Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently announced that Maurice Cox will lead the city’s Planning and Development Department starting Sept. 15. Outgoing commissioner Eleanor Gorski will stay with the department as first deputy.

Cox moves into his new post after serving as director of planning for the city of Detroit.

Morning Shift checks in with a reporter in Detroit to learn a little more about Cox and what his new appointment could mean for Chicago.

GUEST: Laura Herberg, reporter at NPR member station WDET in Detroit

LEARN MORE: Lightfoot chooses Detroit planner to make the big leap to Chicago (Chicago Sun-Times 8/7/19)