CCA’s current work focuses in five areas:
- 21st Century Government
Since its inception, CCA has worked to make Chicago’s local government – the City of Chicago and Sister Agencies – more effective by improving the services provided and more efficient in its operations by reducing the cost of providing those services.
Click here for more - Economic Development
CCA’s economic development initiative aims to build wealth in communities by helping residents access careers and assisting business to succeed. Click here for more - Education and Workforce Development
Our education initiatives focus primarily on topics related to creating the workforce that will make Chicago globally competitive in the 21st Century.
Click here for more - Environment
In June of 2006 CCA launched a new initiative with the Department of Environment (DOE) aimed at helping to make Chicago the "Greenest City in the Nation."
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Expanding public transit is essential for Chicago to meet its environmental goals as a region, to retain and attract businesses, and to improve the quality of life for all.
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"Your good work has saved local tax payers more than one billion dollars. And as Everett Dirkson once said, 'A billion here, a billion there, before long you're talking about real money.'"
-- Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago