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MPC staff, volunteers explore how region’s shifting demographics will affect growth and development

• By MarySue Barrett
• Feb 2, 2012

On January 26th, I was lucky to participate in a forum to learn from six sharp minds and then discuss the implications with my colleagues. Here’s what I learned about the metropolitan Chicago based on 2010 Census data: A greater percentage of Chicago-area residents are 65 or older. A…

Value Capture Case Studies: San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center

• By Chrissy Mancini Nichols
• Jan 27, 2012

Value Capture Case Studies is an ongoing series highlighting ways in which cities and regions across the country are using value capture mechanisms to fund transportation plans. These case studies present novel learnings for the Chicago region as it grapples with how to pay for necessary…

Placemaking Case Study: Westhaven Park Community Garden

• By Marisa Novara
• Jan 23, 2012

MPC Research Assistant Kirsten Westergren authored this post. Placemaking Principle #9: Start with the petunias Complete with night-light installations and fruits and vegetables of all kinds, the now green 100’x130’ lot in the middle of the Westhaven Park housing development…

Value capture case studies: What is value capture?

• By Chrissy Mancini Nichols
• Jan 23, 2012

At MPC’s November 2011 roundtable on innovative financing tools for transportation funding, the Brookings Institution’s Rob Puentes offered sage advice for elected officials and policy makers: “We’ve run out of money. It’s time to start thinking!” he said. …

Gary: ‘The next comeback story of the Rust Belt’

• By Mandy Burrell Booth
• Dec 14, 2011

Gary, Ind., Mayor-elect Karen Freeman-Wilson thinks her city is ready to tell a different story – and she’s not alone: Some 500 people from Gary, Northwest Indiana and greater metropolitan Chicago filled the Genesis Center on Tuesday, Dec. 13, for “Gary: City of Promise,” a…

MPC by the Numbers: 2011 Edition

• By Mandy Burrell Booth
• Dec 7, 2011

It's that time again, the season when we take stock of all we've accomplished in the past 12 months and make plans for what we hope to achieve in the coming year. While there's something exciting about a brand-new calendar, filled with nothing but promise, taking a few moments to look back is…

Multi-town collaboration is now an imperative

• By Dominic Tocci
• Nov 22, 2011

Almost five years ago, when MPC first started exploring interjurisdictional approaches to housing issues, the work was driven by common sense. Why should every town in our region try to tackle its housing challenges individually, especially when the issues – not to mention housing markets…

Paving the way for multi-town collaboration

• By Mandy Burrell Booth
• Nov 8, 2011

More than 100 community leaders, policy advocates and decision-makers gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, to hear about successes, identify challenges, and discuss next steps for interjurisdictional collaboration, a burgeoning model to support high-impact…

Senate releases MAP-21 transportation bill proposal

• By Peter Skosey
• Nov 8, 2011

Chrissy Nichols co-authored this article. Late last Friday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) released Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), which is the Senate highway portion of the next federal surface transportation bill. While we’re still a long…

Mi Parque wins Placemaking prize in Apps for Metro Chicago, Illinois

• By Mandy Burrell Booth
• Oct 17, 2011

Mi Parque App Demo from Mindy Faber on Vimeo. Drumroll, please! MPC is pleased to announce the winner of our Placemaking apps contest is … Mi Parque! Residents of Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood on the city’s southwest side are working to transform a 23-acre capped…

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