Title: Empowerment in Chicago : grassroots participation in economic development and poverty alleviation /
Authors: Herring, Cedric.; University of Illinois at Chicago.
Publisher: Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago : distributed by University of Illinois Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Urbanization Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.; Poverty Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.; Community development Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.; Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) Economic conditions.; Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) Social conditions.
Abstract: "Empowerment in Chicago asks and answers the hard questions about Chicago's early experience with the EZ process. It provides an overview and history of the Empowerment Zone initiative as an economic development strategy. It provides a wealth of information about economic growth, job development, quality of life, and citizen participation in Chicago's Empowerment Zone, Enterprise Communities, and other communities in the Chicago metropolitan area. Perhaps most importantly, Empowerment in Chicago systematically examines what has gone right and wrong with the Empowerment Zones process."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Empowerment in Chicago : grassroots participation in economic development and poverty alleviation / Michael Bennett, Noah Temaner Jenkins, and Cedric Herring -- Community involvement in Chicago's empowerment zone / Doug Gills and Wanda White -- A tale of two cities? : Profiles of Chicago's empowerment zone residents and non-zone residents / Cedric Herring -- Chicago's empowerment zone : a chronology of events / Noah Temaner Jenkins and Kathy Feingold -- Citizen participation in Chicago's application for empowerment zone and enterprise community status / Michelle L. Story-Stewart, Mark Sendzik, and Anna Marie Schuh -- Business and economic development in Chicago's empowerment zone / John F. McDonald -- Jobs and poverty alleviation in Chicago's empowerment zone / Nikolas Theodore -- In their own words : interviews with two individuals who participated in the EZ planning process / Michael Bennett and Javier Nogueras.