At the start of the second industrial revolution, Chicago was home to many workers from the Union Stock Yard meat packing industry located in what is now known as the Back of the Yards neighborhood. As business grew, so did the need for housing, leading to the development of a new neighborhood, Englewood. For years, the neighborhood was prosperous and was home to the second largest business corridor in the city. During the Great Migration, much of that changed. Racially Restrictive Covenants forced African Americans to live in the Black Belt, and the eastern side of Englewood slowly transformed, paving the way for the prominently African American community that exists in Englewood today. Inevitably, due to disinvestment stemming from harsh FHA sanctioned policy during the Great Migration, the town began to deteriorate, and has remained in a state of decay for decades. Businesses and residences were abandoned and much of the neighborhood is desolate. The economy is stagnant, and many of the residents remain unemployed. The crime rate is amongst the worst in the city, and gang violence plagues the streets at night. Englewood has fallen victim to many urban ills. The goal of this project is to reverse some of those issues through designing new public spaces and Mixed-Income Housing. In providing the residents of Englewood with safe outdoor recreational spaces, a local source of healthy food, community gardens and markets, equal opportunity housing, job opportunity and social services, the community will be given the tools to repair itself. The question remains: What will attract local residents and small business owners from across the entire neighborhood of Englewood, what will keep them safe? What will keep them connected?

Project Thesis (D. Min.)--Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary, 1985. / LAMP's How to study the Bible reproduced as Appendix A: leaves 140-261; Leader's guide reproduced as Appendix B: leaves 262-325; Study leader's manual reproduced as Appendix C: leaves 326-424; Lay Action Ministry Program, Inc. reproduced as Appendix D: leaves 425-432. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 437-447).

Project (D. Min.)--Iliff School of Theology, 2004. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-177).

Project Thesis (D. Min.)--Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary, 1985. / LAMP's How to study the Bible reproduced as Appendix A: leaves 140-261; Leader's guide reproduced as Appendix B: leaves 262-325; Study leader's manual reproduced as Appendix C: leaves 326-424; Lay Action Ministry Program, Inc. reproduced as Appendix D: leaves 425-432. This is an electronic reproduction of TREN, #090-0184. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 437-447).

Project (D. Min.)--Iliff School of Theology, 2004. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-177).

Project (D. Min.)--Iliff School of Theology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-99).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Iliff School of Theology, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-95).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Iliff School of Theology, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-95).

Project (D. Min.)--Iliff School of Theology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-99).

Efforts to maintain a relationship to food pathways have been consistent throughout U.S. history despite the general evolution towards an increasingly industrialized food system. Urban agriculture serves as a means of reclaiming and furthering knowledge of where food comes from while also addressing larger social, economic, and environmental goals. This has been demonstrated in Chicago where urban farmers have worked to improve food access, increase employment, and revitalize communities all across the city. For many years, federal policies have promoted maximum production of commodity crops and kept supermarket prices low, allowing the government to ignore the impacts these policies are having on local economies, the environment, and public health. State and municipal policies have been similarly unsympathetic to any efforts to subvert the industrial food system. However, the individuals and organizations working to promote urban agriculture in Chicago demonstrate how community activism can break through these obstacles, and create fertile ground for the movement to grow. Chicago is recognized as a national leader in the urban agriculture movement, and the city is becoming an increasingly accommodating place for urban agriculture to thrive. In this thesis I describe the progress some of these urban farmers have made in Chicago, and emphasize how community engagement and support has played a crucial role in achieving this progress; I also discuss obstacles that have prevented the movement from attaining certain goals; and explore the implications of what it would mean for agriculture to change the landscape of a city.