- How the next president will maximize metro potential
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- At MPC's 2008 Annual Luncheon, surrogates for presidential nominees McCain and Obama presented their candidates' plans for addressing metropolitan concerns.
- Housing 1-2-3: A Workbook for Local Officials and Community Leaders
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- Housing 1-2-3 is the fourth in a series of workbooks to help local governments with planning and development issues. Sensible Tools for Healthy Communities, released in 2004, leads local and elected officials through the development process using 10 principles of sensible growth. Planning 1-2-3, released in 2006, is a step-by-step guide to comprehensive planning in Illinois. Retail 1-2-3, released in 2007, describes tools for attracting and retaining retail businesses and development.
- Back to the Drawing Board? Revisiting local housing strategies during the market meltdown
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- Following the dramatic downturn in the housing market, local advocates and policymakers gathered to re-assess the primary housing policy initiatives they relied upon for many years. Suburban workforce housing, the Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation, and employer-assisted housing were…
- Calling all visionaries: MPC seeks nominations for 2008 Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning
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- The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) is calling for nominations for the Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning, which for 19 years has recognized superior plans that have resulted in sensible growth and development in the Chicago region.
- National attention to employer-assisted housing
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- MPC and its employer-assisted housing work are featured in the inaugural podcast of Housingpolicy.org and at the recent APA Conference in Nevada.
- A better way to spend money
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- In the tradition of Rocky and Bullwinkle, MPC believes it is not the size of a state capital package that matters, but how you spend it.
- Inclusionary zoning and housing trust fund on the books in St. Charles
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- Far west suburban city becomes the next in a string of Chicagoland communities to incorporate inclusionary zoning as a strategy to tap residential market activity, leverage public-private partnerships, and promote the local development of mixed-income housing.
- Employer-Assisted Housing Resources
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- A wealth of information on employer assisted housing programs for business leaders and other stakeholders
- Third annual mayors and homebuilders forum offers glimpse at possible collaborations
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- More than 60 regional mayors and homebuilders gather in Schaumburg in December to discuss strategies for cooperation and partnerships on housing.
- Home Grown 2007
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- Home Grown: Local Housing Strategies in Action, the "living" collection of housing best practices implemented by local governments throughout the Chicago metropolitan region, has been updated for 2007.
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