Chicago has a storied economic reputation for manufacturing, transportation, and distribution, but did you know that the Chicago Region is also a leader in the food and beverage industry? This blog post examines…
The EDA University Center @ UIC was launched in mid-December 2016 with a five-year investment by the federal Economic Development Administration (EDA). The EDA Center is housed in the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for…
This is the first of two blog posts exploring O*Net Online, and how it can be useful for workforce development agencies in advancing our green economy (Part II is here). The online tools and…
An earlier blog post described the online tools and information provided by O*NET Online. This post focuses on how workforce development agencies and potentially economic development policy makers could utilize O*NET data. The core mission of workforce development agencies…
Raising the minimum wage stands to impact Illinois workers’ ability to sustain families and cover expenses including high housing costs. Whether in the form of rent or mortgage payments and maintenance costs, housing…
by Andrew Greenlee (Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Janet Smith (Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago)|Posted on February 17, 2016
The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) launched its Plan for Transformation (pdf) (PFT) in 2000. This included demolishing and replacing most of the large family projects on Chicago’s south and west sides with lower density, mixed…
Chicago has an extensive transit system spanning seven different elevated train lines and hundreds of bus routes. Some of these lines run 24 hours a day. But how accessible is this transit wealth…
Since its adoption in 2003, Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO) has been an important mechanism for the creation of affordable rental and for-sale housing in private-market developments. Developments subject to the ARO are required to…
By: Lauren Nolan, AICP|Posted on September 22, 2015
On September 17th, the US Census Bureau released results from the latest American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is an ongoing annual survey administered by the US Census Bureau that provides vital information about the…