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Economy

A New Northwest Indiana: A Cleaner Economy and Environment,

Allison Hannon, Environmental Studies Program, University of Chicago, May 2005  (854 KB)

Accelerating Growth: Indiana’s Strategic Economic Development Plan, Indiana Economic Development Commission, 2006  (550 KB)

Blue Island Economic Development Plan: Executive Summary

(Draft), City of Blue island, The Center For Neighborhood Technology (CNT), June 2005  (1.51 MB)

Calumet River Corridor Economic Development Vision and Strategy
(Robbins, Blue Island, Calumet Park, Riverdale, Dolton, Calumet City , Burnham): DRAFT Final Report, Calumet Rivers Development  Project, March 2007  (83 KB)

Chicago 2016 Olympic Games And Minority Inclusion: Economic impacts And Opportunities, Chicago Urban League, June 2007 (585 KB)

Chicago Region’s “Green” Economic Opportunities: An Examination Of Chicago’s Cluster-Based Economic Growth Opportunities Arising From Changing Market Demand For Energy Efficient Products and Services, Chicago Urban League, John Cleveland, Innovation Network for Communities, Sophie Cohen and Robert Weissbourd, RW Ventures, February 2012  (1.47 MB)

Commercial Avenue Redevelopment Project Area: 2010 Annual Report, City of Chicago, June 2011 (1.21 MB)

Comprehensive Economic Development Plan For Northwest Indiana, Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, 2007 (1.70 MB)

Coping With Poverty: Impacts of Environment and Attention in the Inner City, Frances E. Kuo, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, January 2001  (304 KB)

Curbing Industrial Decline Or Thwarting Redevelopment?: An Eval-uation Of Chicago's Clybourn Corridor, Goose Island, And Elston Corridor Planned Manufacturing Districts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center For Economic Development, 2005  (401 KB)

Decade of Promise: Positioning Northwest Indiana’s, Workforce for Economic Growth, Center of Workforce Innovations, 2005  (1.41 MB)

Economic and Community Development Resources, Annie Byrne, Chicago Metropolitan Agency For Planning (CMAP), 2007  (417 KB)

Economic Benefits Of The Grand Calumet River Remediation Project:
Evidence From The Gary Housing Market, Daniel P. McMillen,

University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003  (567 KB)

Financial Assistance Programs For Economic And Community Development, Chicago Metropolitan Agency For Planning (CMAP), June 2007  (4.55 MB)

Foreclosure Crisis In The Chicago Area: Facts, Trends And Responses, Stacie Young, DePaul University Real Estate Center,

August 2008  (1.38 MB)

Future Of Economic Development For African Americans In The Chicago Metropolitan Area: The Next Ten Years, Chicago Urban League, February 2008  (1.16 MB)

Gary, Indiana Comprehensive Plan: State of the City Report (Draft),

BauerLatoza Studio, August 2008  (5.44 MB)

Gary Riverfront Revival Plan , The Delta Institute, Grand Calumet Task Force, Great Cities Urban Data Visualization Laboratory (UICC),

December 2004  (13.2 MB)

Green Economic Development Strategies For The Chicago Region,

The Delta Redevelopment Institute, June 2009  (1.18 MB)

Harvey Industrial Districts Plan, The Center For Neighborhood Technology (CNT), December 2005  (7.11 MB)

Lake Calumet Area Industrial Redevelopment Project Area: 2010

Annual Report, City of Chicago, June 2011 (1.19 MB)

Low-Wage African American And Latino Workers In Chicago: A Study Of Three Chicago Neighborhoods, Samuel Rosenberg, James Lewis, Roosevelt University, 2000   (19.23 MB)

Northwest Indiana Fully Integrated Steel Industry Workforce Report,

Paul Spanopoulos, Center of Workforce Innovations, 2003  (854 KB)

South Chicago: Change On The Horizon, South Chicago Planning Committee, LISC New Communities Program, 2007  (5.24 MB)

Working Poor Families In Chicago And The Chicago Metropolitan Area: A Statistical Profile Based On The 1990 And 2000 Censuses, Chicago Urban League, Northern Illinois University, Roosevelt University, November 2004  (338 KB)

Wise Rules for Industrial Efficiency: A Tool Kit for Estimating Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), July 1998  (1.32 MB)

Writing Business Plans for Recycling Enterprises: Plastics, Glass or
Rubber, Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC), January 1998  (854 KB)

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