CCA’s current work focuses in five areas:

  1. 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.
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  2. 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
  3. 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.
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  4. 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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  5. Transit
    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