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The Great Communities Collaborative: Adapting a New Model for Sustainable Place-Based Investment

April 27, 2010

Listen to MPC's April 27, 2010, "Great Communities Collaborative" roundtable, featuring Shelley Poticha, Ngoan Le, Randy Blankenhorn, and Leigh Morris discussing how to utilize place-based and transit-oriented investment through a high level of cooperation and coordination among the public and private sectors.

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Livable Communities Act S 1619 and HR 4690: Federal framework to promote local competitiveness and sustainability

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Mar 3, 2010

The Livable Communities Act (S 1619 and HR 4690) would provide a multi-year authorization for federal sustainability initiatives. The bill authorizes $4 billion over four years for regional planning and challenge grants to make communities more livable, and eliminates federal barriers to…

Improving Housing-Transportation Linkages: Learning from listening sessions in Atlanta and Minneapolis-St. Paul

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Feb 23, 2010

On March 26, 2010, MPC joined representatives from the Center for Housing Policy, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. and ULI Minnesota in Live at the Forum to discuss recent listening sessions MPC and the Center convened in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., and Atlanta, Ga.. These…

Advancing Livability Principles: Federal Investment Reform Lessons from the Chicagoland Experience

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Oct 30, 2009

During a time of historic economic change, the strength of the Chicagoland region – or any region across the nation, for that matter -- depends on smart federal investment strategies. As more and more communities need resources to fund outdated infrastructure, deal with the foreclosure…

Federal incentives fueling Illinois progress

By Robin Snyderman
Jan 12, 2010

While social and economic progress never moves as quickly as policy reformers and advocates wish, the State of Illinois’ 2010 Comprehensive Housing Plan underscores how federal incentives can fuel local innovation. Congratulations are in order for the state and its innovative plan, which…

MPC and partners answer Obama’s call for innovative ways to support sustainable metropolitan development

By Kim Grimshaw Bolton
Oct 23, 2009

In October, citiwire.net, an online pool of news and opinions from thought leaders on sustainable metropolitan development compiled by nationally syndicated columnist Neal Pierce, published a commentary from MPC President MarySue Barrett. She wrote about the Chicago visit of four high-ranking…

Cabinet secretaries discuss federal reforms to support metro regions at record-breaking MPC Annual Luncheon

Sep 17, 2009

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.

There's money to be made by living near transit

By MarySue Barrett
Aug 20, 2010

The other day on the El, I noticed an advertisement prominently promoting the web site LivebyTransit.com. Like a bee to honey, I typed the address into my Blackberry to check it out. Turns out New Urban Property Services, which bills itself as “Chicago’s only Transit-Oriented Real…

Senate Banking Committee to mark up Livable Communities Act

By Samantha DeKoven
Aug 2, 2010

Update: The Livable Communities Act passed out of committee and heads to the Senate floor. As communities and regions across the country craft proposals to apply for Sustainable Communities Initiative funding, the Senate Banking committee is preparing to mark-up the Livable Communities Act,…

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail

By Dominic Tocci
Jul 9, 2010

I remember this turn of phrase from one of those classic cardboard motivational signs that adorned the classroom walls of my elementary school. Its clever inversion has stuck with me all these years. And it came to mind this past weekend as I was thinking about both the holiday being celebrated…

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