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Originally Posted by cmmcnam2
Fairly new here, long time lurker. I've always believe one of Chicago's biggest problems was public relations, basically what the rest of the country and world thought about Chicago does not really line up with everyday realities and I know a lot of the commenters on here feel the same way. Luckily, it looks like the city is finally starting to realize this and they created a plan to bring the 4 main sectors of the city (Civic, Commercial, Education, and Arts and Culture) to promote the city on the world stage. All in all, the idea is to clean up the image, increase tourism and investment, and use the momentum to get the residents to care for, engage, promote, and work for the betterment of the city as a whole. The report is a great read, highly suggest checking it out.
https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/si...tm_content=pdf |
Chicago has awful PR. A lot of that stems from angry conservatives spreading misinformation for political points and a lot of it is self-inflicted. Great to see the City is finally "woke" and working to address these issues. There's no reason places like Boston, DC, NYC, or even Philadelphia can post population gains and we cannot. Chicago is far better equipped than all but NYC to contribute to the knowledge economy. We have a large, education workforce, excellent transit, and we're FAR more affordable.