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Over a period of two and a half months, Mayor-elect Emanuel's transition team and 15 Civic Consulting Alliance partners conducted a review of the City's priorities and developed proposals for improvement. The final product of this work, the Chicago 2011 Transition Report, was published on May 10th, 2011. The report contains more than 50 ideas that the administration will launch immediately, as well as ideas for the term that will position Chicago for the next 40 years.

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

"Eliminating Bus Bunching: Building a process, information source, and tool box for improving service"

by Tom McKone (Civic Consulting Alliance) and Ellen Partridge and Jeanette Martin (Chicago Transit Authority)

Chicago Transit Authority has improved bus service reliability by 30% using a performance management process and organizational focus on improving the biggest concern for bus customers: waiting too long for the bus. The focused, team approach has helped the agency increase ridership, effective capacity, and customer satisfaction.
 

"Measuring Community College Performance," Chicago Fed Letter, September 2007.

by Brian Fabes (Civic Consulting Alliance) and Richard H. Mattoon (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

In this article, the authors propose a framework for analyzing the outcomes from community college programs as a starting point for a larger discussion on the optimal distribution of resources across the multiple missions of community colleges.

The Chicago Recovery Partnership has strengthened collaboration between government and the private sector in a time of need. In this report, you will learn how the expertise of foundations and pro-bono business helped the City effectively distribute nearly $2 billion in stimulus funds, track and report progress, and make services more efficient and transparent for Chicago residents.