Economic Vitality

Great cities offer equitable opportunities.

Civic Consulting Alliance is committed to increasing the vitality of our region and reducing disparity between neighborhoods.

We invest in building an inclusive and equitable economy that contributes to the long-term vitality of the Chicago region. We focus on:

Inclusive regional economic growth
Equitable investment across communities
Individual opportunity & prosperity
Responsive and efficient institutions

Project Highlights

June 30, 2021

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Building Meaningful Healthcare Employment Pathways in a Time of Change

Since West Side United was founded in 2017, Civic Consulting Alliance has helped this innovative health equity collaborative incubate, launch, and execute initiatives to address the social determinants of health for the West Side’s 550,000 residents. One key initiative in West Side United’s Economic Vitality ...

June 18, 2021

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Rising Together for an Equitable Recovery

The COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating impact on Chicago’s Black and Latinx communities, where disparate financial and health outcomes were already the norm after decades of disinvestment and systemic racism. Recognizing these structural inequities, in October 2020, The Chicago ...

May 30, 2021

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Supporting Community-Driven Vaccination Efforts

As local leaders and public health officials have called out since the early days of the pandemic, COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted Black and Latinx Chicagoans, due in part to longstanding racial inequities in healthcare quality and access. Last spring, the City ...