Grantee Profile
Metropolitan Planning Council
Grants to Metropolitan Planning Council
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$180,000Active Strategy
2013 (Duration 2 years)
Housing
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — In support of advancing the preservation of affordable housing in suburban Cook County (over two years).
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$100,000Active Strategy
2012 (Duration 1 year)
Community & Economic Development
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — The Metropolitan Planning Council is a regional planning organization that serves the greater Chicago metropolitan area. The Calumet region, a 45-square mile area of land and waterways that is metropolitan Chicago's largest industrial area and one of the most bio-diverse regions of the Midwest, is the subject of significant redevelopment attention. The Council will use this grant to complete an inventory of organizations, projects underway, and the tools and public powers (such as eminent domain and land banking) available to promote Calumet's redevelopment that will inform efforts to align and accelerate such redevelopment efforts.
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$360,000Active Strategy
2010 (Inactive Grant)
Housing
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — To participate in The Preservation Compact (over three years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Metropolitan Planning Council $640,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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