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Cook County Releases Economic Development Agenda
On April 4, 2013, Cook County released an economic development agenda, Partnering for Prosperity . Eight of the nine agenda strategies directly align with GO TO 2040 recommendations. The following Policy Update provides a brief overview of the agenda, which addresses the county’s role in the metropolitan Chicago economy, and describes the many areas in which Partnering for...
White House Releases FY 2014 Budget Proposal
On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his budget proposal for federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. Over the next ten years, the budget would increase revenues by about $1.1 trillion and cut ten-year spending by $265 billion, thereby reducing the federal deficit by $1.3 trillion compared to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) baseline projections. CMAP is monitoring the...
Skilled Workforce is Needed to Grow Manufacturing Cluster in Region
Metropolitan Chicago’s manufacturing cluster employs one in eight workers in the region. Although manufacturers lost one-third of their workforce between 2001 and 2011, productivity actually increased over that same period. These seemingly contradictory trends reveal how dramatically the region’s manufacturing cluster has changed in recent years. CMAP’s new manufacturing...
Investments in Innovation Can Fuel Region’s Manufacturing Rebound
Manufacturing accounts for a disproportionate component of the nation’s innovative activity: While it makes up only 11 percent of GDP, 90 percent of all the nation’s patents relate to manufacturing. In Illinois the link between manufacturing and innovation is even more pronounced. Nationwide 68 percent of all private research and development (R&D) spending comes from manufacturing firms;...
Tech Transfer Growing in Illinois Universities
Research activity at Illinois universities increasingly contributes to economic growth in the state. In the past much university research focused less on marketability and more on general principles, but in the last ten years, universities across the state and nation have intensified the transfer of research from theory into tangible products with commercial value. The August edition ...
Freight Drill-Down Analyzes Regional Infrastructure, Innovation, and Workforce
GO TO 2040 calls for strategically organizing the region around its existing and emerging clusters of specialization to better compete in the national and international marketplace. The plan directs CMAP, with the support of its partners, to perform “drill-down” analyses into specific industry clusters, including freight, advanced manufacturing, and biotech/biomed. CMAP has...
Preview -- Freight Cluster Drill-Down
Nurturing the region’s industry clusters is one of the main recommendations from the Human Capital chapter of GO TO 2040 . The plan directs CMAP, with the support of its partners, to perform “drill-down” analyses into specific established industry clusters, including freight, advanced manufacturing, and biotech/biomed, to better understand them. CMAP is focusing on freight as...
Illinois Innovation Index Highlights R&D Challenges, Opportunities
Private research and development (R&D) jobs have been declining in the Chicago region for the past decade according to data from the Illinois Innovation Index for February 2012. This month's newsletter, which focuses on private R&D activity in the state, calls attention to the challenges and opportunities the region faces in industry-driven research. GO TO 2040 ...
Metropolis Strategies Publishes Green Cluster Study
A new report from Metropolis Strategies provides some ideas for nurturing industry clusters in our region, one of GO TO 2040’srecommendations to support economic innovation. Prepared by RW Ventures and Innovation Network for Communities, “ The Chicago Region’s “Green” Economic Opportunities ” reportidentifies several opportunities for economic innovation in the...
Governor Quinn Delivers State of the State Address
On February 1, Governor Quinn delivered his 2012 State of the State address, outlining his administration's efforts to spur economic growth and improve infrastructure. The governor applauded the growth of automotive manufacturing jobs at Ford and Chrysler plants in Chicago and Belvidere, respectively. He stated that Illinois exports are on the rise, having jumped 30...
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The LTA home page has details of activities sponsored by the HUD Sustainable Communities grant to CMAP for support of community projects that advance the principles of GO TO 2040. In our second call for projects through the Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program, CMAP received over 100 proposals from more than 80 applicants. View the press release and summary of selected projects.
An interactive map of local case studies describes projects and people that exemplify the goals and objectives of GO TO 2040.
CMAP's Local Ordinances and Toolkits program provides resources to municipalities interested in pursuing policies that are aligned with GO TO 2040 recommendations.
