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An Interview with Bureau of Economic Development President Xochitl Flores

Earlier this spring, we sat down with Xochitl Flores, the new Chief of the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development. From October 2019 to January 2020, Civic Consulting Alliance collaborated with Chief Flores and her team to revamp the Bureau’s …

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Responding to COVID-19

As COVID-19 spreads, every unit of our region’s government is wrestling with multiple, parallel objectives:

Addressing immediate public health concerns
Reducing the social and economic impact of the virus
Addressing structural inequities that underpin and exacerbate the above objectives

In March, Civic Consulting Alliance …

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COVID-19 Response and Recovery Update

Since March, Civic Consulting Alliance has mobilized to support a comprehensive COVID-19 response and recovery that centers equity. To date, we’ve redeployed 75 percent of our staff and secured pro bono teams across nearly 20 projects, organized into 10 distinct workstreams with …

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COVID-19 Response and Recovery Update

Since March, Civic Consulting Alliance has mobilized to support a comprehensive COVID-19 response and recovery that centers equity. As we’ve shared in our past several newsletters, we have redeployed 75 percent of our staff and secured pro bono teams across more than …

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Advancing an equitable recovery through the American Rescue Plan Act

In spring 2021, the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law, providing nearly $2 billion to the City of Chicago and $1 billion to Cook County in direct, flexible funding to combat the devastating effects of the …

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Intergovernmental coordination on violence prevention

Reducing gun violence is a critical priority for the City of Chicago, Cook County, and the State of Illinois. Significant new funding is available to all three entities via the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), creating an opportunity to …

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Facilitating a First-of-its-Kind Strategic Planning Process for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

Earlier this summer, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) released its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, after a first-of-its kind collaborative strategic planning process.
The MWRD is a special-purpose district responsible for treating wastewater and providing stormwater management for the …

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Four years, $34 million invested in Chicago: recapping our partnership with the Lightfoot administration

Civic Consulting Alliance highlights a few projects completed for the Lightfoot administration.

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Pro Bono Partners

We multiply our partners’ investments to deliver impact no individual partner or sector can on its own. Redefining pro bono partnership. We partner with the region’s top firms and corporations who see the importance of contributing their expertise, pro bono, …

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Pro Bono Partners

We multiply our partners’ investments to deliver impact no individual partner or sector can on its own. Redefining pro bono partnership. We partner with the region’s top firms and corporations who see the importance of contributing their expertise, pro bono, …

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