“Boxville” is Chicago’s first street food market and container mall, serving Bronzeville residents and visitors with unique products & services. Boxville offers community entrepreneurs affordable spaces for building enterprises & creating jobs.
Beginnings
The Boxville effort began in 2014 with a single shipping container — the Bronzeville Bike Box. The Bike Box offers neighbors and commuters with bike sales and repair services, meeting their needs for transportation and community.
Boxville was born in 2017 out of the overwhelming support of the Bike Box concept with the addition of 4 shipping containers and the recruitment of 15 local businesses. It quickly became a thriving weekly market, doubling its footprint again in 2018 with the addition of Neighborhood Square, which provides space for the community to gather as well as a venue for cultural celebrations and programming.
Since then, the development has continued to grow. Today Boxville is a year-round operation with 17 shipping containers and the capacity to host up to 20 enterprises on site.
