The Burnham Award for Excellence in Planning encourages sensible growth by honoring innovative and visionary planning efforts in the Chicago metropolitan region. The Metropolitan Planning Council invites you to participate in the celebration of the best in plans and planning by nominating projects… More »
-
Commute Options pilot proving need for permanent Transportation Demand Management strategy in Chicago area
-
- In late 2010, MPC rolled out a one-year Commute Options pilot, to help local employers design incentives that encourage their employees to drive less and try “alternative” commutes, such as transit, biking, carpooling and even walking. A little more than a year later, based on the…
-
Retooling the United Center: New expansion proposal made public
-
- A “sea of parking.” A “wasteland.” These were just some of the terms residents of Chicago’s Near West Side neighborhood have used to describe the United Center’s footprint. This may soon change as preliminary plans were released this week for the redevelopment…
-
Harnessing Technology for Strong Cities: MPC hosts the Urban Systems Collaborative
-
- We shape our technology; thereafter it shapes us (to paraphrase an oft-abused Winston Churchill quote). We got a first-hand look at the relevance of technology to our work in 2011 when, with support from IBM, we sponsored a Placemaking apps contest within the larger Apps for Metro Chicago…
-
Lake County housing development financed through Regional Housing Initiative wins Gail Cincotta Award
-
- By David Brint, CEO, Brinshore Development
- Apr 23, 2012
- At the Illinois Governor’s Housing Conference on April 16, Noelle Moore, executive director of A Safe Place—a Chicago-based nonprofit that supports women and children who have experienced domestic violence—accepted the Gail Cincotta Award for A Safe Place II, the organization
-
Applications now open for Milwaukee Avenue Green Development Corridor in Logan Square
-
- If people don
