WEEK.
>>> PARIS GO BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS.
NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH
JOANNE WHO SPEND THE DAY IN
NORTH LAWN DALE AS PART OF OUR
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
>>Reporter: THANKS.
WE ARE NOW HERE WITH MIKE
TROUT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
WYE MAN THANKS FOR JOINING
DAUGHTER.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
GREAT.
>>Reporter: START OFF WITH
ROBERT.
HE SHARED HIS STORY.
HOW HE HAD A VISION ABOUT THE
BIKE BOX.
HOW HAS THAT FEELING BEEN FOR
TO YOU WATCH HIM GROW UP.
YOU WATCHED HIM SINCE HE WAS A
KID.
NOW HE'S IN HIS 30'S.
AND HE'S COME BACK TO RUN THE
BIKE BOX.
HOW IS THAT FEELING FOR YOU.
>> WE ARE SO PROUD OF ROBERT
AS WELL AS THE OTHER
INDIGENOUS EMERGING LEADERS
FROM THE NORTH LAWN DALE
COMMUNITY USING THE GIFTS TO
REINVEST AND MAKE THIS A
SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
>>Reporter: TELL ME A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE BIKE
BOX STARTED TO COME ABOUT.
>> ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS
ABOUT NORTH LAWN DALE IS THE
COLLABORATIVE WAY STAKE
HOLDERS AND INSTITUTION WORK
TOGETHER.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A VISION
OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BUT THEN
WE HAD OTHER GROUP COME ON
BOARD.
YOU CAN.
POXING OUT NEGLECT ACTIVITY.
WORKING BIKES AND WE ALL WORK
TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS VISION
OF HAVING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
COULD COME AND ACCESS BIKES
FOR FREE.
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT AND
RIDE THROUGHOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>>Reporter: AS YOU SEEN A
DIFFERENCE?
HAVE YOU SEEN MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE RIDING BIKES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
10 YEARS AGO YOU WOULD RARELY
SEE A BIKE IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE RIDING
BIKE.
NEW BIKE LANES.
THE CITY HAS INCESTED
RESOURCES.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE NORTH
LAWN DALE THE MOST BIKE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO.
>>Reporter: WHY IS THIS
IMPORTANT FOR YOU AND EVERYONE
ELSE THAT PARTICIPATED.
>> WELL MY WIFE IS A SCIENCE
TEACHER SO SHE WOULD SAY
MECHANICAL NORMAL.
PEOPLE OUT AND ACTIVE AND
DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING
BLOCK OF ANY COMMUNITY ARE THE
RELATIONSHIPS AND IT'S
DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING
A CAR OR BUS OR TRAIN.
TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
WHEN ON A BIKE GOING THROUGH
THE CITY STREETS.
NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
YOU ARE SEEING GRANDMA ON THE
PORCH.
GUY WALK DOG.
KIDS GO TO SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S THE WAY WE BUILD
COMMUNITY.
BY BUILDING THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AND GETTING ON
BIKES.
DIFFERENCE US ACCESS NOT ONLY
TO ENJOYING THE APPRECIATING
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILDING
THE KEY RELATIONSHIPS.
>>Reporter: RIGHT NEXT DOOR
TO THE BIKE BOX THERE'S A
COMMUNITY GARDEN MADE OUT OF A
CONTAINER AS WELL.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE
COLLABORATION BETWEEN WYE MAN
AND THE CHICAGO ARCHITECT
BIANNUAL.
>> YES THEY CAME TO US AND
SAID WE LOVE THE BIKE BOX
IDEA.
THE CAMEER YOU HAVE HERE.
NOT ONLY CAN YOU IMPORTANT
0BIKE BUT FIX BIKE AND
PURCHASE BIKE HERE.
WHAT IF WE TAKE A CONTAINER
AND DESIGN AN ART
INSTALLATION, ARCHITECT ART
INSTALLATION USING THE
CONTAINER MOTIF SO THEY HAD AN
ARTIST FROM NEW YORK AND CUT
UP THE CONTAINER.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL JUST SHARED
SPACE FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
FOR YOGA OR ART CLASSES.
FOR COMMUNITY XWAVT ERTION
THEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR
STUDENTS PAINTED ADDED KLOSH
TO THE PROJECT.
SO IT WAS A COLLABORATION
BETWEEN OUTSIDE ARTIST AND
ARCHITECT EXPERTS AND THE KIDS
OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>>Reporter: LAST PERSON I
WANT TO ASK YOU HERE.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF
WYE MAN AND HAVE LIVED HERE
FOR MANY YEARS.
HOW DO YOU AIM TO REACH YOUTH
IN NORTH LAWN DALE.
>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.
AND WE WORK WITH 300 YOUTH
EVERY YEAR AND RECENTLY YOUTH
ARE NOT PROBLEM BUT THE GOAL
IS TO ADEQUATELY EQUIP THEM TO
BECOME THE LEADERS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE BELIEVE THE ANSWER TO NORTH
LAWN DALE ARE ALREADY HERE.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PROVIDE
THE INVESTMENT IN THE YOUNG
PEOPLE AND WATCH THEM GROW IN
THEIR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.
>>Reporter: HOW DOES IT MAKE
YOU FEEL AGAIN WHEN YOU WATCH
THEM GROW AND COME BACK AND
THEY HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT
POSITIONS?
POSITIONS THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T
THINK THEY COULD OBTAIN.
>> WELL, IT'S OUR MISSION AS
YOUNG MEN EDUCATION NETWORK
AND PERSONAL PASSION.
SO YES TO SEE THEM TAKE OVER.
POSITION OF COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP BRINGS ME GREAT
JOY.
>>Reporter: THANKS FOR
JOINING US MIKE.
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