- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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8 people are interested
Volunteer at ICA GreenRise during Open House Chicago
ORGANIZATION: Institute of Cultural Affairs
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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8 people are interested
Join the ICA GreenRise staff as we open our doors to the community for Open House Chicago!
The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago is a free public festival that offers behind-the-scenes access to more than 200 buildings across Chicago.
Volunteers will assist in counting visitors, providing information during tours and more!
Email Caitlin at Csarro@ica-usa.org with any questions.
Read more about our building below --------------------
ARCHITECTFugard and Knapp, 1921
ADDITIONB. Leo Steif, 1926
WEBSITEica-usa.org
DESCRIPTIONThis elegant white terra cotta Beaux-Arts building was built for the Mutual Insurance Company. It reached its current height with the addition of four floors in 1926. Long-time owner Kemper Insurance Group donated the 166,000-square-foot building to the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) in 1972. It was landmarked in 2013. Today, it's home to the largest one-stop social services center in the Midwest, with 25 different agencies serving more than 1,000 clients each week. Occupying the top portion of the building is a residential co-op organized around a shared commitment to sustainability. Environmentally-friendly features include indoor urban agriculture, a shared kitchen with composting system and a 150 kilowatt, 488-panel rooftop #solar array. The second largest roofmounted solar arry in the city!
BEHIND THE SCENES
See the former executive corner office, the eco-friendly community kitchen and one of the largest solar arrays in Chicago.
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About Institute of Cultural Affairs
Location:
4750 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60640, US
Mission Statement
The mission of the Institute of Cultural Affairs (USA) is to build a just and equitable society in harmony with Planet Earth through empowering cultural dimensions of the social process. ICA programs strengthen the capacities of organizations, communities, and individuals to build and implement innovative plans of action that draw upon assets and social capital in a collaborative manner.
Description
For over 50 years, The Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) has been a catalyst for positive social change. All of its work is grounded in a set of strategies which facilitate sustainable community development by drawing upon assets and social capital in a collaborative manner. Our programs, some of which are listed below, strengthen the capacities of individuals, organizations and communities to build and implement innovative plans of action.
- ICA GreenRise - Uptown Learning Laboratory acts as a demonstration site for living and working intentionally. It's currently establishing an energy efficient eco-system that aims to take the entire building off of the grid. With 485 solar panels GreenRise has the second largest installation in Chicago.
- accelerate 77 project works to increase the role and positive impact of local community actions. The underlying strategy is to identify current sustainability initiatives in all of Chicago’s 77 community areas; connect them with one another to inspire ideas, practices, self-consciousness & motivation through peer interchange; collaborate with residents in systematic learning, planning, & collective action.
- ToP designs, delivers, and teaches people to use simple, yet highly productive, group leadership processes through our group facilitation methods called the Technology of Participation (ToP).
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
4750 N. Sheridan RoadICA GreenRiseChicago, IL 60640
DATE POSTED
September 12, 2018
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Public Speaking
- Architecture
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Flexible but at least 2-4 hours