Giving back to the community has been a core value of the Chicago Bears for a century, and through the Bears’ Community Relations Department and Bears Care, which is the team’s charitable arm, they have have been focusing on doing things to build up the Chicagoland area with a nod towards those with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Back in May the Bears announced an investment of $611,000 to go towards building a brand new Healthy Lifestyle Hub to be developed by the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation (GAGDC) on Chicago’s South Side, and in October they finally got started on the construction of the facility that would house a high-tech test kitchen and training center, both of which will be sponsored by the Bears, health clinics, a restaurant, a fitness center, a Bank of America, and a Black-owned pharmacy.