" The Park West Community Association is an all-volunteer organization that is devoted to the service and well being of the community's residents. Over a span of four decades, the Association has successfully dedicated itself to these goals through a number of proactive initiatives; among them, supplying financial support to key local institutions, undertaking civic actions on the community's behalf, and producing social events that strengthen the bonds between the neighborhood's residents."

"Since 1997 Park West Ceramics has been providing handbuilding and wheelthrowing pottery classes for beginners and advanced students in the Chicago area. Class environment is both friendly and constructive. Beginners can learn at their own pace while advance students can be challenged to think objectively about their work."