At the time GO TO 2040 was published, roughly 250,000 acres of land in the region had been set aside for conservation purposes, with another 50,000 acres primarily for recreation . While the majority is held by public agencies, the fastest growing slice of the pie, at least in percentage terms, has been private conservation. GO TO 2040 noted the critical need to support the work of private... Read More

NOTE:   This is the fifth in a six-part series of Policy Updates on the OECD Territorial Review: Part 1: Assets and Challenges Part 2: Workforce Part 3: Innovation Part 4: Transportation and Logistics Part 5: Green Growth Part 6: Governance The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently profiled a broader Chicago... Read More

This month’s edition of the Illinois Innovation Index focuses on patent output in Illinois and the metropolitan Chicago region. Though patents don’t capture all economic innovation, they are a useful metric to gauge the dynamism of regional innovation systems. As the Index shows, patent productivity is variable through time, regions, and industries.  For example, financing and data... Read More

NOTE:   This is the fourth in a six-part series of Policy Updates on the OECD Territorial Review: Part 1: Assets and Challenges Part 2: Workforce Part 3: Innovation Part 4: Transportation and Logistics Part 5: Green Growth Part 6: Governance The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released an in-depth report on... Read More

NOTE:   This is the third in a six-part series of Policy Updates on the OECD Territorial Review: Part 1: Assets and Challenges Part 2: Workforce Part 3: Innovation Part 4: Transportation and Logistics Part 5: Green Growth Part 6: Governance The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released an in-depth report on... Read More