The BrooklynNOW! Project is a practical planning approach to inspiring participatory community and economic development as a planning support system to the Village of Brooklyn, Illinois. This project focuses on planning ...

This report is intended to stimulate discussion regarding the future of Sao Tome and Principe by which policy and development decisions can be made. It utilizes scenario planning to explore possible futures for the expansion ...

This research project sheds light on the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program with an emphasis on actual projects conducted in the City of Chicago. Since established in 2000, the NMTC program has supported launching many ...

The goal of this project is to determine how a food hub facility and its associated services could support the work of small and mid-sized farmers and value-added producers in South Central Illinois. A food hub is being ...

This project examines and amplifies the experiences of minority business owners in North St. Louis, an area of St. Louis that suffers from ongoing population loss, extreme segregation, and concentrated poverty. It analyzes ...

Mercer County is home to approximately 16,000 residents in rural, northwestern Illinois and is currently in the midst of a community-driven planning process with the goal of establishing a countywide economic development ...

This is a three part project. The first part is an economic opportunity assessment of Fulton County; the second collects International Economic Development Council Site Selection Data standards for the City of Canton and ...

This report takes a look at vacant property in the West Main Corridor of the City of Belleville, which is hoping to improve upon the area.