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.
1986
Community Development Options: An Assessment of the Economic Conditions in Uptown
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
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.
The State of the Economy and Economic Development
The various plans regarding economic development in the region which have been produced over the last half dozen years differ in their assumptions. Some quite eloquently argue that the region's old industries, especially in manufacturing, are dying, not just here but nationwide, and that resources should be devoted to new industries. Others offer evidence that manufacturing, although shrinking in size and importance, is restructuring and remains a mainstay of the region. Indeed, it is argued that without a strong manufacturing base other industries have no chance of taking off.