The area known as Monterey-Vincennes is located in Morgan Park, just south of Beverly Hills on the far southwest side of Chicago. In conjunction with urban renewal plans, several blocks along both Monterey and Vincennes Avenues have been cleared for redevelopment. The University of Illinois Center for Urban Economic Development was retained by several neighborhood groups to prepare redevelopment plans that were economically viable, improved the appearance of the area, and were in concert with local objectives.
1980
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.
A Study of the Feasibility of Forming a Construction Company for the 18th Street Development Corporation
In January 1980, the Eighteenth Street Development Corporation (ESDC) asked the Center for Urban Economic Development of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (CUED) to do a feasibility study of the ESDC proposal to form a small, for-profit construction company. The proposed company would serve as an important component of the ESDC's self-help economic revitalization strategy in the Pilsen community.
Long Range Marketing Plan-Private Industry Council of Chicago
In March 1980, Donald I. Kane Associates prepared the Short Range Marketing Plan for the Private Industry Council of Chicago. It suggested that new marketing approaches needed to be structured to reverse employers' negative perceptions about CETA programs. The following was recommended:
(1) Meet perceived problems head-on. The major obstacles confronting PIC in marketing its program are the following employers' perceptions:
(a) Economically disadvantaged and CETA eligible people don't want to work, don't know how to work