This study is aimed at identifying the parking needs and possible financing opportunities for upgrading the existing park-n-ride facility in the Howard/Paulina (HP) area in Chicago, Illinois in conjunction with a proposed transit center development. The development entails a mixture of retail, office and residential land uses. Specifically, this study is intended to examine whether demand for parking spaces, either on a rental and/or purchase basis justifies a 500 car park and ride facility.
Wim Wiewel
Analysis of Development Potentials 47th Street and King Drive Project: A Reevaluation
The Center for Urban Economic Development of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle has, on behalf of Minority Economic Development Systems, Inc., undertaken a review of "Analysis of Development Potentials 47th Street Project Site" by Larry Smith and Company, Inc., of November 1970. Our analysis leads us to believe that data which have since become available do not support the report's conclusion regarding the feasibility of a large department store on 47th Street and Martin Luther King Drive.
Market Feasibility Analysis for an Automotive Repair Cooperative
On behalf of the Community Renewal Society (CRS), the Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) of the University of Illinois at Chicago has analyzed the feasibility of developing an automotive repair cooperative in South Shore, Chicago. A detailed analysis of supply and demand data, industry trends, and typical operating ratios has led us to conclude that a venture as proposed is feasible.
Market Feasibility Analysis for a Cooperative Supermarket in Robbins, Illinois
The Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) of the University of Illinois at Chicago has analyzed the feasibility of developing a cooperative supermarket located in the Village of Robbins, Illinois. This study was conducted for the Village of Robbins and the Robbins Illinois Cooperative Supermarket (RICS), a not-for-profit corporation.
Market Analysis and Marketing Strategies for the Greater Illinois People's Cooperative
The Greater Illinois People's Cooperative (GIPC) has requested the University of Illinois Center for Urban Economic Development (CUED) for assistance in developing a marketing plan for its natural foods wholesale and pasta brokerage operations. GIPC has experienced losses over the past two years due to rising operating costs and stagnant sales.
Day Care Recommendations for Community Enterprises, Inc.*
Based on an analysis of population statistics and day care services in 62 Cook County communities the CEI board at its April meeting selected 6 areas for detailed study. The Center for Urban Economic Development was asked to coordinate the efforts of CEI staff and volunteers. Since then, the CEI Day care Advisory Committee has met twice and added and deleted some areas.
Harvard on Halsted Street: Dilemmas of Neighborhood Advocacy in Academia
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.
Community Inc.: The Rationalization of Civic Life
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.
Facilitating Federal Technology Transfer to Small and Medium Sized Business and State and Local Government
In a discrete technology, will address the needs of the user groups. In addition, because of the general lack of in-house technical sophistication among our user groups, a significant amount of assistance may be needed to address technical problems and implement technical solutions.
Households' Needs and Community Response in Three Chicago Neighborhoods: The impact of the New Federalism
Over the past few years, low and moderate income households have been affected by both economic recession and the impact of reductions in funding for social service programs. Research by the Urban Institute has focussed on how the funding changes have affected not-for-profit organizations and how these organizations cope with the increased demand for their services.