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2023

  1. Our Great Rivers 2023 Cohort Spotlight: Expanding Access to the Chicago River’s North and South Branches
  2. Exploring Zoning-Related Public Engagement | Part 2/2: Designing Equitable Meetings
  3. Exploring Zoning-Related Public Engagement | Part 1/2: Public and Community Meetings
  4. Data Points: A deep dive into Chicago’s zoning map and major zoning changes in the last two decades

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2022

  1. Reconnecting Riverdale Community to the Riverfront
  2. The Red Line Extension will Benefit the Whole City of Chicago
  3. Walking the Talk in Brookfield
  4. Prioritizing Equitable Investment: MPC Launches equitableincentives.org

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2021

  1. Data Points | Illinois population loss: why immigration is catching our attention
  2. Darlene Oliver Hightower selected as President & CEO of Metropolitan Planning Council
  3. Want to see how dramatically highways changed Chicagoland?
  4. Life lessons I’ll take with me

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2020

  1. The 15-minute city: How close is Chicago?
  2. A new opportunity near the Howard CTA Station
  3. Think storms are getting worse? Science agrees with you.
  4. Equity in Action: How the University of Chicago Became a Trailblazer on Diversity in Professional Services

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2019

  1. How can Illinois school districts address funding woes? Share administrative services
  2. With all these new transportation options, where are people going in Chicago – and how? Is it getting easier or harder to get around the region?
  3. For people with disabilities, getting from A to B isn't as easy as ABC
  4. Metropolitan Planning Council announces new Board of Governors Chair and members

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2018

  1. What should this building become?
  2. Data Points: A Tale of Two Cities (and why inclusive prosperity in both really matters)
  3. When Local Control Goes Wrong
  4. The Area: When structural racism gets caught on film

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2017

  1. Data Points: Black students declining at Chicago's top public high schools and in CPS overall
  2. The persistent problem of segregation in Chicago's public schools
  3. Data Points: Investment in Pullman is paying off
  4. Chicago's story of population loss is becoming an exclusive about black population loss

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2016

  1. What you need to know about Chicago’s downtown zoning proposal
  2. Which comes first: Housing supply or demand?
  3. Talking Transit: Why our El map looks the way it does
  4. Mapping Chicago's Middle Class: What surrounds the middle class?

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2015

  1. Why is Minneapolis growing almost five times faster than Chicago? It's not the weather.
  2. It takes an entire year for Chicago to grow as much as Nashville does in one day
  3. Talking Transit: Why should Chicago focus growth near transit?
  4. The other problem with Chicago's segregation: Concentrated wealth

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2014

  1. Give voice to your vision for Logan Square! Participate in a three-part workshop
  2. Talking Transit: Opportunities for development along Chicago’s renovated Red and Purple lines
  3. Give voice to your vision for Uptown! Participate in a three-part workshop
  4. Kellogg Real Estate Lab recommends a hotel for Chicago Union Station

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2013

  1. Activate Union Station calling on best ideas to bring Chicago's Union Station to life
  2. Vacant, closed and off-limits: Behind the scenes at Chicago Union Station
  3. Placemaking blog series: The economic benefits of great public places
  4. Why we oppose the Illiana Expressway

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2012

  1. New housing opportunities available for people on Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
  2. Placemaking, makeovers renewing Miller Beach as a premier destination in Northwest Indiana
  3. Regional Housing Initiative: West Cook County, includes parts of Chicago and Oak Park
  4. Vacant properties: Real solutions to a regional housing challenge

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2011

  1. Proposed pre-tax transit benefit changes for 2012
  2. Regional Housing Initiative offers funding to developers and owners of rental housing in Cook, Lake, McHenry and Will counties
  3. Eating in alleys
  4. Illinois approves Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act

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2010

  1. Vote for the best projects to revitalize Gary, Northwest Indiana
  2. CHA opens Family Wait List for first time in more than a decade
  3. Charting a new course for the Chicago River
  4. 2010 Annual Luncheon
    Illinois: Is there a cure?

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2009

  1. Cook County rewards communities with more than $12M for taking collaborative approach to foreclosure recovery
  2. New MPC and Openlands report tackles Illinois water supply concerns
  3. Transportation for America hiring Illinois field organizer
  4. Streetfilms features video from MPC's "What Makes Your Place Great?" Contest

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2008

  1. National Employer-Assisted Housing
  2. New report directs federal housing and transportation leaders to work together
  3. National Employer-Assisted Housing
  4. Privatizing Chicago’s parking meters

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2007

  1. Access, Amenities, Opportunity: MPC launches Reconnecting Neighborhoods project
  2. Big picture planning key to Olympic bid
  3. December Media Tips
  4. London's Minister for the Olympics: planning beyond the games for broader benefits improves a bid city's chances, strengthens region

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2006

  1. Accommodating the housing needs of a growing region: An update for 2007
  2. Metropolitan Planning Council hires new staff members to advance housing, community development programs
  3. December Media Tips
  4. Chairman Bob Schillerstrom discusses DuPage County investment opportunities with Business Leaders for Transportation

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2005

  1. December Media Tips
  2. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center launches employer-assisted housing program to retain current workforce and help attract new workers
  3. Testimony on Regional Transportation Authority's 2006 budget
  4. Special Series: Make or Break – Year One of the Regional Planning Board

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2004

  1. MPC releases Progress Report on "Building Successful Mixed-Income Communities" as part of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Plan for Transformation.
  2. December 2004 Media Tips
  3. MPC's Testimony to CTA Board Urges Members to Consider Options Before Making Service Cuts
  4. Clean, Abundant Water Requires Sound Land Use Planning

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2003

  1. Education funding victory for Kansas students poses challenge to Illinois
  2. Business Leaders for Transportation Hosts Forum with Reps. Hyde and Biggert, DuPage Chair Schillerstrom
  3. Governor's Housing Task Force holds first meeting
  4. MPC Presents Zoning Change Strategy, a Model for Sweeping Remapping of Chicago's Neighborhoods

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2002

  1. Business Leaders for Transportation to release federal action agenda for the region; Briefing for media on Jan. 15
  2. Chicago zoning recommendations get first public hearing; MPC briefs media on rewrite process
  3. Wilmette Housing Commission recommends adoption of innovative development criteria
  4. Campaign for Sensible Growth, Chicago Urban League and Latinos United join forces to use sensible growth strategies to aid urban revitalization

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2001

  1. Illinois FIRST: Year 2 Progress Report
  2. Critical Cargo: An article from the Fall 2001 issue of Regional Connection
  3. Network 21 advocates for improvements in education technology in testimony to Illinois State Board of Education
  4. MPC concerned about proposed Outer Belt Highway

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2000

  1. Rules of the Game at Soldier Field
  2. Campaign for Sensible Growth
  3. State your case: Ill. Growth Panel wants input
  4. State School-Funding Panel, with Input from MPC/Network 21, Reports to General Assembly

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