Chicagoland Case: A Region Learns to Help Itself-
- For nearly 100 years, through the 1980s, Chicago’s south suburbs were rich with opportunity. Steel mills and rail yards powered metropolitan Chicago’s economy, putting the local workforce in high demand. As the nation transitioned to a service-based economy – decades before the…
- Hundreds take survey to help shape Gary and Region Investment Project
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- More than 800 residents of Northwest Indiana took the Gary and Region Investment Project (GRIP) survey between Oct. 27 and Dec. 5, 2010, providing critical feedback to help the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) and The Times Media Company further sharpen the focus of GRIP, a regional initiative…
- APA-IL award winners showcase benefits of planning
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- Congratulations to the winners of the American Planning Association (APA)-Illinois Chapter's Annual Awards!
The chapter's tagline – "Making Great Communities Happen" – is perhaps the most tangible among many reasons why good planning is so important. Other good reasons include, but are…
- MarySue's Midweek Links
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- This week, my staff and I are busy preparing for the Metropolitan Planning Council’s 2010 Annual Luncheon, next Monday, June 21, at noon, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Through our emcee Lynn Sweet, the Sun-Times dynamo D.C. bureau chief, we will ask our speakers – Illinois’ U.S.…
- Chicago region answers Obama’s call for innovative ways to support sustainable metropolitan development
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- (Chicago) … At the Metropolitan Planning Council’s (MPC) 2009 Annual Luncheon in September, MPC President MarySue Barrett moderated a panel discussion with U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, HUD’s Shelley Poticha, and White House Office of…
Every drop counts-
“Before the Wells Run Dry,” a half-day forum hosted by MPC and Openlands on Oct. 13, drove home one key message: ‘Water waste and inefficiency we can solve; water scarcity is something our region must avert.’
MPC launches Placemaking technical assistance project at 26th and Federal streets on Chicago's Near South Side-
MPC adds a community green space to its list of Placemaking Chicago technical assistance projects.
Cabinet secretaries discuss federal reforms to support metro regions at record-breaking MPC Annual Luncheon-
MPC's 2009 Annual Luncheon featured a conversation with officials from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about their new Sustainable Communities Partnership, and Chicago's role as a laboratory for change.
- Three Cabinet secretaries to discuss new era of federal-metro collaboration at MPC Annual Luncheon Sept. 17 in the Loop
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- Metropolitan Planning Council will share models from metro Chicago with secretaries and White House Office of Urban Affairs Director Adolfo Carrión, to inform the Obama administration’s Sustainable Communities Partnership and other plans to support local
What would you ask the three U.S. Cabinet secretaries keynoting MPC’s Annual Luncheon?-
What changes would you like to see at the federal level to support innovation in your own community? Share your questions and ideas with MPC, and help shape the discussion at our Sept. 17 Annual Luncheon.