STREET DREAMS CHICAGO

Our Mission

The mission of Street Dreams Chicago is to cultivate low-income entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses.

Street Dreams Chicago was born out of a belief that a community of naturally talented entrepreneurs, given the right resources, can create self-sufficient businesses that benefit themselves, their families, their community, and the whole city. 

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We support businesses by providing an affordable commercial office space, business formation assistance and access to learning opportunities. We focus primarily on providing resources to underserved communities of color and immigrant communities.

Our vision is that entrepreneurship will lead to financial freedom and allow entrepreneurs the opportunity to do what they love to do, while creating an innovative, vibrant and inclusive economic landscape.

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Our Features

Features

Inspired by the struggle that many 1st generation entrepreneurs face

Street Dreams Chicago was inspired by its current home, Chicago, IL. Known by many as a city with a large immigrant population, many of these city residents reside within economically vulnerable neighborhoods that thrive, in part, due to the many small informal businesses that serve the community. 

striving towards a more diverse and equitable business industry

Working-class people of color and immigrants, are highly underrepresented within the entrepreneurial sector.  Traditional forms of education often exclude content that exposes students to the basic fundamentals of entrepreneurship and as a viable alternative postsecondary career option.  

Creating real and lasting economic change

Most Street Dreams Chicago entrepreneurs approach their business as a pathway to economic freedom, seeking a way to take control of their economic lives and move away from wage-labor with a finite cap. The soft outcomes include deep community investment, hiring from within their local communities and a more robust, equitable and inclusive economy.