RE-Imagine

Metropolitan Southwest expands into Merrionette Park, building our capacity and broadening our reach in the Southwest suburbs

“When [people] see just how amazing we look here at Southwest – how bright it is, how cheerful, how wonderful it is – I feel like we’re now going to be able to offer our clients a little something more.”
Melissa Coleman
Case Manager at Metropolitan Southwest
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Metropolitan Southwest’s new Merrionette Park location expands our capacity to serve the needs of Southwest suburban families, with services spanning behavioral health, nurse home visiting, workforce development, legal aid, and domestic violence.

Maintaining a presence in Blue Island and Robbins through our collaboration with the United Way Neighborhood Network Initiative was important in building and maintaining a presence and trust with our communities, shares Pam Terrell, Executive Director of Metropolitan Southwest.

Given disinvestment in the areas, Pam and her staff talked extensively with their families, “just to make sure they knew we had their best interests in mind,” she says. “Even though we’re moving, we’re still immersed in that community and we have enhanced our partnerships.”

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“They say not to judge a book by its cover. Before … the book might’ve looked a little bit used, but when you opened the book, you got the best knowledge out of it. Now, the cover of the book matches what’s on the inside. That’s how I want people to see us: we’re the shiny penny through and through.”
Melissa Coleman
Case Manager at Metropolitan Southwest

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