SUSTAINABLE CHICAGO GEOTHERMAL A CHICAGO-BASED COALITION OF COMMUNITY, CITY, LABOR, AND ENERGY LEADERS IS SEEKING TO EVALUATE AND DEMONSTRATE AN EQUITABLE AND JUST TRANSITION TO BUILDING DECARBONIZATION IN DENSE, URBAN ENVIRONMENTS IN COLD CLIMATES. THE COALITION SEEKS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY OF WEST WOODLAWN, A DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, TO FURTHER THE COMMUNITY’S GOALS TO GENERATE LOCAL ENERGY AND CREATE LOCAL WEALTH. THE PROJECT IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY’S SUSTAINABLE SQUARE MILE EFFORT, LAUNCHED IN 2010, AND CENTERED AROUND THE EFFORT TO BUILD A LOCAL LIVING ECONOMY WHERE MOST CORE NEIGHBOR NEEDS ARE MET WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE AND WHERE VISITORS ARE GROUNDED IN LOCAL CURRENCY, CULTURE, ENERGY, GOODS, AND KNOWLEDGE.