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What's your prescription for a healthier Chicago?
What do you think makes a community healthy? Is it safety measures, quality housing and transportation options, access to fresh food, or proximity to quality health care and amenities? Or is it some combination of all of these factors? Whatever you believe, here’s your chance to influence the…
Vote now through Sept. 10 for Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana's favorite 'undiscovered' place
(Chicago) … What’s Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana’s favorite undiscovered public place? Is it a community garden, a neighborhood coffee shop, or an overlooked plaza? The people will decide from Aug. 9 to Sept. 10, 2010, when they vote online at PlacemakingChicago.com for their…
"What Makes Your Place Great?" contest now accepting photos, videos of people's favorite "undiscovered" public places in Chicagoland
(Chicago) … Many of Chicagoland’s most cherished public spaces are tucked away in the hearts of neighborhoods, known only to a lucky few. This summer, the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) and Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) want to shine a spotlight on these special places…
Get a taste of Placemaking at neighborhood restaurants
The first time I go outside for a run and have to dodge the outdoor seating that’s sprung up at local restaurants, I know it’s spring in Chicago. I happen to love eating outdoors, but my husband doesn’t (he has an extreme aversion to bugs landing on his food.) So when dining sans…
Designing for 98% of the population
This past weekend, Karin Sommer, MPC Associate, and I joined more than 200 architects, engineers, planners and sociologists from around the globe for the 10th annual Structures for Inclusion (SFI) conference in Washington, D.C., where participants discussed the vital role design can play in…
Good news for Illinois farmers markets, and communities
This post was written by Annie Lambla, MPC research assistant. Would you like to see a farmers market in your neighborhood, or find more resources to grow your local market? Things are looking up, on both counts. This month, the USDA announced $25 million in grants available over the next three…
Riverdale mixed-income community earns award
Congratulations to Riverdale’s Pacesetter Gardens/Whistler Crossing and the development team for being selected to win the Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Award for Rehabilitation. The Metropolitan Planning Council has been a proud supporter of this historic redevelopment effort. Originally…
Placemaking Chicago
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  • September 4, 2009
A short video on Placemaking, produced in August 2008 by Metropolitan Planning Council and Tu Multimedia.
Local ideas inform regional and national trends

Building on lessons learned by local leaders, MPC, and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus during the first round of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning submits massive regional proposal for NSP 2.

Reinventing investment for a more livable Chicago region

The second event of the MPC-CAF summer discussion series, "Reinventing Public Investment", focused on how federal policies in housing, transportation and economic development have shaped decisions and community development in the Chicago Region.

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