Community & Economic Development

Helping to increase social and economic opportunities for low-income Chicagoans, MacArthur supports the New Communities Program, a comprehensive community revitalization effort in 16 Chicago neighborhoods, as well as communication of its lessons learned to other cities and the field. Read our strategy

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Southwest Organizing Project

Empowering neighbors to transform communities

In one of Chicago’s most violent areas, gangs and abandoned buildings put communities on the edge of collapse. In such environments, it is easy for problems to seem insurmountable, for ...

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.@NewsHour: @UChicago Crime Lab Becoming a Man (#BAM) program engaging students to curb #Chicago Gun #Violence: http://t.co/wJ1n7bZFqW

Visit by @BarackObama to #Chicago program that decreases #violence, boosts #school attendance: @suntimes - http://t.co/qTQ6pj9u

Investing in Broadband Evaluation

High-speed Internet can connect remote communities, help coordinate and streamline healthcare services, enable children with unparalleled access to learning opportunities, and spark and support innovation in numerous fields. Read More

The NEXT Awards celebrate #CDFI expansion in distressed areas to help build housing, facilities & #smallbiz. http://t.co/VQCPcorA

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Grantmaking in Chicago

The Foundation seeks and seizes opportunities to work locally as an expression of its civic commitment to its home, and because being rooted in Chicago yields a deeper understanding of issues faced by urban areas and ... Read More

RT @advanceillinois: The State We’re In: 2010 reports: IL setting high, relevant and real-life standards for students. Read the report....

Report from @SkillsCoalition encourages federal gov’t support of cities’ efforts to bridge #workforce and #community development...

Staff

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Julia M. Stasch

Vice President, U.S. Programs
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Craig Howard

Director of Community and Economic Development
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Alaina Harkness

Program Officer, Community & Economic Development
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Janice A. Dunbar

Assistant Manager of Grants and Budget
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Beth Gutelius

Research Assistant
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Michelle Williams

Executive Secretary