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City’s Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox steps down

Cox, tapped to lead the former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Invest South/West initiative, is the third star of her Cabinet to leave Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2023

Sky’s the limit for West Side training of solar panel technicians

Using space at the former school for St. Agatha Catholic Church, the Sustainability Hub is a venture between a developer and others to address workforce development and economic justice.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 2, 2023

Chicago’s 1-year-old Committee on Design is helping shape the city’s most important development projects

Chicago developers worried last year that construction projects would face bureaucratic snarls after city planners added a layer to the approval process. Builders already had to run a gantlet of officials on several commissions and committees, as well as City Council. Some now had to face the Committee on Design,…

Chicago Tribune · Nov 3, 2022