Metropolis Strategies

Building a Globally Competitive Region

After 12 years of civic leadership, Chicago Metropolis 2020 has become Metropolis Strategies, a supporting organization of the Trust. Chicago Metropolis 2020 was created by The Commercial Club of Chicago in 1999 as a project to improve the economic vitality of the region. By joining forces with the Trust, Metropolis Strategies will bring vital regional leadership to addressing the economic challenges posed to the seven-county region by increased global competition.

Founded in

2011

Board of Directors

Gerald W. Adelmann
James L. Alexander
Anthony K. Anderson
Rita R. Athas
MarySue Barrett
Frank H. Beal
Prudence R. Beidler
Dr. Byron T. Brazier
Carol Brown
John L. Bucksbaum
John A. Canning, Jr.
Michael T. Carrigan
Frank M. Clark (ex officio)
Lester Crown
Ronald E. Daly
Judy Erwin
Charles L. Evans, Ph.D.
Tyrone C. Fahner
Bro. James Gaffney, FSC
Jack M. Greenberg
M. Hill Hammock
King W. Harris
Cheryle Robinson Jackson
Donald G. Lubin
Terry Mazany
John W. McCarter Jr.
Karen McConnaughay
Andrew J. McKenna
David R. Mosena
Michael H. Moskow, Ph.D.
Jorge Ramirez
George A. Ranney
Raul I. Raymundo
Jesse H. Ruiz
Maria N. Saldaña
John F. Sandner
Jeffery D. Schielke (ex officio)
Jeffrey T. Sherwin (ex officio)
Adele Smith Simmons, Ph.D.
Gayle A. Smolinski (ex officio)
Jerome Stermer
James P. Stirling
Richard L. Thomas
Don A. Turner
Paula Wolff
Corinne G. Wood
Andrea L. Zopp

Website

www.metropolisstrategies.org/

Collaborative Agenda

The initial agenda for the collaboration of Metropolis Strategies and The Chicago Community Trust includes the following:

Regional economic development. Metropolis Strategies and the Trust are committed to pursuing strategies and actions designed to grow the region's economy and create more employment opportunities. While Chicago has enormous assets and many advantages, it risks losing its momentum without developing a region-wide vision and action plans for building a stronger economy.
Create a sustainable region. Chicago's national leadership for sustainability includes the City of Chicago's award winning Climate Action Plan and the creation of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), the seven-county area's regional planning agency that combines land use and transportation planning under one roof for the first time. The Trust and Metropolis Strategies will pursue a sustainability agenda that focuses on policy changes and practices to build a more sustainable region.
Create safer communities. Illinois' criminal justice system is expensive and ineffective. The Trust and Metropolis Strategies will work to change public policies and practices to improve outcomes for the criminal justice systems and individuals affected by these systems.