Metropolitan Planning Council

We are a values-driven workplace, and are seeking to expand our team! Research assistants play an important role at MPC, offering support for our projects by researching, writing, and learning about planning policy in the region. We welcome students with federal work-study and those seeking course credit to learn more about this opportunity and apply: https://ow.ly/Qb5n50Uc04c

WE ARE HIRING! MPC is a? values-driven workplace seeking a Housing, Community and Economic Development Director to join our team. Applications are now being accepted for curious and collaborative team members who seek to affect meaningful change. Learn more about this role and apply today: https://ow.ly/hwFt50TR467

Last week's 2024 Annual Event marked a significant milestone in MPC’s 90-year legacy of leadership, partnership, and convening stakeholders to drive impactful change in water, land use, housing, and transportation for the Chicago region. Our 90th anniversary video celebrates these accomplishments, showcasing key areas, issues, and projects where transformative change has been felt and experienced over the last 9 decades. It features MarySue Barrett, Daniel B. Lurie, Juan Sebastian A., Carol Ross Barney FAIA, Kendra Jackson Freeman, & Ryan Wilson. Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/ggDzmNyg

Thank you to everyone who joined us as we celebrated 90 years at the 2024 MPC Anual Event, held on Wednesday at The Geraghty in Chicago. The celebration featured remarks from MPC Board Chair Paul Carlisle, MPC President & CEO Daniel B. Lurie, Alison P. Ranney on behalf of her father Champions of Change Award honoree George A. Ranney, Jr., Elevated Founder Roberto Requejo, and Community Impact Award honoree Lesle Honore. We left feeling energized, proud, inspired, and grateful to the event attendees, participants, sponsors, vendors, and staff that made the night unforgettable!

WE ARE HIRING! We are seeking a Housing, Community and Economic Development Director to join our team. MPC is a? values-driven workplace looking for curious and collaborative team members with effective communication and project management skills who recognize the connections between our core areas of work and who seek to affect meaningful change. Learn more about our competitive compensation package and apply here: https://ow.ly/hwFt50TR467

JOIN US! We are celebrating 90 years strong! Get your tickets today for our 2024 Annual Event. Together we will honor George Ranney with the MPC Champions of Change Award and Leslé Honoré with the Community Impact Award. Join us to celebrate 90 years of impact and lay the groundwork for future progress where equity is at the forefront of our built environment. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/AE2024-tickets

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the 100+ transit enthusiasts who attended our event last week! The event featured a breakfast reception and private chartered train tour with programming that focused on imagining sustainable transit and the role it plays in shaping thriving communities. Special thanks to our reception speakers and transit champions State Senator Ram Villivalam, and House Representative Eva-Dina Delgado. We were excited to see participation from so many of our partners, collaborators and state legislators. Attendees enjoyed an informative and fun morning with inspiring stories, visionary ideas…and even transit Bingo with prizes! We also appreciate our tour speakers who relayed the impact of transit and its important relationship to the surrounding communities: architect Carol Ross Barney FAIA, Phillip L Beckham III (P3 Markets), Bernard Loyd (URBAN JUNCTURE FOUNDATION), Juan Sebastian A. (Elevated Chicago ETOD), and Justin Hayford (Esperanza Health Centers). We are grateful to our generous sponsors who made this event possible: CROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION, BMO, Capri Investment Group, U.S. Bank, Wintrust Financial Corporation, Nicor Gas, Peoples Gas, GCM Grosvenor, ComEd, Faegre Drinker, Carnahan Family Foundation, HARRIS FAMILY FOUNDATION, Ann M. Drake, CAROL LAVIN BERNICK FAMILY FOUNDATION, Christopher B. Burke Engineering - Chicagoland, CIBC, d'Escoto, Inc., For Good Advisory, Illinois Housing Development Authority, Miller Cooper & Co., Ltd., PNC, R.M. Chin & Associates, Inc., Kathy Stodgell & David Mook, and the Village of Franklin Park. MPC is actively engaged in developing legislative and policy recommendations for the future of the region’s transit system. Issues at stake include financial viability and funding, rider experience, community and economic development and governance. Our event yesterday highlighted how investing in transit enables the growth and vibrancy of our communities and neighborhoods. Learn more about this work here: https://lnkd.in/gEg_6sCf

Join us in congratulating MPC Vice President Kendra Jackson Freeman on her recent recognition as one of Crain's Chicago Business 2024 Notable Black Leaders. This honor acknowledges individuals who serve in senior leadership roles and who have demonstrated significant accomplishments within their industry, professional organizations and community groups. In making its selection, Crain's noted the key role Kendra played in the "Cost of Segregation" study as well as her policy work on equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) which contributed to a $10 million ETOD grant investment by the city of Chicago. We couldn't be prouder of the impact Kendra's leadership has provided to policy and systems change initiatives and we commend her on this remarkable achievement! Learn about Kendra and the other notable leaders here: https://lnkd.in/dz7_X3eJ #CrainsNotableBlackLeaders #notableblackleaders #CrainsChicagoBusiness

Metropolitan Planning Council's Board of Governor’s has announced the selection of Dan Lurie as President & CEO of MPC, effective September 30, 2024. Lurie is a Chicagoland native who brings national experience advancing bold, equitable policies in governance, housing, transit, land use and economic growth. We are excited to welcome Dan and look forward to his leadership as we work to address regional built environment issues in the Chicago region through a racial and economic justice lens. Read the full press release here: https://ow.ly/9NWY50TpxAx

Chicago Alderman Daniel La Spata's attempt to reduce the citywide speed limit from 30 to 25 mph caught the attention of news sources late last month. MPC Senior Director Audrey Wennink commented on the connection between high speeds, aggressive driving and increased fatalities. Read all of her remarks in the full article here: https://ow.ly/2hgO50SYRaW