Serving UIC's Great Cities Commitment: Solutions for Today's Urban Challenges
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.
The Chicago Citizen newspaper features an article on "Migration and Transformation through the Arts: The Soul of Bronzeville," the UIC African-American Cultural Center's current exhibition that explores the cultural history of Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.
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.
Crain's Chicago Business quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on the benefit of a new bypass for the CTA's Brown Line where it crosses the Red and Purple lines over Clark Street near Wrigley Field.
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.
The Chicago Sun-Times interviewed Tim Johnson, director of the Survey Research Lab in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the validity of a recent Metra customer survey that indicated that 40 percent of riders were dissatisfied.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of UTC, on two plans to alter the oversight of Metra, Pace and the CTA. Schlickman, former head of the Regional Transportation Authority, said the three operating systems should be combined into one agency.
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.