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August 12, 2014
Cities, suburbs trade and blend design featuresStereotypes no longer hold for either
January 28, 2014
Student-organized symposium highlights urban planningEvent, open to all, considers reverse migration from suburbs to city
January 29, 2013
Robert Bruegmann spreads the word on sprawlWhen Robert Bruegmann came out with his groundbreaking book in 2005, he was like Gordon Gekko declaring “Greed is good!”
June 25, 2012
Suburban Corruption Study Calls for Inspector General PostThe city of Chicago is well known for acts of public corruption, but the metropolitan area’s suburban communities are not immune to unethical practices and would benefit from a new inspector general’s office, according to a new report by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
February 20, 2012
New Book Compares Chicago Suburbs’ Fiscal ManagementUsing 264 economically and socially diverse Chicago suburbs as a laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago researcher Rebecca Hendrick has analyzed how well local governments deliver services despite recession, political conflict and loss of corporate taxpayers.