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County President, City Mayor Outline $140 Million in City-County Collaboration

On May 11, then Mayor Daley released a report (PDF) showing that a successful technology park developed on the Michael Reese Hospital site--approximately 37 acres of mostly vacant land on the city's South Side--could create as many as 20,000 to 25,000 jobs across the region when fully developed.

 

The report is the work of an advisory panel named to assess the future use of the site, which is located between 26th and 31st streets and between Martin Luther King Drive and Lake Shore Drive.

The panel, chaired by Frank Clark, Chairman and CEO of ComEd, was charged in December with helping the City better understand the resources that would be needed to develop a technology park on the site and provide recommendations on how to ensure a successful tech park development.

The panel and its work were supported by our partner, Cadence Consulting Group.

"When I first started this project, I had no idea how interesting the work would be, nor how engaged the panel members would be," said Brad Schneider, Managing Principal at Cadence Consulting Group. "The quality of the team and the contributions of the many experts and constituencies all factored into making this one of the most enjoyable and rewarding projects with which I have ever been associated. I was proud to have been able to be a part of it."

 

For more information, contact Brian Fabes. 

The New York Times recently highlighted the Chicago Climate Action Plan and Chicago's efforts to adapt to climate change, writing that Chicago is "way out in front of most [cities] in terms of adaptation," and that "other cities should pay attention" to Chicago's efforts.

Some climate change impact scenarios predict that Chicago summers could feel more like summers in current-day Baton Rouge by the end of the century. A change like this could have severe consequences for Chicago. The New York Times article, "A City Prepares for a Warm Long-Term Forecast," commended City leaders who have been implementing efforts to mitigate risk and prepare for the effects of climate change, and highlighted the importance of continued focus in this area. 



Adaptation is one of five strategies in the Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP), which Civic Consulting Alliance and our partners have been helping implement. Civic Consulting Alliance and our partners have donated $14 million worth of pro bono services to projects such as designing the strategy for electric vehicles and moving Chicago toward zero waste. We continue to work with the new administration to accelerate CCAP implementation to be sure that, as The New York Times wrote, "With much of the rest of the nation stuck in climate-change denial or passive fretfulness, Chicago [is] planning, moving, doing."

The New York Times: A City Prepares for a Warm Long-Term Forecast

The New York Times: The Long, Hot Forecast

For more information, contact Tom McKone.