Serving UIC's Great Cities Commitment: Solutions for Today's Urban Challenges
Michigan Public Radio interviewed Brenda Parker, former GCI scholar and assistant professor of urban planning and policy, on the rapid growth of secondhand retail despite the prevalence on online shopping.
The Economist quotes Howard Wial, executive director of the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, in an Intelligence Unit report on networked manufacturing.
Rachel Weber, GCI fellow and associate professor of urban planning and policy, was quoted in Planning Magazine on the value of participatory budgeting, in which residents have a direct say in choosing tax-funded projects. Weber led GCI's support of participatory budgeting in four Chicago wards.
Governing Magazine published an opinion piece by Michael Pagano, GCI fellow and dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the need to concentrate infrastructure spending in metropolitan areas.
Howard Wial, executive director of the UIC Center for Urban Economic Development housed at GCI, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, is quoted in an article by the Chicagoist on why inequality is so high in Chicago, and other large cities.
UIC News has a nice writeup on our Spring 2014 Real Time Chicago series. Learn more about upcoming lectures in the series. As always, all discussions are free and open to the public.
The Chicago Tribune's TribLocal quotes Rachel Weber, GCI fellow and associate professor of urban planning and policy, on younger residents being attracted to suburbs such as Orland Park that are developing new downtown areas.
The United States released its Second Open Government National Action Plan endorsing Participatory Budgeting as one of its goals for creating a more open government.
We are pleased to announce that the Chicago Community Trust has renewed their support for the Participatory Budgeting Chicago initiative for the 2013-2014 cycle.