Chicago's Next
Creative District.
Where creativity builds community.
Media On Madison — the MOM District — is a new entertainment, production and creator-economy district taking shape on Chicago's West Side.
More than a development.
A Creative Ecosystem.
Media On Madison is an interconnected ecosystem where creators can create, produce, collaborate, perform, build audiences, manage intellectual property and participate in the economic value of their own work — all within one district.
Create
Opportunity
Connect
Community
Grow
Futures
Inside the Content Fulfillment Center (CFC)
Spaces That Create
Opportunity.
A state-of-the-art environment designed for creators, entrepreneurs and the community.
Infrastructure, aligned.
From Content Creation
to Creative Ownership.
MOM provides the physical infrastructure.
TAP provides the community and creator infrastructure.
IndyBuild provides the technology infrastructure.
The Altitude Program
A nonprofit content-management and licensing organization operating local Content Fulfillment Centers and expanding access to creative training, production resources and opportunity.
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IndyBuild
An AI-powered creator platform enabling artists to build their brands, engage audiences, manage and monetize intellectual property, and maintain greater ownership and control of their creative careers and earnings.
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CBC & CBS
Creative Capital Tools
Innovative financial tools designed to help creators unlock the long-term value of their content and participate in new forms of creative capital.
Together, we connect
the creative economy.
- Create
- Produce
- Own
- Value
- Monetize
- Grow
A Creative Destination
on Chicago's West Side.
Media On Madison is envisioned as a concentration of creative facilities, businesses and public spaces along the 4100–4200 blocks of West Madison Street — attracting creators, productions, visitors and investment while generating opportunity within West Garfield Park.
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Creative Jobs
Building pathways into film, media, technology and entertainment.
Creator Ownership
Helping artists participate in the long-term value of what they create.
Community Investment
Activating properties and attracting new economic activity to West Madison Street.
Cultural Destination
Establishing West Garfield Park as a place where Chicago creates, performs and innovates.
The Vision Is
Becoming Real.
With property acquisition, architectural and development planning, public-sector support, financing discussions, community programming and development partnerships underway, the MOM District is progressing from vision to reality.
A district being built in phases
Phase I
Content Fulfillment Center
Launch the physical and operational anchor.
Phase II
Production + Technology
Expand production infrastructure and creator technology.
Phase III
MOM District Expansion
Build the broader concentration of creative, commercial and community assets.
Fueling Creativity.
Building Community.
Growing Futures.
Media On Madison is about more than studios or buildings. It's about creating an infrastructure through which talent can gain access to the tools, relationships, ownership and opportunities to build sustainable creative careers.
The next chapter of
Chicago's creative economy
is being built on Madison.
