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The Chaddick Institute
offers services to nonprofit organizations and units of government to
improve planning, economic development and the quality of life.
We are currently engaged in a variety of projects to enhance community
involvement in land-use planning.
Helping out New
Orleans' Tulane Canal Neighborhood.
The Chaddick Institute is
currently working to assist a neighborhood in New Orleans recover from the
devastation of Hurricane Katrina, which is under the direction of Professor
Gloria Simo. Click here for details about the
project.
(Right: Students at the
New Orleans Department of Planning)
Assistant Director Gloria's Simo's new publication focusing on New
Orleans in December's Public
Administration Review:
"The Role of Non Profits
in Disaster Response: An Expanded Model of Cross-Sectoral
Collaboration."
Programs for High School Students.
For several years now, the institute has offered intensive urban planning
programs for Chicago-area high school students. We've been fortunate to
partner with the Chicago Public Schools Service Learning Department, Bethel
New Life and a variety of other organizations and schools on these efforts
to date. Email jkearne2@depaul.edu
for more information.
(The 2006 Chicago Experience Class)
Coverage in the Chicago Reader about our High School Program
Scenes from 2008's
Leading Community Change program for high school students on Chicago's West
Side.
Chaddick Development Control Award.
The
Chaddick Development Control Award recognizes a suburban unit of
government that is demonstrating excellence in sign control, design review,
zoning, subdivision regulation, or the development approval process over a
period of five years of more. Please email Joe Kearney at
jkearne2@depaul.edu for more info.
Test
link
Examples of completed
projects
Comprehensive
Planning for the Village of University Park.
The Institute assisted the village collect data to begin to develop a new
comprehensive plan and community-outreach effort to refine community goals.
This program was supported by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Community Survey for
Lake County.
The Institute took a lead role in designing and implementing surveys of
county residents and employees. We used this information to
identify opportunities available to the county to enhance its organizational
effectiveness.
Community Involvement in Chicago Public Schools.
The Institute assisted the Chicago Public Schools conduct a survey of city
residents about the city’s unfolding Renaissance Schools Initiative.
Link
to Lolita Sereleas’ Fund Consulting
web site
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