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MPC and ULI Chicago Roundtable—Cook County Land Bank: Returning Vacant Land to Productive Use
  • Audio
  • Feb 11, 2013
Audio recording of the Feb. 7, 2013 MPC and ULI Chicago roundtable on the Cook County Land Bank. A video recording is also available.
Managing Single-Family Rental Homes (White Paper)
  • Publication
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  • Jan 24, 2013
Second edition, June 2013 As the foreclosure crisis enters its seventh year, a growing number of single-family homes in the Chicago metropolitan area – some already foreclosed, some in the process of foreclosure – are being rented. Some are being rented by people who have lost their…
MPC Roundtable - The Future of Interjurisdictional Collaboration, a New Model for Housing and Community Development
Presentation from an MPC roundtable on the future of interjurisdictional collabortation.
MPC Roundtable - The Future of Interjurisdictional Collaboration, a New Model for Housing and Community Development
Full audio recording of the Dec. 2012 Interjurisdictional Collaboration roundtable. A video recording is also available.
2012 Annual Luncheon: Discussion with Mayors Freeman-Wilson and Barrett
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, Ind. and Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, Wisc. join MPC President MarySue Barrett for a discussion about priorities and opportunites for regional collaboration. Topics include transportation, natural resources, economic development, and challenges to…
Aurora Health Care Employer-Assisted Housing Program
Through a partnership with Select Milwaukee, Aurora Health Care has helped more than 350 employees buy homes in Milwaukee, Wisc. The hospital provides $3,000 in down payment assistance, as well as financial and homebuyer counseling (services provided by the nonprofit Select Milwaukee). Benefits to…
Recommendations for Integrated Water Resources Planning in Lake Zurich
  • Publication
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  • Jun 6, 2012
Water itself knows no political boundaries. Rivers flow from one community to another, aquifers span entire regions, rain falls where it will. Yet water resources management is inherently political. Northeastern Illinois’ 284 municipalities plan and implement many facets of water supply,…
Home Energy Renovations for Employees
Up to $6,000 for home energy improvements Many employers in metropolitan Chicago have experienced the benefits of investing in employer-assisted housing (EAH), through which they assist their employees to buy or rent homes near work. Empllyer benefits include improved company morale, increased…
2012 Plan for Prosperity: Innovative Solutions for the New Normal
  • Publication
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  • Jan 12, 2012
To read MPC's 2012 Plan for Prosperity, download the file. The following is MPC President MarySue Barrett's introductory letter. Sometimes, things aren’t what they seem. For decades, the United States enjoyed what appeared to be boundless economic expansion. Consumers spent and borrowed…
Karla Olson Teasley's Presentation at 11/17 Utilities Roundtable
On Nov. 17, MPC hosted the third event in its infrastructure roundtable series, All Systems Go: Engineering Sustainable Utility Solutions, which focused on water, gas, and power utilities. Karla Olson Teasley, MPC Resource Board member and President of Illinois American Water, presented Illinois'…

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