Healthier, sustainable community through empowered people participating as citizens, building on community assets.

Programs

• Adaptive Reuse and Sustainable Development
  We advocate for sustainable reuse and development of at-risk properties in our community. Our work on award-winning work with brownfield remediation is setting the standard for approaches to urban redevelopment that doesn't leave indigenous stakeholders behind.
  
  
• Office and Retail Leasing
  Bethel New Life has conveniently located retail space for community-based and privately owned businesses. This promotes the development of resources, wealth creation, and retention within the community. We offer amenities for community based organizations, small schools, and churches.
  
  
• Real Estate Development
  The Real Estate Division offers services to assist residents in obtaining rental properties or home ownership.

  Notable Accomplishments

  • Built, sold and closed on twelve single family homes, rehabbed and converted 24 affordable condos, and constructed Keystone Homes - 7 new homes in partnership with Keystone Baptist Church
  • Pre-development planning and work on new projects: Parkside Estates II - 9 new condo units
  • Planned and managed the construction of the Lake Pulaski Smart Green Building at a Transit stop
  • Chosen by Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission to complete a community mapping program (Full Circle) for Austin and West Garfield in a two and a half year project
  • Offered landlord/tenant trainings and homeownership workshops to over 200 individuals as a part of a City Housing Resource Center contract
  • Provided homeownership workshops and individual counseling to over 600 people
  • Selected by Freddie Mac to be a major Chicago site for the "Dispel the Myths" pilot program, with monthly workshops for interested homebuyers in partnership with NHS and Money Management International
  • Received a New Markets Tax Credit allocation of $4 million from the U.S. Treasury for investment in real estate projects in the community

  Join us in congratulating Bethel New Life on 25 years of excellence.  Since 1979, Bethel has been transforming lives and communities on the west side of Chicago.  Their many support programs and affordable housing initiatives have helped strengthen a historically underserved community within our great city.
  —Daniel J. Walsh, President, The Walsh Group
  —David K. Hill, Chairman, Kimball Hill Homes