Robert Mier

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.

Discussion Papers on Enterprise Zones

This report contains three separate articles written about Enterprise Zones. The first is "Administering Enterprise Zones: Some Initial Observations" by Charles Orlebeke. Enterprise zones, although simple in concept, may not necessarily be simple to administer. Enactment of enterprise zone legislation will confront the federal government with a series of administrative tasks.