Serving UIC's Great Cities Commitment: Solutions for Today's Urban Challenges
GCI's own Thea Crum will be speaking about PB Chicago's experiences in opening PB processes up to different types of public budgets on a panel called, "Democratizing New Pots of Money: Federal CDBG, TIF, Public Housing & Settlement Money."
National Public Radio interviewed Phil Ashton, former GCI scholar and associate professor of urban planning and policy, on a Chicago program that sells vacant city-owned lots in selected neighborhoods to homeowners on the same block for $1.
USA Today quotes Michael Pagano, GCI fellow and dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the reasons why municipal governments are hiring again.
Michael Pagano, GCI fellow and dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, appeared on WTTW 11's "Chicago Tonight" in a panel on competing bids for the Obama Presidential Library.
GCI's Thea Crum was invited to “Promoting Innovation in Civic Engagement: Exploring Community‐Led Participatory Budgeting in the United States,” a convening at The White House on May 13th, 2014.
The Associated Press quoted Howard Wial, executive director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on the effect of lost manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Wial says those displaced stay unemployed or underemployed for a long time.
GCI Director Teresa Córdova will be speaking via Skype at the INLOGOV Summer Symposium at the University of Birmingham, U.K. This years theme is "Bridging the gap: how can local government unlock resources for the future?"
Phil Ashton, former GCI fellow and scholar, and associate professor of urban planning and policy was quoted in a The Chicago Reporter story on the disparities of housing rehab aid throughout the city.
Crain's Chicago Business quotes Howard Wial, executive director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on reasons for the "skills gap" in manufacturing, including manufacturing companies' refusal to offer the training and pay raises that were available in previous decades.
Roll Call quotes Howard Wial, who casts doubt on the assumption that higher productivity is slowing job creation. Wial is executive director of the Center for Urban Economic Development.