U. of C. student documentary highlights university’s complicated relationship with Hyde Park community
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Rose Kyoma Garrett, also known as Mother Rose, works in her longtime Hyde Park art and jewelry store Kilimanjaro International on May 23, 2023. The store has been selling art from American and African artists for over 30 years.
“That is what a small business does for the community,” Singh said. “It isn’t a place on a map. It’s the very dynamic mosaic of nods and smiles and interactions that you have with one another. It’s a living thing.” Wallace Goode Jr., former executive director of the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce and former associate dean of students and a representative of the Office of Campus and Student Life, was featured in the documentary and answered questions from the audience with other entrepreneurs and community leaders at the premiere.
U. of C., Hyde Park’s largest landowner, factors into the small-business equation when it comes to the impact as well. Over the years, as new businesses arrived, older businesses were relocated. Akroma Kourouma Sahan, owner of Sahan Motherland Salon & Spa,. She relocated and said it wasn’t easy, but she remains in Hyde Park. She jokes that after getting a hug from former President Barack Obama, she made peace with having to move.
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