LISTEN: Top City Officials On How To Improve Community Investment
Planning commissioner Maurice Cox and Deputy Mayor Samir Mayekar share their ideas on equitable economic development in Chicago.
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LISTEN: TIF Critics On Equitable Development In Chicago
An alderman, a public policy expert and an organizer explain how they would like to overhaul tax increment financing districts in Chicago.
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LISTEN: How Lightfoot Administration Is Reforming TIFs
Chicago’s deputy mayor for economic and neighborhood development explains how Mayor Lightfoot has reformed TIFs so far.
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LISTEN: How TIFs Work, How They Could Work Better
Chicago’s tax increment financing districts are meant to lift up communities. What are the benefits and drawbacks? And what needs to change?
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LISTEN: How Mayors Have Approached Community Investment
We explore how recent Chicago mayors have approached economic development and what neighborhood leaders say they need.
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LISTEN: Big Ideas To Supercharge Community Investment
A public bank. A tax on futures trading. A just cannabis industry. We explore how those ideas could change economic development in Chicago.
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LISTEN: How Do We Make City Government More Effective? (Cont.)
After a week of exploring how Chicago’s City Council and mayoral system work, we take stock of what we learned and what we can change.
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LISTEN: How City Council Works In Toronto
Toronto and Chicago have a few things in common. But their city council and ward system look quite different. So what can Chicago learn?
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LISTEN: What Can Chicago’s City Council Learn From Other Cities?
Should Chicago City Council be taking a leaf out of Phoenix’s book?
