Chicago is building a new 20-year vision for the downtown area
Pleasure boats gather along the shore of Lake Michigan near downtown Chicago Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Chicago. Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo
Chicago is building a new 20-year vision for the downtown area
Pleasure boats gather along the shore of Lake Michigan near downtown Chicago Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Chicago. Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo

Chicago leaders are working on a new vision for downtown development over the next two decades and will kick off their planning process with a public webinar Thursday.

Reset discusses what the updated economic blueprint could mean for the future of downtown and checks in with community groups and listeners for their top priorities.

GUESTS: Melody Mercado, Block Club Chicago reporter covering the Loop, West Loop, River North and the Gold Coast

Kendra Freeman, vice president of programs and strategic impact at the Metropolitan Planning Council

Mónica Félix, executive director of Chicago Cultural Alliance

Andrew Broderick, urban designer at Perkins & Will, chairman of the Burnham Council Board at the Chicago Central Area Committee

Chicago is building a new 20-year vision for the downtown area
Pleasure boats gather along the shore of Lake Michigan near downtown Chicago Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Chicago. Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo
Chicago is building a new 20-year vision for the downtown area
Pleasure boats gather along the shore of Lake Michigan near downtown Chicago Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Chicago. Kiichiro Sato / AP Photo

Chicago leaders are working on a new vision for downtown development over the next two decades and will kick off their planning process with a public webinar Thursday.

Reset discusses what the updated economic blueprint could mean for the future of downtown and checks in with community groups and listeners for their top priorities.

GUESTS: Melody Mercado, Block Club Chicago reporter covering the Loop, West Loop, River North and the Gold Coast

Kendra Freeman, vice president of programs and strategic impact at the Metropolitan Planning Council

Mónica Félix, executive director of Chicago Cultural Alliance

Andrew Broderick, urban designer at Perkins & Will, chairman of the Burnham Council Board at the Chicago Central Area Committee