- 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…
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.
- August Media Tips
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- MPC welcomes three Cabinet secretaries for Sept. 17 Annual Luncheon
Capping off a recent day-long discussion on the future of America’s metropolitan areas with the White House Office of Urban Affairs and Domestic Policy Council, President Barack Obama announced that members of his…
Northwest Indiana takes to heart Burnham’s famous appeal, “Make no little plans….”-
The Marquette Plan, Northwest Indiana’s ambitious plan to revitalize and protect its Lake Michigan shoreline, reflects many of the ideals embodied in Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago. The plan earned MPC’s prestigious Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning in 2007.
- Reinventing investment for a more livable Chicago region
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The second event of the MPC-CAF summer discussion series, "Reinventing Public Investment", focused on how federal policies in housing, transportation and economic development have shaped decisions and community development in the Chicago Region.
- Placemaking Chicago Technical Assistance Application
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- MPC is currently accepting applications for a Placemaking Technical Assistance project for a park or garden in Chicago.
