With support from the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, the South Suburban Economic Growth Initiative launched a Housing & Neighborhoods Working Group last June to help re-establish the Southland as an economic powerhouse. A follow-up was held on May 30 for a discussion about priorities and how they can support partners in the Southland.
Ted Slowick of the Tribune/Daily Southtown wrote a great column below on the meeting:
Dozens of community leaders, bankers, planners and others met in East Hazel Crest Thursday afternoon to discuss their work to address the situation. The Housing & Neighborhoods Working Group is part of a broader effort known as the South Suburban Economic Growth Initiative.
“When (Cook County Board President) Toni Preckwinkle was reelected (in 2014), she said we needed a strategy for the south suburbs,” Jay Readey, SSEGI project manager, said.
The SSEGI released a 134-page report in 2017 that examined economic challenges facing 34 communities in the Southland. Read more.