Why Beverly Hills/Morgan Park?

Special Service Areas – SSA 20 / SSA 44

For more than 28 years, the Special Service Area (SSA) program in Chicago has provided communities with the financial means to create, maintain and manage competitive commercial districts.

​SSAs are local property tax districts that provide funding for enhanced services and programs—such as landscaping, sidewalk cleaning and debris removal, sidewalk snow removal, area branding and neighborhood identification—in communities across Chicago. The Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) contracts with local nonprofits, typically chambers of commerce or business associations, as service providers to administer the program. The mayor appoints a local commission made up of SSA property owners and tenants to oversee the service provider and determine SSA services and budgets annually.

​SSA funds are controlled locally, must stay in the community and must be spent on services that achieve the mission of the particular SSA. Similar SSA programs operate in more than 50 areas throughout the city of Chicago and have been credited with enhancing neighborhood vitality.

​The MPBHBA is the service provider for SSA 20 (Western Avenue); SSA 44 (103rd Street and Walden Parkway and also 99th Street and Walden Parkway). In this role, we work with each commission to determine and coordinated needed services. These tasks may include hiring subcontractors to fulfill the SSA services, We generate program reports to the DPD, SSA commissions, local aldermen and the community. We also assist with the recruitment of SSA commissioners, who determine the SSA budgets and services annually.

2026 Commission Meeting Schedule

SSA 20:

• Feb. 25, 9 am, AndySunflower Cafe, 9920 S. Western Ave.
• May 20, 9 am, AndySunflower Cafe, 9920 S. Western Ave.
• July 8, 9 am, AndySunflower Cafe, 9920 S. Western Ave.
• Oct. 21, 9 am, AndySunflower Cafe, 9920 S. Western Ave.

SSA 44:

• Feb. 25, 10 am, Calabria Imports, 1905 W. 103rd St.
• May 20, 10 am, Calabria Imports, 1905 W. 103rd St.
• July 8, 10 a.m., Calabria Imports, 1905 W. 103rd St.
• Oct. 21, 10 am, Calabria Imports, 1905 W. 103rd St.

If any of our meetings are rescheduled, we will publish the new date and time on our website 10 days prior to the new meeting date. Please direct any questions to Davia Douglas. 

Requests for Proposals

SSA 20 Sidewalk & Landscape Maintenance Contract

SSA 44 Sidewalk & Landscape Maintenance Contract