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UPP News

UPP Prof Betancur on Declining Hispanic Population in Pilsen

A 2016 study from Urban Planning and Policy Professor John Betancur detailed the Pilsen neighborhood’s declining Hispanic population in Crain’s Chicago Business. Crain’s covered a proposed 30-story apartment tower addition to a property in…

UPP Prof Rachel Weber on "Blight Fighting"

Rachel Weber, professor of urban planning and policy, is interviewed in a Crain’s Chicago Business investigative story on “blight-fighting” TIF funds being diverted to pay for Navy Pier renovations. http://bit.ly/2uhNyCg (subscription may be required)

UPP Student Michael Harris Quoted on NextCity.org

Michael Harris, President of the Society of Black Urban Planners (UIC), was quoted in an article titled Chicago Programs Aim to Lead Minority Youth to City Planning on Nextcity.org. You can read the article…