We are a small organization of creative research professional with deep knowledge of urban issues and futures. Our flexibility and experience enables us to simultaneously manage long-term studies and short-term surveys, multi-year evaluations and projects with fast approaching deadlines.
Through research, evaluation, policy proposals, and partnerships, we help to translate the best thinking on urban economic development into real-world impacts. We synthesize GIS mapping, qualitative methods, and quantitative analysis to better understand what is really going on in complex urban economies. These investigations help to inform the strategic programming of community, civic and government leaders.
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OUR PARTNERS:
CUED partners with some of the most innovative organizations
in the country. Some current partners include:
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
www.irle.ucla.edu
National Employment Law Project
www.nelp.org
National Day Labor Organizing Network
www.ndlon.org
Right to the City Alliance
www.righttothecity.org
Abt Associates
www.abtassociates.com/
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OUR FUNDERS:
We are grateful to the following foundations, organization,
and government departments for their support of past studies,
evaluations, and projects:
• Ford Foundation
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Russell Sage Foundation
• Boeing Foundation
• Joyce Foundation
• Chicago Community Trust c/o The Partnership for New Communities
• Chicago Workforce Board
• Greater Chicago Food Depository
• Chicago Jobs Council
• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
• Corporation for Supportive Housing
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• U.S. Department of Commence, Economic Development Administration
• Illinois Department of Human Services
• Illinois Department of Employment Security
• Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
• Illinois Department of Human Services
• Illinois Department of Commerce and Community