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Since 2006, the Metropolitan Planning Council has seen a decrease in crime, poverty and unemployment in Pullman. They tie it to $340 million drawn in by Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives.
With President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan and the federal CARES Act underway, the Council says such coordinated community investment is as crucial as ever.
GUEST: Joe Ferguson, former Chicago inspector general