The Trust’s Community Goal Areas
#1: Education and Economic Development
#2: Health, Housing and Human Services
#3: Civic and Cultural Vitality
#4: Sustainable Development
Council on Foundations
Cleveland, October 2014
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The Trust’s Goal of Sustainable Development
“Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
needs.” (Source: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future)
“All of life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a
single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Strategy to Achieve our Goal of
Sustainable Development
Through:
Community-based practices
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Geography: local (neighborhood, municipal)
Project types: community planning and development, community
engagement, local program implementation
Projects that create systemic change
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Geography: regional, sub-regional, multi-jurisdictional
Project types: regional planning, advocacy, culture change, market
creation, outreach & education, technical assistance,
training
 RFP for each strategy released annually
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Sustainable Development Flowchart
Changes &
Refinements
Strategy
Communitybased Practices
Systemic Change
Initiatives
Goal
Leadership
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Sustainable
Development
Funding Support
Impact &
Outcomes
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Our Strategy is Viable When...
Anchor projects to important sustainable development
guidelines and frameworks:
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Regional policy (e.g., GO TO 2040 regional comprehensive plan)
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Local policy (e.g., Chicago Climate Action Plan)
 These are RFP requirements
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Our Strategy is Viable When...
Support projects that work on a systemic level:
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Increase knowledge, conviction and political will
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Build capacity for sustainable development to occur
seamlessly
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Create projects that are replicable across communities
 These are RFP requirements
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Our Strategy is Viable When...
Focus on critical sectors:
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Built Environment: Quality, choice and access where we
live, work and play
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Climate & Energy: Increase efficiency, reduce impact
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Natural Systems: Protect and restore the resources of life
 These are RFP requirements
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Sustainable Development Projects
Sectors
Built Environment
Climate & Energy
Natural Systems
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Sustainable Development Projects
Sectors
Built Environment
Climate & Energy
Natural Systems
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Sustainable Development Projects
Sectors
Built Environment
Climate & Energy
Natural Systems
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Impact
• The region underspends on transit operations and capital
compared to peer cities
• Just 21% of the region’s jobs and 8% of its population are
located within a quarter-mile of rapid transit.
Public Transportation Network in Northeastern Illinois Existing Conditions,
Metropolitan Planning Council, 2013.
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Impact
2011 – Present:
Research &
Advocacy
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September 2013:
Chicago Transit-Oriented
Development Ordinance
Passes
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Density allowance near transit
stations
Less car parking
More bicycle parking
Incents mixed-use development
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Impact
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Impact
“I see public transportation as a core piece of our economic
strategy as a city”
~ Mayor Rahm Emanuel , 2013 keynote address, American Public Transportation
Association annual meeting
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Polish Triangle
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Blue Line
99 rentals
0 parking
Replaces drive-thru Pizza Hut
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Impact
“I see public transportation as a core piece of our economic
strategy as a city”
~ Mayor Rahm Emanuel , 2013 keynote address, American Public Transportation
Association annual meeting
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Logan Square
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Blue Line
56 rentals (28 studios)
6 affordable
60 bicycle spaces, 18 car
spaces
 Green roof
 Replaces car wash
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Impact
“I see public transportation as a core piece of our economic
strategy as a city”
~ Mayor Rahm Emanuel , 2013 keynote address, American Public Transportation
Association annual meeting
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Pilsen
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Pink Line
105 student dorms
0 parking
First “community-based”
student housing in USA
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Impact
“I see public transportation as a core piece of our economic
strategy as a city”
~ Mayor Rahm Emanuel , 2013 keynote address, American Public Transportation
Association annual meeting
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Lakeview
 Red Line
 98 rentals
 39 parking (down from
120 under old ordinance)
 Replaces Dunkin Donuts
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Climate Resiliency:
Incorporating Environmental and Sustainable
Approaches at Community Foundations
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Structural
• Strategic plan
• The lens of sustainable development
Process
• RFPs
• Community based / Systemic change synergy
• Metrics and indicators
Project
• Focus on the sectors that move the needle
• Support work that advances existing plans
• Support cross-sector partnerships
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QUESTIONS?
Michael Davidson
Senior Program Officer in Sustainable Development
September 2014
mdavidson@cct.org
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