Solutions for strong, vibrant metropolitan regions

For 80 years, the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) has made the Chicago region a better place to live and work by partnering with businesses, communities and governments to address the area's toughest planning and development challenges. Our Annual Report explains how our work is having an impact—in Chicagoland and beyond.

Impact

While MPC works to solve today's urgent problems, we consistently think ahead to prepare the region for the needs of tomorrow. Our efforts are grounded in greater metropolitan Chicago, but our solutions can be put to work in cities and regions across the U.S. and around the world.

MPC at 80

The story of MPC's founding continues to inspire: During the 1934 World's Fair, a group of civic leaders moved a ramshackle home to the fairgrounds and renovated it in 24 hours, helping millions of people see it was possible to reinvent the city's deplorable housing conditions. That spirit of reinvention has driven us for eight decades, inspires others to support us—and is propelling our work into the future.

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Helping create competitive, equitable, and sustainable communities

For more than 80 years, the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) has made the Chicago region a better place to live and work by partnering with businesses, communities and governments to address the area's toughest planning and development challenges. MPC works to solve today's urgent problems while consistently thinking ahead to prepare the region for the needs of tomorrow. Read more about our work »

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