After School Matters Michael and Karyn Lutz Family Center

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition

Chicago,
IL
(2017)

After School Matters Michael and Karyn Lutz Family Center

Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Youth and Families, Youth Program

The renovation an existing 36,000 sq. ft. building to be used by After School Matters for after school and summer programming for teens in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $6,000,000
Total Project Cost: $10,602,025

IMPACT

15 FTE jobs
55 construction jobs
36,000 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

Bank of America, Chicago Community Loan Fund

Investor

Bank of America

Project Description

This project involved renovation an existing 36,000 sq. ft. building to be used by After School Matters for after school and summer programming for teens in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. The building is called the Michael and Karyn Lutz Family Center, and the building serves approximately 1,000 teens every year.

MAP

Address: 3435 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641

Census Tract: 17031151002

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