Tag: LISC/Chicago

A transit-oriented development roundup from LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program

A transit-oriented development roundup from LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program

A new Mayoral Candidates Brief (PDF) issued by LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program identifies 34 projects and programs throughout the city "that ca [...]
An upbeat view of Auburn Gresham

An upbeat view of Auburn Gresham

Residents of Chicago's affluent north lakefront neighborhoods often cringe at the mention of the neighborhoods they only know from reading the crime [...]
Valerie Jarrett on comprehensive community development

Valerie Jarrett on comprehensive community development

One of the videos YouTube recommends for us this afternoon -- perhaps because of our own videos with Habitat Company President / CEO Mark Segal -- i [...]
Does red tape make Chicago undesirable?

Does red tape make Chicago undesirable?

Greg Hinz' question about taxes in Chicago during LISC/Chicago's recent "Back to the Future" panel turned into a discussion about the city's tangled [...]
Immigrants and neighborhood development

Immigrants and neighborhood development

In his opening remarks at LISC/Chicago's "Back to the Future" panel last week, Raul Raymundo of The Resurrection Project focused on the role of immi [...]
Planning for a future without the Olympics

Planning for a future without the Olympics

Chicago may not have landed the Olympics, but it should set some neighborhood development goals for 2016 nonetheless, says Alderman and Cook County [...]
The state and fate of Chicago's 'hoods

The state and fate of Chicago's 'hoods

Yesterday afternoon, LISC/Chicago hosted a panel discussion among four economic development practitioners and policymakers -- World Sport Chicago Ex [...]
Web presence: LISC's neighborhood tours

Web presence: LISC's neighborhood tours

This video about Auburn Gresham is one of three "neighborhood showcase tours" featured on LISC/Chicago's new YouTube channel. We came across the cha [...]
Humboldt Park's "historical memory"

Humboldt Park's "historical memory"

On Friday participants of LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program took Adolfo Carrion Jr, director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy, [...]
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