Chicago Innovators: UChicago program connects South Side entrepreneurs to retail space

Andrea Polk, Peter Gaona and Tiffany Joi are the inaugural tenants at L1 in Washington Park, a retail space from the university’s Arts + Public Life initiative.

By Nereida Moreno
uchicago
Courtesy of Erin Venable
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Courtesy of Erin Venable

Chicago Innovators: UChicago program connects South Side entrepreneurs to retail space

Andrea Polk, Peter Gaona and Tiffany Joi are the inaugural tenants at L1 in Washington Park, a retail space from the university’s Arts + Public Life initiative.

By Nereida Moreno
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Three South Side entrepreneurs are taking up shop at L1, a converted retail space from the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life initiative that helps creatives expand their businesses.

Reset learns more about the program for the latest in our series “Chicago Innovators.”

GUESTS: Andrea Polk, owner of Solo Noir for Men and Zen Soul Apothecary

Erin Venable, assistant director of communications for Arts + Public Life at the University of Chicago