Tag: LISC/Chicago

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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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"
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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