"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
CCA's current work focuses in four areas:
- Education and Workforce Development
CCA's initiatives in education and workforce development focus primarily on helping residents gain the skills they need to compete in a global economy and creating the workforce Chicago needs to be globally competitive in the 21st Century.
Click here for more - Environment
CCA shares the City's vision of making Chicago the "Greenest City in the Nation." Our work on environmental and transit projects is helping make Chicago a greener, more livable city.
Click here for more - Quality of Life and Public Services
Cities compete globally for employers, talented workers, tourists, and capital. The arena for competition – quality of life – remains difficult to define, and delivering public services costs ever more. The most competitive cities do both well.
Click here for more - Transit
Chicago is thriving, one of the few American cities where most people take transit to work. Much of this progress will fade away if we become mired in congestion. 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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