A City That Works
Conor Durkin, Richard Day, Nik Hunder, Zak Yudhishthu, Dan Gent - Chi2100 Urbanism, Alex Montero, Evan Mast, Katrina Wheelan, Noah Wright, Justin Erb, Bo McMillanPolicy analysis and ideas on how to make Chicago work better.
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We organize a regular calendar of events. Come on out to join us at any of the upcoming ones! Note: A City That Works sponsored-events are generally free to attend. We just ask that you register in advance, so we have some count of who’s co...
Scoreboard: How did Chicago do in 2025?
Before we get started today, a plug for another event: Come on out and join the A City That Works crew to talk housing (and anything else) with Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th) on Wednesday, June 3rd. We’ll be at Pasteur starting at...
What could Chicago do with 600 more police officers?
Before we get started, a plug for two upcoming events:
- Join other City That Works readers Wednesday, May 13th at Midwest Coast Brewing from 5:30-7:30pm. We’ll be joined by local Alderman Walter “Red” Burnett, who’s been fightin...
Let’s move some parking meters
Screenshot of the parking meter relocation simulator
A Reminder: Join other City That Works readers next week, Wednesday, May 13th at Midwest Coast Brewing from 5:30-7:30pm. We’ll be joined by local Alderman Walter “Red” Burnett, wh...
Local governments come out swinging against more housing
Barrington Hills, Illinois. The village, which has a minimum 5-acre lot size, was one of the first municipalities to come out in opposition to Governor JB Pritzker’s housing plan. Source: Zillow.
We have spent a fair bit of time covering G...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Mostly transit, housing and state capacity. Always Chicago. Opinions here are my own, and don’t reflect the views of employers, past, present or future.
Nik Hunder is an environmental policy analyst, researcher, and public transit advocate from Chicago
Writing about urban economics and housing, mostly in the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Sign the Petition: https://www.change.org/Chicago2100 | Advocating for a better tomorrow, one street at a time
Alex Montero is the chairperson of Strong Towns Chicago, an all volunteer advocacy group focused on housing, street safety, and transit.
Urban economist at Notre Dame
Noah Wright is a data professional with over a decade of experience in quantitative research, analytics, grantmaking, teaching, and management. He currently currently serves on the Steering Committee of Chicago Growth Project.
Chicagoan and attorney trying to figure out how to make my community a less bad.
Board member of the Redress Movement, forthcoming author of a book on the narrative history of the housing crisis, and former BCG consultant.
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