Help Rehome our Unhoused & Restore Gompers Park

The Restore Gompers Park Coalition needs your support.

Our Mission is to Rehome the Unhoused and Restore Gompers Park.

We are Mayfair neighbors working together, using our collective voices to ensure that the unhoused in the tent encampments in Gompers Park are rehomed in suitable housing - with access to wrap around services inclusive of mental health therapists, drug dependency counselors, employment assistance and case workers. And to see that Gompers Park is restored to the safe and nature-filled space it once was so that everyone can enjoy it.

We are asking for a minimum suggested $15 donation for a yard sign supporting this movement. Any additional funds will go toward offsetting printing costs, mailers sent to elected officials, holding community meetings along with activities designed to achieve our goal of an Accelerated Moving Event (AME) for the unhoused at Gompers Park. Once an AME is achieved, remaining funds will be donated to the restoration initiatives planned for Gompers Park.

The Restore Gompers Park Coalition was formed late July of 2024.

PHASE 1 of our plan involved collecting 450 petition signatures requesting an AME and submitting those with resident impact statements to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, the Deputy Commissioners of Department of Family & Support Services and Chicago Parks District and 39th Ward Alderman Samantha Nugent. A media outreach campaign launched 9/10 coinciding with the delivery of the petitions. News segments aired the week of 9/10 on ABC, NBC, WGN, Telemundo, and Nadig News. Our membership on Facebook (@RestoreGompersParkCoalition) is now over 315 members - focused on providing regular updates on this initiative along with specific Call-to-Actions to our members in engaging elected officials and governmental agencies.

Coalition members have also been attending key Chicago official meetings - including the Parks District Commissioners Mtg 9/11 where petition hard copies were personally delivered to Superintendent Escareno, COO Patrick Levar and Board of Commissioners.

PHASE 2: launched the week of 9/16. We are maintaining awareness with communications directed to elected officials, attendance at key commissioner meetings, along with planned events with media focused on shining a spotlight on this public safety crisis faced by the unhoused and local residents. This Coalition will continue to escalate awareness generating tactics until an AME is approved for Gompers Park.

Thank you for supporting the Restore Gompers Park Coalition in this important initiative.