GREATER ROCKWELL ORGANIZATION

We’re a Chicago neighborhood organization here to help our neighbors engage with their community! We are actively working to build a safe, friendly, and beautiful neighborhood in which everyone can grow and thrive.

National Good Neighbor Day

National Good Neighbor Day - Monday, September 28

Find out more about connecting with others at National Good Neighbor Day.

In the spirit of forging stronger connections, we’re introducing two exciting new website features to help us connect with our neighbors.

New Community Calendar

A new way to view what’s going on in the neighborhood! A calendar of events from many organizations around the neighborhood in one place sorted into categories you can search and filter to find just what you’re looking for.

Greater Rockwell Organization - Library of Things (GRO LOT)

Borrow what you need, share what you’re not using! We all have things we don’t use every day and might share with neighbors who would love to borrow it. Here’s where you can ask your neighbors if they have what you need, or you can just list things you have and are willing to lend if the timing works. Check out the brand new site to learn more.

CORE COMMITTEES

Cluster of purple allium flowers surrounded by green foliage in a garden bed.

VOLUNTEERS
WANTED

Corner Gardens
Children and adults gathered at a park during a sunny day, with a colorful piñata in the center and playground equipment in the background.

VOLUNTEERS
WANTED

Community Events
Group of people in safety vests and helmets working together to dig and move soil during a construction or community infrastructure project on a city sidewalk.
Urban Development
A park scene showing trees with green and pink leaves, a playground with children and adults, a sign that reads 'Jacob Park,' picnic tables, and children's toys on a sunny day.
Stewardship

Join Us!

Do you have 2-3 extra hours per month? We are seeking talent to help us with our social media, newsletters, and website.

Email president@thegreaterrockwell.org to find out how you can help.

No time to volunteer? You can still help by becoming a member. Membership dues are the donations we need to keep doing what we do.

Become a Member

UPCOMING EVENTS + MEETINGS

Attend a GRO Meeting!

Our meetings are informal and feature hyper-local information.

After 40+ years, we are changing our meeting dates! We now meet the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 P.M. We have also moved our meetings to Waters Elementary Annex located at 4540 N Campbell Ave. Click on the calendar item below to add our meeting to your personal calendar.

We hope to see you soon!

Follow us!

Neighbors! Help us stock the Friendship Center's shelves with diapers and menstrual products! Open boxes are ok to donate too! Donate at 3 locations across the Rockwell Brown Line corridor! Thanks! :)
I lost count, but there are at least 5 new bumpouts in GRO territory! These bumpouts are installed along Sunnyside at Maplewood, Campbell, and Artesian. Thank you, @aldermanmattmartin for prioritizing pedestrian safety! Our students at Waters and Que
We are raising funds again to SAVE YOUR ASH! The invasive emerald ash borer eats the bark of your beautiful parkway ash trees, and eventually kills the tree. If you want to prevent your trees from looking like this, please consider donating to our
Coming soon to an ash tree near you: scary (but truthful!) signs warning of impending doom! The emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle that is decimating the ash tree population across the Midwest. Over 30 percent of GRO's tree canopy is ash - we c
Phew! It took a lot of planning, and then a long afternoon of planting, but we've got *FOUR* new corner gardens along Sunnyside at Rockwell and Campbell. Our gardener helper Alex selected native plants that should thrive at each of these locations.
These plants are ready to go! The boxes may *look* like ordinary kitty litter containers, but these are so much more. We have 13 corner gardeners adding 120+ native plants to the neighborhood! The purchase of these plants is funded by your membersh