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Blog
Keep up to date with the latest blog posts from our staff & GCI collaborators. Blogs may not necessarily reflect the opinions of GCI, UIC, or other official positions.
We Invite you to our Spring Events
We are very pleased to announce an array of events that we are hosting at the Great Cities Institute and invite you to join us. The first of our events is next week, March 5.
Thea Crum joins Global Participatory Budgeting Board
To share expertise and make PB more accessible to implementers and advocates around the world, a new Global PB Support Board has been established and incubated by the Participatory Budgeting Project.
Happy Holidays from Great Cities Institute!
We wish you a very peaceful and joyous holiday season – with lots of good food and laughter! At Great Cities Institute, we look forward to another productive year in 2020.
The Release of a New Report on Innovation Districts
We are pleased to announce the release of a report on Innovation Districts by Joshua Drucker. a Great Cities Institute Fellow and Associate Professor of UIC’s Urban Planning and Policy; and co-authors Carla Maria Kayanan, and Henry Renski.
Cooperatives and Capabilities: International Perspectives
In keeping with GCI’s continued effort to elevate worker cooperatives as an important community development strategy, we are pleased to feature a report back from Lucas McGranahan, GCI Senior Research Specialist.
What will new technology mean for the future of warehouse work?
GCI Senior Research Specialist Beth Gutelius shares highlights on the release of a new report authored by her along with Nik Theodore, Ph.D.
Recent Reports/Videos on Latinos in Chicago
As we come to the end of Hispanic Heritage Month, we want to highlight two recent studies on Latinos in Chicago along with a relevant video.
Great Cities Institute Director Appointed Chair of Chicago Plan Commission
In August, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Teresa Córdova, Director of Great Cities Institute and Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, as her choice for Chair of the Chicago Plan Commission.
Fact Sheets on Population Loss and Fall Events
As we enter the Fall season, we send you good wishes for an enjoyable season. In the last couple of months, GCI released two new fact sheets on shifts in population and on October 8th we have two events.