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MPC 2009 Annual Luncheon: Connecting the Dots: Metropolitan Chicago's Path to Prosperity

  • September 17, 2009

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Listen to this recording of MPC's 2009 Annual Luncheon, which featured a joint appearance by three members of President Obama’s Cabinet to discuss their interagency Sustainable Communities Partnership and other new federal initiatives to improve the nation's metro regions.

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