from behind the clouds on a cold and rainy Chicago morning. The only bright spot is a herd of fluorescent sweatshirts inside a cube-shaped building that resembles a hybrid storage center and ballet studio. “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” starts rattling the walls of the stark, white building, and 23 joyful Chicagoans are singing and preparing for another day of work."  Read on for one Columbia Chronicle reporter's view of what it means for our interns and our communities to be a part of Cleanslate.

The Impact

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Our Partner Programs

  • The CARA Program
  • Quad Communities Center for Working Families
  • 180 Properties Logo

Our Supporters and Customers

  • Armitage Baptist Church
  • Calumet Area Industrial Commission
  • Ravenswood Community Council
  • Skilken
  • Six Corners Association
  • River North Businesses
  • Various Private Groupon Customers
  • 24th Ward TIF - North Lawndale
  • 180° Property Services
  • John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County
  • Illinois Medical District Guest House
  • Little Village Chamber of Commerce
  • Illinois Medical District
  • Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives
  • SSA #32, Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation
  • SSA #42, South Shore Chamber Inc.
  • 53rd Street TIF - Hyde Park
  • SSA #29, West Town Chamber of Commerce
  • SSA #33, Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce
  • SSA #35, Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce
  • SSA #34, Uptown United
  • Department of General Services – City of Chicago
  • Deborah’s Place
  • The Admiral at the Lake
  • The Community Builders
  • The Habitat Company
  • Big Buzz Entertainment Group – Chicago RibFest
  • 57th St. Children’s Book Fair
  • Pitchfork Music Festival

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