The Building

What began as a Black land initiative has evolved into something more. The Quilombo Community Center (QCC) is a mixed use building in the South Shore community that we, a group of Black young adults, purchased to turn into our organizing home, and community space. We are renovating a previously dilapidated building with 5 commercial storefronts and 10 residential units to create a space that meets our collective needs.

What’s Inside

A third supports connection, stability, leisure, and collective power

❋ Quilombo Commons

Chicago Quilombo’s community-facing base, providing co-working space, a reservable conference room, supportive services, connection to movement-building opportunities and engaging & fun programming.

❋ Quilombo Marketplace

A retail destination off of the 79th Street Corridor featuring a rotating set of ~8-10 small Black-owned businesses, giving entrepreneurs storefront access without the burden of being onsite. The Marketplace will also host wellness events and creative activities such as yoga, dance, arts and crafts, and more!

❋ Restaurant

In Phase II, we’ll open a spirit-free, dine-in restaurant offering another place to gather and connect.

❋ Future Community Partners

Two additional storefronts will be completed in Phase II and developed with organizations identified through community input. Potential uses are based on feedback from our 2025 community meetings include wellness services and interactive leisure such as VR and arcade gaming.

❋ Become a Steward

If you have more questions email us at info@quilombochi.org

Get to Know our Partners

We been buildin’ with our incredible development team to make the QCC a reality. Our values call us to center diversity and locally-rooted talent, that's why we’ve worked with BWF Consulting Group LLC, Latent Design, Black Rock Construction, and Cassandra Sneed with Exit Strategy Realty on the first phase of development.

Stay in touch with us to follow our progress as we continue renovating the QCC through future phases and bring our vision to life. There’s alot of work to do!