News for May, 2007
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Affordable housing, especially in the Chicago region, is increasingly difficult to acquire and is a threat to the economic future of the region. Today, area leaders in government, non-profit and the business sectors unveiled a program to reverse these dramatic losses in the affordable rental housing stock. Created in 2005, The Preservation Compact is a project of the Urban Land Institute and is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
The first Open House to showcase analytical and hands-on tools created by CNT staff was a resounding success. Almost 150 people filled CNT’s first floor on Thursday, May 10. A variety of activities kept the guests busy, including booths with the 19 existing tools on display, mini-workshops on stormwater management and the Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, and the ever-popular tours of CNT’s LEED-certified Platinum-rated green building.
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Transit Future Update, May 1
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
The Virginia Bluebells were the first to spring to life this season in CNT’s native garden. And it won’t be long until tall beauties like Wild Columbine and Golden Alexander and ground-dwellers like Blood Root and Wild Ginger follow. The garden serves as a habitat for monarch butterflies, milkweed bugs, downy woodpeckers, and even a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
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