Economic Vitality

Great cities offer equitable opportunities.

Civic Consulting Alliance is committed to increasing the vitality of our region and reducing disparity between neighborhoods.

We invest in building an inclusive and equitable economy that contributes to the long-term vitality of the Chicago region. We focus on:

Inclusive regional economic growth
Equitable investment across communities
Individual opportunity & prosperity
Responsive and efficient institutions

Project Highlights

June 18, 2021

hello June 18, 2021

Rising Together for an Equitable Recovery

The COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating impact on Chicago’s Black and Latinx communities, where disparate financial and health outcomes were already the norm after decades of disinvestment and systemic racism. Recognizing these structural inequities, in October 2020, The Chicago ...

May 30, 2021

hello May 30, 2021

Supporting Community-Driven Vaccination Efforts

As local leaders and public health officials have called out since the early days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted Black and Latinx Chicagoans, due in part to longstanding racial inequities in healthcare quality and access. Last spring, the City ...

October 15, 2020

hello October 15, 2020

INVEST South/West Catalyzing Equitable Economic Development

In October 2019, Mayor Lori Lightfoot launched INVEST South/West, a groundbreaking initiative to counter disinvestment on the South and West Sides, the result of decades of policies and practices that exacerbate racial segregation. Undoing this harm will not happen quickly, ...