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Roseland: Needs Assessment and Organizational Infrastructure, an Introduction

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:42

Between August and November 1984, The University of Illinois Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) conducted a study of the Roseland community.
The study of Roseland had two basic components:

1. An assessment of needs and resources. This component was designed to determine the most pressing needs in Roseland as well as the community's potential for revitalization.

2. An analysis of organizational resources. This was done to determine the availability of local organizations and other actors engaged in efforts aimed at the improvement of local conditions in Roseland.

Harvard on Halsted Street: Dilemmas of Neighborhood Advocacy in Academia

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:40

Halsted street is the longest and perhaps most urban street in Chicago, stretching for over 20 miles from the patchwork of Uptown, with its Appalachians, Vietnamese, Blacks, posh lakefront condos, neighborhood activists and derelicts, through the gentrifying De Paul area and the remnants of Greektown, through Hispanic Pilsen, Mayor Daley's Bridgeport, and South Side slums, to the quiet suburban lawns of East Hazel Crest and Riverdale. About midway, on the site of the neighborhood where Jane Addams started Hull House, sprawls the modernistic campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The Feasibility of a Catering Company: A Proposed Business Venture for Mujeres Latinas En Accion (MLEA)

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:36

In an effort to determine the feasibility of a business venture, The University of Illinois Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) assisted Mujeres Latinas En Accion (MLEA) by undertaking a study of a small catering business. The business would be owned and operated by MLEA to provide job opportunities to its clients, particularly those having employment constraints. The proposed catering company would feature Hispanic food and target its service to the Medical Center located on the near Westside and to the greater Pilsen/Little Village communities.

Community Development Options: An Assessment of the Economic Conditions in Uptown

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:34

The Voice of the People in Uptown has provided a variety of services to low and moderate income residents of Uptown since its establishment in 1968. As a community-based housing developer, the Voice has concentrated on rehabilitating abandoned and deteriorated housing for this constituency. Although economic development has always been a part of Voice's mission statement, past efforts in that direction have been confined to a job training program in housing rehabilitation skills and a short-lived woodshop business spinoff.

Greater Grand Boulevard Economic Development Study

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:30

This report presents the results of research on opportunities for economic growth in the Greater Grand Boulevard Community. Socioeconomic data were collected and analyzed, and fifty-five block club leaders, business people, church leaders, social workers, elected officials and other activists were interviewed. The University of Illinois at Chicago's Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) carried out the research and wrote this report for Grand Boulevard Residents Encouraging Action Together (GREAT) and Centers for New Horizons.

Community Inc.: The Rationalization of Civic Life

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:29

In the business world there has long been a tension between the forces of small business and competition and those of centralization, oligopoly and corporate dominance. Less attention has been paid to the same phenomenon applied to civic life and community organizations. A couple of recent proposals in Chicago suggest a certain corporate mentality, emphasizing centralized control, monopoly, and efficiency, rather than participation, pluralism and attention to individual and local needs.

Taylor Street Parking Demand and Supply Study

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:16

This report presents results of an analysis of parking demand and supply in the Taylor Street commercial area from Morgan Street to Racine Avenue. The motivation for this analysis is the interest of the Taylor Street Business and Residents Committee in determining how to maximize the limited parking facilities in the area for the benefit of local businesses and residents.

Work Book for the Planning Meeting for a National Conference on Demilitarization and Transition to Civilianization, April 27, 1992

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:14

This report presents the technical documentation as presented in the Planning Meeting for a National Conference on Demilitarization and Transition to Civilianization held on April 27, 1992.
This report contains the following:

1) a written agenda of the National Conference on Demilitarization and Transition
2) draft #2 of Civilianization of Military Personnel and Community Development Intervention: A Proposal and Prospectus for Collaborative Planning and Implementation and the Rebuilding of America's Communities; Douglas Gills, February 1992.

The First Year of PRAG

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:06

The goal of the PRAG evaluation conducted by the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago was to examine the degree to which PRAG had achieved, or worked toward, the objectives identified in the Urban Communities proposal. Three overall objectives were identified:
1. To promote research (at universities and within community organizations) that is driven by, and can be applied to, community needs.

Forging Partnerships for a Healthy, Viable Community: Provident Hospital, Urban Development Corporation and 'North Washington Park' Area Residents

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:05

This study outlines a proposal for the strategic rebuilding of "North Washington Park," a small section of Grand Boulevard, located in the Mid South region of Chicago. Despite the underdeveloped, destabilized physical character of the community, active community residents and community-oriented organizations have significant internal resources and strengths which, if adequately articulated, can contribute to rebuilding of the overall neighborhood.