BREAKING NEW GROUND

Metropolitan Planning Council Annual Report

20052006

M E T R O P O L I T A N P L A N N I N G C O U N C I L

20052006

On the followingpages, we highlight our groundbreakingaccomplishments in2005 and 2006, aswell as introduce youto people who remindus why we do what we do: strive to makethe Chicago region agreat place to live,work and play.

At its August 2006 Annual Meeting,

the MPC Board of Governors

“re-elected” Lee Mitchell as chair

… 15 years after his first term.

Mitchell, a partner with Thoma

Cressey Bravo, has been a member

of MPC’s board since 1984, and

served as chairman from 1989

to 1991. Most recently, he co-

chaired the Bold Plans, Bright

Future campaign and has served

as vice chair of development for

the last six years.

“When I joined MPC, the organiza-

tion was focused on advocating

for tangible city improvements

such as a revamped Navy Pier and

redesigned Lake Shore Drive.

Over the last 15 years, since I

was chair the first time, both the

organization and region have

changed a great deal,” Mitchell

said. “We are now taking on

issues of regional and statewide

significance, such as school fund-

ing and tax policy reform, which

are bigger, more long-term, more

complicated to solve. So, my role

as chair is very different too, but

just as meaningful.”

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he 1937 groundbreakings for Chicago’s first public housing developments —Jane Addams Houses, Julia C. Lathrop Homes, Trumball Park Homes, and

Ida B. Wells — represented the first significant victories for the nascentMetropolitan Housing Council, which was established just three years earlier toeradicate the city’s slum housing conditions. These new communities, all withlow-rise buildings, provided safe, decent housing for the working poor for the first time in years.

Some 70 years later, the Metropolitan Planning Council continues to celebratesignificant achievements. On the following pages, we highlight our groundbreakingaccomplishments in 2005 and 2006, as well as introduce you to people whoremind us why we do what we do: strive to make the Chicago region a greatplace to live, work and play.

Over the last two years, we successfully established our first endowment and specialinitiatives fund through our $14.2 million Bold Plans, Bright Future campaign, which willmaintain our independence and give us the capacity to intensify our work. In the fall of2005, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley spoke at MPC’s Annual Meeting Luncheon forthe first time during his tenure as mayor. In 2006, we continued our tradition of featur-ing the major-party gubernatorial candidates at an Annual Meeting forum, but with thecandidates appearing at separate events.

MPC had some remarkable milestones as well. We bid farewell to long-time developmentdirector Ann Armstrong, who retired in June 2006, after more than 20 years of serviceto the organization. Our longest serving member of the Board of Governors, John W.Baird, celebrated 53 years with us in 2006. Over the last two years, five of our boardmembers marked a decade with MPC.

We are extremely proud of all the Council achieved the last two years. We are also enthusiastic — and optimistic — that 2007 represents a new day in Illinois, in termsof how we fund our schools, invest in our communities, and plan our futures. We cannot do this without your involvement and support. Thank you for the contributionsyou continue to make to MPC and the Chicagoland region.

John A. Buck Chair, 2004-2006MarySue Barrett President, 1996-present

ANNUALREPORT2005-06

20052006

Lifelong Blue Island resident Donald Peloquin (right)

has been mayor of the southwest suburban commu-

nity for more than 20 years. During that time, he

has witnessed a lot of change, and not all of it for

the best.

“Like so many older suburbs, we’ve struggled with

downtown disinvestment for many years,” Peloquin

said. “But, today, as developers are rediscovering

the region's core, Blue Island is on the brink of

rebirth.”

Home to about 25,000 people, Blue Island has over

200 acres of available industrial land and unparal-

leled transportation access. The city is conveniently

located along the Cal Sag Channel, boasts three

commuter rail lines, and has 150 freight trains run-

ning daily through the town. With five Metra sta-

tions, a Main Street, and neighborhood schools, Blue

Island is extremely walkable.

In July 2006, MPC’s Community Building Initiative

Blue Island Task Force, chaired by Thomas Kirschbraun

of Jones Lang LaSalle, presented the city with realis-

tic strategies for making the most of the 10-year,

$225 million redevelopment plan developed by the

Center for Neighborhood Technology the previous

year. The volunteer team encouraged the city to

update its zoning code to create more predictability

for developers and greater local design control,

recommended the most suitable sites for retail

and industrial development, and outlined ways to

enhance Blue Island’s image to attract new busi-

nesses and services. The Task Force also recom-

mended a number of ways to engage the community

better and ensure the city’s redevelopment reflects

and includes its sizeable Latino and African-

American populations.

Through a spectrum of services, ranging from short-term trainings to long-term community partnerships,MPC’s Community Building Initiative provides localcommunities with technical expertise and market-based strategies.

One of MPC’s first communty build-ing partnerships was in St. Charles,Ill., where local leaders wanted toprovide more affordable housingoptions. Since 2005, MPC’sCommunity Building Initiative hasassisted 10 communities across the region.

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… by building communities

Providing local communities with guidance, expertise and support to address theirmost pressing growth and development challenges has become an increasing partof the Metropolitan Planning Council’s work in recent years. The Community Building

Initiative, which the Council launched in 2005, brings all of that work together into oneprogram.

Through a spectrum of services, ranging from short-term trainings to long-term communitypartnerships, MPC’s Community Building Initiative provides local communities with tech-nical expertise and market-based strategies for a very nominal fee. And because theCouncil also wants to demonstrate the impact of innovative policies to revitalize strugglingcommunities, develop affordable housing in job-rich areas, and conserve naturalresources in growing areas, MPC has developed a set of criteria it uses to carefully selectits clients.

So far, the results are impressive. In 2005 alone, 21 communities around the regionreceived trainings on sensible growth strategies, and five received longer-term technicalassistance on critical development issues. In 2006, another 88 communities benefitedfrom MPC’s services, including Highwood, Chicago Heights and Joliet.

Eventually, MPC wants to “work itself out of a job” by building the capacity of state andregional agencies — particularly the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, or CMAP— to provide financial incentives and technical resources to communities that practicesensible growth and development policies.

Mayor Don Peloquin, City of Blue Island

In August 2006, Minnie (right) and Joe Smith

celebrated a dream come true, the grand opening of

Garfield Park's first and only coffee shop, Westside

Coffee Express, located at Lake and Pulaski in the

Bethel Center. The shop, which the couple co-owns

with their daughter Brenda, one of their six chil-

dren, serves specialty drinks and homemade treats

to local business owners, transit commuters, and

college students, who are fast becoming regulars.

“There used to be a restaurant on this corner, years

ago, but it's long gone,” said Minnie. “We didn't

have any coffee places in our area, and everybody

wanted a place where we could have meetings and

get a cup of coffee. This is it.”

Bethel Center, a “green-designed,” multi-use devel-

opment connected to the Green Line El station at

Lake Street and Pulaski Road, with a variety of

businesses and services, was developed by the

nonprofit Bethel New Life, Inc. MPC honored Bethel

with its 2006 Burnham Award for Excellence in

Planning for Bethel Center and its companion

development, Parkside Estates, Bethel's affordable

housing development two blocks away.

Representing community planning at its best, the

two projects collectively provide places to live,

work, shop, and learn, all within blocks of the El

and neighborhood amenities — for the thousands

of people living in Garfield Park and surrounding

neighborhoods.

For a community tosustain itself andthrive, it mustattract retail andcommercial opportunities, which is why theCouncil has beenactively promotingredevelopment andeconomic revival inthe city of Chicagoand older suburbs.

20052006

The new Whole Foods supermarket inChicago’s South Loop neighborhoodis set to open in August 2007.

BREAKING NEW GROUND...

… by creating opportunities

With so many choices for where to buy food popping up around the Chicago area these days, many people will travel miles off their beaten paths to find the bestdeals or specialty products to suit their tastes.

What if you had no choice? Worse yet, what if you did not even have a grocery store on your beaten path?

That is the reality for residents in dozens of Chicago neighborhoods that have fallen preyto restrictive covenants imposed by grocery and drug stores to prevent competitors fromtaking over spaces they have vacated. Thanks to MPC, this common practice throughoutthe United States and Canada is now illegal in Chicago. In September 2005, the ChicagoCity Council unanimously passed a landmark ordinance banning stores from placingfuture-use restrictions on properties they are selling, a move with international implications.Inspired by Chicago’s action, the Office of Fair Trade in the United Kingdom has beguninvestigating grocery store siting practices.

For a community to sustain itself and thrive, it must attract retail and commercial opportunities, which is why the Council has been actively promoting redevelopment andeconomic revival in the city of Chicago and older suburbs. For example, MPC has beenworking with community leaders in North Lawndale to redesign Ogden Avenue, to make itthe area’s main commercial destination — rather than a speedway — which will have positive ripple effects on the rest of the community.

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Minnie Smith, proprietor ofWestside CoffeeExpress inGarfield Park

During the summer of 2005, Illinois experienced its

worst drought on record, making it a fitting time for

MPC, the Campaign for Sensible Growth, and Open-

lands to be in the midst of hands-on planning in the

Greater Marengo-Union and Trim Creek watersheds.

“The essence of this initiative is to preserve the

watershed in the face of development, with minimal

impact,” explained Marengo Township Supervisor

Steven Weskerna (right). “If the watershed is pro-

tected, we will have ample, fresh, clean water to

provide for future growth for generations to come.”

This two-year watershed planning project was

designed to help communities and counties play a

more active role in making decisions that effect

the quality and quantity of their water supplies.

MPC and its partners helped create local citizen

committees, and provided technical assistance on

area-scale watershed planning.

Trim Creek, a tributary of the Kankakee River in

Will and Kankakee counties, and the Greater

Marengo-Union area, which drains into the

Kishwaukee River in McHenry County, are both

feeling the tension of being on the edge of urban

development in the midst of new suburbanization.

The planning work MPC and its partners wrapped

up in November 2006 serves as an important

model for other communities, and complements

new planning resources at the state level.

We have no choice about our water; we must have aclean, plentiful supply. What we can decide is how weplan new development so that it protects our waterand other natural resources.

MPC’s on-the-ground planning workin the Trim Creek and KishwaukeeRiver watersheds is a model for other communities in the path ofdevelopment.

20052006

BREAKING NEW GROUND...

…by preserving precious resources

According to Troubled Waters: Meeting Future Water Needs in Illinois, a studyreleased by MPC, the Campaign for Sensible Growth, and Openlands in January2006, the Chicago region could outgrow its water supply by 2025.

On the shores of the massive Lake Michigan, it is hard to imagine an impending watershortage, but as the report illustrates, the region’s top water challenges — projected tointensify with increased growth pressures outside the areas served by the lake — includesupply shortages, as demand for water in some parts of the region is increasing fasterthan underground aquifers can recharge or refill, and pollutants, another result of develop-ment, as stormwater that runs off pavement into sewers cannot filter out contaminants.

MPC has focused much of its work on promoting choices — for a wider range of housing,more transportation options, and better schools — as essential ingredients in a thrivingmetropolis. But we have no choice about our water; we must have a clean, plentiful supply. What we can decide is how we plan new development so that it protects our water and other natural resources.

This was the impetus behind the MPC collaboration that developed the recommendationsin Troubled Waters (a follow up to Changing Course: Recommendations for BalancingRegional Growth and Water Resources in Northeastern Illinois, released at the end of2004), and successfully advocated for the state to create and fund a comprehensivewater supply planning and management strategy now being staffed by the ChicagoMetropolitan Agency for Planning.

Steven Weskerna,supervisor ofMarengo Township, located in westernMcHenry County

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20052006

On the eve of the new legislative session, A+ Illinois

ended 2006 with growing momentum. The campaign

hired a new manager, Mary Ellen Guest, and com-

mitted to doubling its field staff around the state.

In November 2006, A+ Illinois’ received a two-year

grant of more than $600,000 — its largest from a

single donor, and a ringing endorsement of the cam-

paign’s potential for success.

“I have always believed passionately that every

child in our state deserves a first-rate education,”

said Guest. “As a part of the A+ Illinois campaign,

I’m looking forward to making high-quality schools

and property tax reform a reality in Illinois.”

In addition to directing a growing statewide staff,

Guest manages a multi-million dollar budget, and

taps the energy and resources of the more than

150 member organizations. She has been passion-

ate about education funding reform in Illinois for 25

years, and brings to A+ Illinois a combination of

education, business, management, and political

campaign experience.

Meanwhile, Chris Butler, who was hired as A+

Illinois’ very first field organizer in 2006, is expand-

ing his focus to include college campuses around

the state. A product of Chicago Public Schools and

the Midwest Academy, Chris got his organizing start

in junior high school when he led a student call for

representation on the Local School Council. For A+

Illinois, he has been working in the African-

American communities in Chicago and near suburbs,

including organizing high school students to pres-

ent Gov. Rod Blagojevich with a failing report card

on school funding (right) — one of A+ Illinois’ most

effective media events to date.

“I believe deeply in A+ Illinois’ mission, and I’m

out talking to people who have very personal

knowledge of what’s wrong with the current system

in Illinois,” Butler said. “We are building on the

momentum we created during the election, and

hope to emerge from the next legislative session

with a victory.”

If property taxes are too high, com-munities — urban,rural and suburbanalike — will not beable to attract theeconomic activitythey need to sus-tain themselvesand support theirschools.

Mary Ellen Guest (2nd from left),manages A+ Illinois, with staff support from Clare Fauke (left), communications coordinator; RyanCanney (2nd from right), deputy campaign manager; Chris Butler(right), field organizer; and a team of organizers around the state.

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… by investing in our children and our future

Well before A+ Illinois was launched in early 2004, education funding and propertytax reform have been top MPC priorities; that is even more true today. Relying onan antiquated system of funding schools with local property taxes creates huge

financial and student achievement gaps between school districts, depending on wherethey are located. And, if property taxes are too high, communities — urban, rural and sub-urban alike — will not be able to attract the economic activity they need to sustain them-selves and support their schools.

The statewide elections in 2006 provided A+ Illinois with a prime opportunity to elevateeducation funding, quality and property tax reform as a top campaign issue and galvanizeits base of grassroots supporters, which numbered 35,000 statewide by the Novemberelections. A+ Illinois employed tried-and-true campaign tactics, from petitions to directmail advertising to candidate forums, not only to get candidates talking about the issue,but to successfully set the stage for long-overdue action by the Illinois General Assemblyin 2007.

Education funding has been outdated and insufficient for decades. So, why the optimism?

More and more schools all over the state are feeling the pinch, at the expense of class-room learning. A new bipartisan Education Caucus, comprised of legislators from bothhouses and all corners of the state, has come together in Springfield. Influential businessleaders and media are finally acknowledging the state’s fiscal house is in dire straits.Even powerful state leaders are joining the chorus and calling for change.

Chris Butler, A+ Illinois fieldorganizer, withChicago-areahigh school students

If you asked MPC Board member Thomas Morsch,

senior vice president of Marsh,Inc., and former executivedirector of the Illinois State TollHighway Authority, to talk aboutaffordable housing, he’d proba-bly say, “I’m a transportationguy; I don’t know anythingabout housing.”

Don’t believe him.

Over the last few years, Morschhas come to know quite a lotabout housing. As an aldermanin Lake Forest, Ill., Morsch hasbeen instrumental in the devel-opment of the village’s inclu-sionary housing ordinance andaffordable housing trust fund.

According to Morsch, whatstarted as a discussion aboutproviding housing for seniors —people who had raised theirfamilies in the community —blossomed into a broader con-versation about affordablehousing.

Despite averaging the fourthhighest family income inIllinois, about a third of all LakeForest households, regardlessof income, overpay for housing.

At the same time, less than 5percent of the housing in LakeForest is affordable to low andmoderate-income families.

To demonstrate that even anaffluent community with a tighthousing market has a responsi-bility to be inclusive, LakeForest has moved quickly toput policy into practice. The vil-lage adopted an affordablehousing plan in March 2005,passed its inclusionary housingordinance that December, andenacted a demolition tax inFebruary 2006, which helps to

fund the Housing Trust Fund established in September.

“There’s a fair amount ofmomentum and a wonderfulopportunity here,” saidMorsch. Ordinances are on the books, development ishappening, and we’ve becomean excuse-breaker for communities.”

“Our progress demonstratesto many communities that this is possible,” Morsch continued. “Home valuesshould not be an impediment.”

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BREAKING NEW GROUND...

In September 2006, morethan 100 people from 46

different communities appliedtheir visioning skills to the fictional Growing Plaines, Ill.,as part of a series of simulatedplanning exercises to mark therelease of Planning 1-2-3, afirst-of-its-kind, step-by-stepguide to comprehensive plan-ning in Illinois, produced byMPC, the Campaign for SensibleGrowth, and MetropolitanMayors Caucus.

According to Jerry Swanson,community developmentdirector for the City ofBatavia, which hosted one ofthe workshops, “I’ve workedin planning for a long time, inmany places and capacities,and I’ve never seen aresource as good as Planning 1-2-3.”

Planning 1-2-3 is the second ina series of workbooks to walkmunicipalities through theirtoughest responsibilities.

Scott Goldstein, MPC’s VP of policy &

planning, leads municipal officials through

an interactive exercise in comprehensive

planning for the fictional town of Growing

Plaines, Ill.

Dannetta Smith, a singlemother of two, was a life-

long renter until she purchasedher first home in Park Forest,Ill., in 2006. As an employeeof St. James Hospital andHealth Centers, Smith wasable to participate in a newemployer-assisted housing program that provided her with$5,000 in down paymentassistance from St. James andhomeownership counselingfrom the nonprofit RegionalRedevelopment Corp. She alsoleveraged another $8,000toward her purchase fromother public and private home-ownership programs.

“[Becoming a homeowner]was a struggle, but I wantedto leave something for mychildren,” said Smith, whosedaughters are 21 and 15. “Now I know I can do allthings if I stay focused.”

MPC introduced this employer-assisted housing model inIllinois, and has helped 65employers design programssince 2000, creating 1,000 new homeowners.

In 2005, the Council took itsprogram national, and is pro-viding technical assistance toothers around the country thatwant to replicate MPC’smodel.

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…by seeing the region through their eyes

Former Army officer DonaldCole wakes before dawn to

begin his nearly two-and-a-half-hour daily commute from hisapartment in Chicago'sHumboldt Park neighborhood,to his job at Federal SignalCorporation in south suburbanUniversity Park. Along the way,he rides a Chicago TransitAuthority bus, the CTA BlueLine El, and a Metra train.

Then, at the end of line, hedrives his own car, which hekeeps parked at the Metra station.

“There’s no other way for meto get from the station towork,” explained Cole. “NoPace busses offer service.My company used to have ashuttle, but apparently theystopped it two years agobecause only a few peoplewere riding it.”

In 2006, MPC signed on as apartner in the RegionalTransportation Authority’s“Moving Beyond Congestion”campaign, which has designat-ed 2007 as the “Year ofDecision” for critical transitinvestments in all three region-al transit providers — CTA,Metra and Pace — which areeach faced with shrinkingbudgets, as they struggle to

maintain and expand serviceto meet the region's growingtransportation needs.

Because careful planning isnecessary to make the mostof new infrastructure invest-ments, MPC also has been astaunch advocate for CMAP,the Chicago MetropolitanAgency for Planning, since itwas created through the 2005merger of the region’s landuse and transportation plan-ning functions — to becomethe first comprehensive plan-ning agency in the region’s his-tory. MPC’s recommendationswere influential in shaping theagency’s blueprint for changingthe region’s growth patterns.

The RTA has designated 2007 as

a critical year for increasing

state transit investment.

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INDIVIDUAL,GOVERNMENTAND OTHERDONORS

$250,000 andaboveIllinois EducationAssociation–NEA

$100,000 -$249,999City of Chicago,Department ofHousingAnonymous

$50,000 - $99,999Illinois HousingDevelopmentAuthority

$20,000 - $49,999Association ofAmerican RailroadsChicago PublicSchoolsJohn S. Gates, Jr.International Councilof Shopping Centers06

Sheli Z. RosenbergBPBF

Winnebago County

$10,000 - $19,999Jean AllardLester CrownRobert V.Fitzsimmons

$5,000 - $9,999John W. BairdCity of Highwood06

Kent P. DautenPeter DebrecenyMarshall E.Eisenberg06

Patricia A. EnglesBPBF

John F. Hartray, Jr.Larry and Tina HoweIllinois Dept. ofCommerce andEconomic OpportunityJulie W. KramerBPBF

Lee M. MitchellGeorge A. Ranney, Jr.Stuart Scott 06

$1,000 - $4,999ABLA Residents05

Rolando R. AcostaMs. Diane M. AigottiArchdiocese ofChicagoCalvert W. AudrainDavid E. BakerMarySue BarrettGeorge W. Blossom, IIILaurence O. BoothGail K. Boudreaux06

Todd C. BrownJay K. BuckCalvin A. CampbellPaul CarlisleChicago Board ofTradeChicago HousingAuthorityChicago Metropolis2020The Chicago Network BPBF

Chicago RegionalCouncil of Carpenters05

City of Chicago,Dept. of Planning &DevelopmentCity of ClarksvilleCity of MarengoCity of St. CharlesPhilip H. CorboyTimothy S. CraneDouglas Crocker, IIWilliam DeBrulerDePaul UniversityJon B. DeVriesSidney R. DillardKatherine A. DonofrioAnn M. DrakeSusan S.ElmendorfBPBF

Polly A. FlinnJames C. Franczek, Jr.Janet FroetscherBPBF

Michael GoodkindLinda GoodmanJacques N. Gordonand Betsy WiltshireJoseph A. GregoireElizabeth GuenzelM. Hill HammockAlbert C. Hanna

King HarrisElizabeth L. HollanderJulie M. HowardIllinois Institute ofTechnologyJerry S. JamesJewish Federation ofMetropolitan ChicagoThomas C. KirschbraunJimmy M. LagoJohn V. LaMotteJames R. LancasterAvis LaVelleAron D. LevineBernard LoydJames E. MannMarengo TownshipMaywood Chamber ofCommerceTheodore MazolaJohn M. McDonoughJoyce E. MimsRichard M. MorrowThomas H. Morsch, Jr.Robert Munson06

James T. OtisEllen PartridgeJ. Stanley PepperQuintin E. Primo, IIIRegionalTransportationAuthorityKevin C. RichardsonRiley TownshipJean RuddMaria N. SaldañaLouise SaltzmanBPBF

Reinhard J. SchneiderJohn G. SchreiberRay Sendejas andErika PoethigJean E. SheridanJohn L. SkoseyJeff E. SmithPerry SnydermanJulia M. StaschA. Gail SturmUnion League Club ofChicagoUniversity of ChicagoMary White VasysVillage of BeecherVillage of Grant ParkVillage of UnionPriscilla A. (Pam)WalterJoseph A. WilliamsPaula Wolff

$500 - $999Susan S. AaronRolando R. AcostaLauren Adair BPBF

Hall Adams, Jr.Bridget M. AndersonJohn S. Andrews06

AnonymousTimuel D. BlackKaren S. ButlerCHAC, Inc.Chicago Convention& Tourism BureauChicago MetropolitanAgency for PlanningChicago MetropolitanHousingDevelopmentCorporationGery J. ChicoCity of EvanstonMr. and Mrs. John C.ColmanThe CommunityBuilders, Inc.05

Ellen C. CraigBarbara F. Currie andDavid CurrieRudy CzechJulian C. D'Esposito,Jr.Paul A. DillonChristine A. EdwardsJudy ErwinEvanston Chamber ofCommerceThe Field MuseumBernard J. Ford, Sr.Rita A. FryDennis J. GannonJanet Gilbert05

Aubrey J. GreenbergRobbin Cohen GrossSally HandsLaura G. HassanRobert A. HutchinsIllinois Hotel &Lodging AssociationValerie B. JarrettElmer W. JohnsonRobert K. JohnstonSokoni KaranjaVincent A. Kolber06

Robert A. KorneckiMary A. LaraiaDiane Limas05

Michael LowenthalMary K. LudginJames J. McClure, Jr.Andrew J. McKenna, Jr.Kurt G. Moser

05 06 Donors whomade their first giftsto MPC in 2005 or2006.

BPBF Donors whomade their first gift in 2005 or 2006through MPC’s BoldPlans, Bright FutureCampaign.

DONORS

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Walter and DawnClark NetschPaul E. Nowicki06

James Otis, Jr.James M. RatcliffeCordell ReedDavid L. ReifmanManuel Sanchez06

Douglas E. Sandberg05

Ellen and RichardShubartSouth East ChicagoCommissionMartin SternRobert D. Stuart, Jr.Daniel R. TollUnited TransportationUnionUniversity of NotreDame Institute forLatino Studies/MCIDavid J. VitaleSona WangHenry S. WebberJohn C. Williams

$150 - $499Peggy AgnosAnonymous06

Julie Aponte, Esq.06

Miriam G. ApterGene and AnnArmstrongMr. and Mrs. FredAxleyMrs. Oswelda BadalEdward J. Bailey05

William BaltutisEdward K. BankerRoger S. BaskesKevin J. Bell05

Michael BelletireJoan Berry06

Bruce A. Betts05

Harriet K. BiedermanChristopher J. Boebeland Glenna EavesRobert J. BondJoel BookmanFred P. BosselmanEdward L. BoweSarah Braden06

Baird BrownJohn A. BuckBuilding Owners andManagersAssociation ofChicagoHill Burgess06

Hergen BuschKathleen Cantillon

Michael V. CaseyCatalyst ConsultingGroup, Inc.Center for Humansand Nature05

Center forNeighborhoodTechnology06

Center on Work &CommunityDevelopment05

Elvin E. CharityChicago Council onUrban Affairs06

Chicago Jobs CouncilChicago SouthlandConvention & VisitorsBureau06

Chicago StateUniversityChicago TransitAuthorityChicagolandApartmentAssociationCity of Highland ParkCity of Waukegan05

Edward CoffeyPaul ColganCollege of LakeCounty06

Rey ColonCommunityInvestmentCorporationCommunity UnitSchool District 300James Considine05

Alan D. CornueMary Culler06

E. Ronald Culp05

Lynne M.CunninghamPeter Cunningham05

Vi Daley05

Margo Corona De Ley06

DeKalb CountyEconomicDevelopmentCorporationMr. and Mrs. RobertO. DelaneyAnthony Demma05

Dirk S. DenisonDominic DiFriscoJoseph DiJohnDonors Forum ofChicagoSusan DonovanDuPage Mayors andManagersConferenceJoAnn Eckmann

Environmental Law &Policy CenterEnvironmentalPlanning Solutions06

Erie NeighborhoodHouse06

Evanston InventureDebra FassnachtH. James Fox06

John A. Fritchey06

Elliot Frolichstein-AppelBarbara A. FurlongMari Gallagher06

Robert L. Gamrath, III06

Mr. and Mrs. JamesJ. GlasserGregory L. Goldner05

Alan and AdaGoldsteinCaroline GoldsteinMargaret GoldsteinKenneth C. Gotsch06

Governors StateUniversity06

Victoria GranackiGreater SouthwestDevelopmentCorporationDonald HaiderErrol and LibbyHalperinLinda J. HarlanRichard HarnishEmily J. HarrisBarbara G. Hayskar05

Heartland Institute06

Reuben L. Hedlund06

Kathleen Hess Patrick Higgins, Ph.D.06

Richard J. HockingMarshall and DorisHollebHousing Authority ofCook County06

Philip W. HummerDouglas HurdelbrinkIllinois Facilities FundIllinois Network ofCharter SchoolsMichael T. Ivers06

Richard M. Jaffee06

J. Thomas JohnsonTimothy B. JohnsonJoliet Junior College06

Kane County Board05

Robin KellyMiriam KelmCaralyn M. KempaHelen J. Kessler

Mrs. Robert D.KestnbaumPaul KingWilliam J. KirbyBrian A. KlinksiekMichael J. KoettingLeonard E. KoroskiJames M. Kvedaras06

Katherine Laing06

Ronald E. LanzLeadership GreaterChicagoDiane Legge KempKenneth and LucyLehmanJohn and Jill LeviSteven G. LevinRobert B. LiftonGrant B. LinskyLower CostSolutions, Inc.John P. Lynch06

Marie TrzupekLynch06

Manning B.Mahaffee06

Chris Mandolini06

David MayErin E. McInerneyHoward L. McKeeLester H. McKeever, Jr.Anne F. McMillenStuart MeckZorita MikvaNikol M. Miller BPBF

Joseph A. MooreMichael and ConnieMoskow05

Sue MrozRicardo MuñozDaniel Nack06

National Associationof Women BusinessOwners Chicago 06

Roberta F. NechinNeighborhoodHousing Services ofChicago, Inc.05

Matthew T. NixNorth Park UniversityNorthwest MunicipalConferenceNorthwesternMemorial Hospital06

Caroline O'BrienPatrick J. O'ConnorO'Hare NoiseCompatibilityCommissionJoyce O'KeefeLynn J. Osmond

DONORS

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John A. OstenburgH. Charles OsweilerPace Suburban BusCompanyNick PansicMichael W. PayetteLaura PernaSusan PlassmeyerStephen M. Porras06

Richard W. PorterKirsten L. Powers06

Donald PriesDonna J. PughAnna RappaportWalter W. ReedPaul J. ReillyThe RenaissanceSchools FundRoberto Requejo BPBF

Roosevelt UniversityJesse H. RuizMr. and Mrs. PeterSalamounBettylu and PaulSaltzmanCesar A. Santoy06

William Sarto06

Buzz SawyerKathy SchaefferKarla Scherer06

Michael J.ScholefieldPaul W. ShadleDavid C. SharpeMr. Wesley Skoganand Ms. BarbaraPuechlerDion G. SmithCarol SonnenscheinCheryl L. SteinDonald StewartDeborah C. StoneJerry R. Strub06

Daniel SwettMarshall Thaxter06

Michael A. Toolis05

Mindy W. TurbovUniversity of Illinoisat ChicagoMahender VasandaniKristine VentrescaVillage of ArlingtonHeightsVillage of HillsideVillage of Orland HillsVillage of Orland ParkVillage of RiverdaleVillage of RoundLake ParkVillage of Streamwood

Village of UniversityParkLaurene Von Klan06

Gregory L. Wass06

Richard F. WattNicholas Weingartenand Cynthia WinterWest CentralMunicipal ConferenceBonnie Wheeler05

The WoodlawnOrganization05

Addie L. Wyatt05

Maqued Zaglama05

Thomas Zapler

$75 - $149Thomas G. AdamsAlbany ParkNeighborhoodCouncilSteven A. AltmanDonna D'OroAndersonSusan AndersonAnonymous (2)06

Rena AppelCarolyn BacaGrace BarryRobin BerksonArthur L. BermanRobert L. BlackPatrick BovaMarca Bristo06

Scott V. BrunerKelvin CanonGloria Castillo06

Chicago Council onGlobal AffairsCity of CountrysideTami I. ColePeter Crawford05

Karen DarchEdgewater Chamberof CommerceMr. and Mrs. RichardL. EttlingerEileen FigelMark FingerPaul FinnellJohn GallagherAlan J. GertenrichGustavo Giraldo05

Heather Gleason06

Michael GonzalezRoy D. GottliebBruce A. GottschallJan M. GraysonRobin HambletonRichard A. Hanson

Jacquelyn K. HarderEvelyn HarrisJack HartmanGordon K. HellwigOdell Hicks, Jr.Robert S. HoustonDavid D. Hudson05

(deceased)Illinois State TollHighway AuthorityInterfaith Council forthe Homeless05

Interfaith HousingDevelopmentCorporation ofChicago05

Juanita IrizarryJeffery D. JeepJack A. JohnsonMarilyn F. JohnsonMark JosephJames KaplanKenneth H. KesslerRichard F. KlawiterThomas KlierGretchen KosarkoRoger G. KoteckiMichael C. KraussBarbara B. KremlRobert C. KunzeLake CountyIntegrated ServicesDelivery BoardLatinos UnitedThomas J. LenzAlan L. LessackJohn LillardJoseph LoundySheila LyneMr. and Ms. Lynn C.MaddoxCarol A. Marcus05

Timothy W. Martin06

John S. MaxsonAnn McCabeTherese J. McGuireClaire F. Mcintyre06

James H. McShane, IIIPatrick MoranMarya Morris06

William and KateMorrisonRichard F. MorrisroeDavid MosenaMary C. MosterChristopher MulthaufTheresa Guen MurrayNeighborhood CapitalInstitute06

John H. Nelson

Eleanor NicholsonDavid NovickOak Park RegionalHousing CenterLisa C. PesaventoBarbara Pinkert05

William PlutaToni PreckwinkleKwame RaoulThe ResurrectionProjectGreg A. RichmondDorothy L. RubelCharles and LouiseSaltzmanRussell SalzmanCharles W. SampleDouglas ScottRebecca SeversonDusyant SharmaIrene J. Sherr06

Kathryn L. SimonRicca C. Slone05

Robin SnydermanJan StarrTammy SteelsKestutis SusinskasJohn A. SwansonLaurie Tanenbaum05

Georgiana M. TaylorWilliam W. TownsTwentieth Century Railroad ClubGrant C. UhlirSusan Van WeeldenRalph M. WeberJean WelterCharles J. Wheelan05

Robert B. WilcoxKale and HelenWilliamsChristine D. WilsonTom WolfBart D. WolosonRuth A. Wuorenma

14 15

CORPORATIONANDFOUNDATIONDONORS

$250,000 andabove

John D. andCatherine T.MacArthurFoundation 0506

Joyce Foundation05

$100,000 -$249,999

Chase 06

Chicago CommunityTrust 05

Fannie MaeFoundation 05

McCormick TribuneFoundation 0506

Navigant ConsultingInc. BPBF

$50,000 - $99,999

Allstate Corporation0506

Chase 05

Charter One Bank 06

Chicago CommunityTrust 06

Fannie MaeFoundation 06

Gaylord and DorothyDonnelley Foundation06

Grand VictoriaFoundation 05

Harris Bank 0506

Harris FamilyFoundation 06

Joyce Foundation 06

McKnight Foundation 06

$20,000 - $49,999

Bank of America 0506

BombardierTransportation 05

Bowman C. LingleTrust 0506

Burlington NorthernSanta Fe RailwayCompany 05

BP 05

Charter One Bank 05

Comcast 06

ComEd, An ExelonCompany 0506

DLA Piper 06

Gaylord and DorothyDonnelley Foundation05

Harris FamilyFoundation 05

LaSalle Bank N.A.0506

Lloyd A. FryFoundation 06

Lumpkin FamilyFoundation 0506

National City Bank0506

Northern TrustCompany 0506

O’Keefe Lyons &Hynes LLC BPBF

Partnership for NewCommunities 0506

Peoples EnergyCorporation 0506

Pittway CorporationCharitableFoundation 05

Polk Bros.Foundation 0506

Prime Group RealtyTrust 0506

Pritzker Realty Group,L.P. 06

Richard H. DriehausFoundation 05

Sara Lee Foundation 05

The ServiceMasterCompany 05

Steans FamilyFoundation 06

Walgreen Co. 0506

Washington Mutual 05

Woods Fund ofChicago 05

$10,000 - $19,999

Abbott Laboratories0506

A.C. Neilson BPBF

Alberto-CulverCompany 0506

Aon Corporation 0506

AT&T 0506

Baxter InternationalInc. 0506

BlueCross BlueShieldof Illinois 0506

BP 06

Capri CapitalAdvisors LLC 06

Caterpillar Inc. 05

DuchossoisIndustries, Inc. 0506

Equity Residential 06

Fifth Third Bank 06

HSBC North AmericaHoldings Inc. 05

Illinois Tool WorksInc. 0506

InterPark Holdings,Inc. 0506

The John BuckCompany 0506

Jones Lang LaSalle0506

KPMG LLP 0506

Mayer, Brown, Rowe& Maw LLP 05

Mole Incorporated0506

Northern IndianaPublic ServiceCompany 06

Pritzker Realty Group,L.P. 05

Sara Lee Foundation 06

W. W. Grainger, Inc. 0506

Washington Mutual 06

Wm. Wrigley Jr.Company 0506

$5,000 - $9,999

Alter Group 05

AptarGroup, Inc. 06

Arie & Ida CrownMemorial 0506

Baird & Warner, Inc.0506

Boeing Company 06

Booth HansenAssociates 0506

Booz Allen Hamilton0506

Bovis Lend Lease,Inc. 06

Camp Dresser &McKee 06

CenterPointProperties Trust 05

Chicago DwellingsAssociation 05

Draper and Kramer0506

DSC Logistics, Inc. 05

Edward R. JamesPartners, LLC 05

Ernst & Young LLP0506

Federated DepartmentStores, Inc. 05

Field Foundation ofIllinois, Inc. 0506

Ford Motor Company 06

Frontenac CompanyBPBF

Gardner Carton &Douglas LLP 0506

General GrowthProperties, Inc. 0506

Habitat Company0506

Heitman LLC 0506

JMB RealtyCorporation 06

Kimball Hill Homes 0506

Land Vision, Inc. 05

Marsh, Inc. 0506

Mayer, Brown, Rowe& Maw LLP 06

Mills Corporation 05

Navigant Consulting,Inc. 0506

Opus NorthCorporation 06

Pepper ConstructionCompany 05

Ryerson 0506

TeamWerks 0506

Winston & StrawnLLP 0506

DONORS

05 06 Donors whomade a gift to MPCin 2005 or 2006.

BPBF Donors whomade their first giftthrough MPC’s BoldPlans, Bright FutureCampaign.

20052006

$1,000 - $4,999

A. Epstein and SonsInternational Inc. 0506

Acosta, Kruse &Zemenides, LLC 05

AFL-CIO HousingInvestment Trust 05

American Council ofEngineeringCompanies of Illinois05

Applied Real EstateAnalysis, Inc. 0506

Ariel CapitalManagement, Inc. 05

Barack FerrazzanoKirschbaum Perlman& Nagelberg LLC 06

BombardierTransportation 06

Camiros, Ltd. 05

Carolyn Grisko &Associates, Inc. 06

Chicago Associationof Realtors 06

Chico & Nunes LLPBPBF

Christopher B. BurkeEngineering, Ltd. 06

Clune ConstructionCompany 05

Code Hennessy &Simmons LLC 06

Consoer TownsendEnvirodyneEngineers, Inc. 05

Continental MaterialsCorporation 0506

CrainCommunications Inc.0506 BPBF

CSX TransportationInc. 05

DSC Logistics, Inc. 06

Edward R. JamesPartners, LLC 06

First Midwest Bank 05

Franczek Sullivan P.C.0506

Gould & Ratner 0506

Harley-DavidsonFinancial Services, Inc.05

HDR Engineering,Inc. 05

Higgins DevelopmentPartners 05

Holsten Real EstateDevelopmentCorporation 05

Home BuildersAssociation ofGreater Chicago 06

International Truck &Engine Corporation 0506

Jasculca/Terman andAssociates 0506

JMB RealtyCorporation 05

Jordan Industries,Inc. 0506

The Lakota Group 06

Luking and Associates06

Matanky RealtyGroup, Inc. 05

Material ServiceCorporation 0506

McDonoughAssociates, Inc. 06

McGuire Engineers,Inc. 05

Metropolitan Pier andExposition Authority 06

Mission Press, Inc. 0506

Newcastle Limited 06

Nordstrom 06

Parsons BrinckerhoffQuade & Douglas,Inc. 05

Pepper ConstructionCompany 06

Popular Securities 05

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 05

Related Midwest 0506

(formerly LRDevelopmentCompany LLC)

Resolute Consulting,LLC 06

RenaissanceCompanies 05

Sahara Enterprises,Inc. 0506

S. B. Friedman &Company 05

Schwarz 0506

Seigle FamilyFoundation 06

Skidmore, Owings &Merrill LLP 0506

Skyway ConcessionCompany 06

Teska Associates, Inc.05

TranSystemsCorporation 05

U.S. Equities Realty,LLC 0506

Valerie S. KretchmerAssociates, Inc. 05

William Blair &Company, LLC 0506

$500 - $999

A Safe Haven LLC 06

A. LaVelle ConsultingServices, LLC 0506

Apcoa/StandardParking Inc. 0506

Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C. 06

Ariel CapitalManagement, Inc. 06

Azteca Foods, Inc. 0506

Belgravia Group, Ltd.0506

Brook FurnitureRental 0506

Camiros, Ltd. 06

Carolyn Grisko &Associates, Inc. 05

Chapman and CutlerLLP 06

Chicago Associationof Realtors 05

Chicago TitleInsurance Company 05

Construction IndustryService Corporation 05

Goodman WilliamsGroup 0506

Government AffairsSpecialists, Inc. 05

Hamill FamilyFoundation 0506

Higgins DevelopmentPartners 06

Hill & Knowlton Inc.0506

Illinois DevelopmentServices Corporation 06

Inroads CapitalPartners 05

The John & KathleenSchreiber Foundation 06

The Lakota Group 05

Lohan Anderson, LLC 06

McDonoughAssociates, Inc. 05

MI-JACK Products,Inc. 05

Morrison FamilyFoundation 0506

Park National Bank 0506

Patricia J. Hurley &Associates, Inc. 0506

Postl-Yore andAssociates, Inc. 06

Schlickman &Associates 05

The Shaw Company 05

ShoreBank 06

Target Group Inc. 0506

Terrapin Properties,LLC 05

United Center 0506

URS Corporation 05

Valerie DenneyCommunications 0506

Valerie S. KretchmerAssociates, Inc. 06

WBBM 06

$150 - $499

Airhart ConstructionCorporation 05

AKP Message &Media 05

Alden ManagementServices, Inc. 06

Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C. 05

Awerkamp &McClain, P.C. 05

Camins Tomasz Kritt 06

Cemusa, Inc. 05

Chicago Hilton &Towers 06

Chicago MercantileExchange 0506

Chicago PublicEducation Fund 06

Chicago Urban League06

Civic ConsultingAlliance (CCA) 06

Clarity ConsultingGroup, LLC 0506

Continental AirTransport Co. 05

Construction IndustryService Corporation 06

DONORS

16 17

Cowhey GudmundsonLeder, Ltd. 0506

CRH Advisors, LLC 05

Daley and George, Ltd.0506

DeBruler Company 05

d'Escoto, Inc. 05

Devon Bank 06

Dodge Capital, LLC 05

Eckenhoff SaundersArchitects, Inc. 06

Edelman PublicRelations Worldwide 05

Edwards and Kelcey 05

EJM Engineering, Inc. 06

Farr AssociatesArchitecture andUrban Design 06

Federal Home LoanBank of Chicago 06

Federal ReserveBank of Chicago 05

FitzGerald AssociatesArchitects 0506

GlobetrottersEngineeringCorporation 0506

Government AffairsSpecialists, Inc. 06

Hanson ProfessionalServices Inc. 0506

HNTB Corporation 06

Home BuildersAssociation ofGreater Chicago 05

Illinois Association ofAggregate Producers 06

Industrial Council ofNearwest Chicago 06

Jayne Thompson &Associates, Ltd. 06

Kate Friedman Design05

Kenard Corporation,Inc. 0506

LANCO International,Inc. 0506

Land Strategies, Inc.0506

Lipman Hearne, Inc. 05

Local InitiativesSupport Corporation 05

Lohan Anderson, LLC05

McBride KelleyBaurer–Architects/Planners 06

McKissack &McKissack 06

Mercy HousingLakefront 0506

Metro Strategies,Inc. 05

Midwest Bank andTrust Company 05

Nancy SeegerAssociates, Ltd. 05

New Schools forChicago 05

Otis Koglin WilsonArchitects 05

Pappageorge HaymesLtd. 05

Peckham GuytonAlbers & Viets, Inc.0506

Penny Cate andAssociates, LLC 05

Pittway CorporationCharitableFoundation 06

RenaissanceCompanies 06

RenovationResources, L.L.C.0506

RESIDCO 06

The Richard H.Driehaus Foundation 06

Rider Dickerson, Inc.06

Rise Group, LLC 06

The Rory Group 05

S&C Electric Company05

Serafin & Associates,Inc. 05

Site Design Group 05

Shetland Propertiesof Aurora, LLC 06

Solomon CordwellBuenz & Associates,Inc. 0506

Staples Financial,Inc. 05

State Bank ofCountryside 0506

Strategy PlanningAssociates 06

STV Incorporated 05

Teska Associates,Inc. 06

Thomas L. Trueblood,International Truck &Engine Corporation 06

T.Y. Lin International,Inc. 05

Turbov Associates 0506

URS Corporation 06

Valerie DenneyCommunications 06

VOA Associates, Inc.0506

Walsh Group 0506

WBBM 05

Weston Solutions,Inc. 0506

Wittman HydroPlanning Associates,Inc. 06

World BusinessChicago 0506

$75 - $149

Amdur Associates 0506

Anacostia and PacificCompany, Inc. 05

Ancora Associates,Inc. 0506

Andrea A. Raila &Associates 05

Baker Engineering, Inc. 06

Bloodgood SharpBuster Architects 06

Bond Companies 06

CambridgeSystematics, Inc. 06

Civiltech Engineering,Inc. 05

Crescent Heights ofAmerica 05

Eckenhoff SaundersArchitects, Inc. 05

Edwards and Kelcey06

Equis 06

Giordano & Neilan,Ltd. 06

Good City Chicago 05

Homer L. Chastain &Associates, LLP 06

Images Inc. 05

James KaplanCompanies, Inc. 0506

Jayne Thompson &Associates, Ltd. 05

Joseph Corporation 06

Land Strategies, Inc. 05

Lynn MonteiAssociates 05

Mark Goodman &Associates, Inc. 0506

Nancy SeegerAssociates, Ltd. 06

New West Realty Inc.05

OAI, Inc. 05

OnShore Inc. 05

Robert Arthur LandCompany 06

Serena SturmArchitects, Ltd. 0506

Smith EngineeringConsultants, Inc. 06

Spanish Coalition forHousing 06

StreetervilleProperties 06

Taurus Engineering,L.L.C. 06

Terrapin Properties,LLC 06

V3 InfrastructureServices, Ltd. 05

20052006

MATCHINGGIFTS

American ExpressFoundation

Bank of America

Chicago CommunityTrust

Cingular Wireless

Field Foundation ofIllinois

Harris Bank

John D. and CatherineT. MacArthurFoundation

Mayer, Brown, Rowe& Maw LLP

Peoples EnergyCorporation

IN-KINDCONTRIBUTORS

Baird & Warner

Chase

Christopher B. BurkeEngineering

Gardner Carton &Douglas

Harris Bank

Harris Holdings

Lester Crown

Heitman

Holland + Knight

Liska + AssociatesInc.

Loop Capital

Mayer Brown Rowe &Maw

Mesa Development

Orland Park CivicCenter

People’s Energy

Sidley Austin Brown& Wood LLP

The John A. BuckCompany

The Marshall BennettInstitute of RealEstate, RooseveltUniversity

The Target Group

Thoma CresseyBravo, Inc.

MPC PUBLICATIONS

CHA Plan forTransformationUpdate,December 2006

HomeGrown: HousingStrategies in Action,October 2006(with ChicagoMetropolis 2020 andMetropolitan MayorsCaucus)

Planning 1-2-3: A Step-by-StepWorkbook for Writinga ComprehensivePlan in Illinois,September 2006(with Campaign forSensible Growth andMetropolitan MayorsCaucus)

CHA Plan forTransformationUpdate, August 2006

History of Progress:1934–present,April 2006

Rolling Meadows:Preserving LocalHousing Options inthe Path ofRedevelopment,March 2006

Making the Case ofPublic-PrivatePartnerships inIllinois,February 2006

2006 Policy Agenda:Priorities for Legislativeor AdministrativeAction,February 2006

2006 Election Guide,December 2005

CHA Plan forTransformationUpdate, November2005

Welcome Home:Housing ourCommunities,September 2005(with MetropolitanMayors Caucus)

CHA Plan forTransformationUpdate, July 2005

New Designs for New Times,Transportation IssueBrief, March 2005

2005 Policy Agenda:Priorities forLegislative orAdministrative Action,February 2005

CHA Plan forTransformationUpdate,January 2005

Technical AssistancePanel reports (with ULI-Chicago):

Retaining andAttractingBusinesses andJobs: Peterson-Pulaski IndustrialCorridor, Chicago,May 2006

Preserving,Supporting andExtending LocalRetail: Andersonvilleand North ClarkStreet, Chicago,April 2006

Building a StrongVillage Center:Midlothian, Illinois,January 2006

10 WaysCommunities Can BeMore Competitive,November 2005

Thinking Inside andOutside the Box:Elburn, Illinois, April2005

Water Resourcesand SustainableGrowth publica-tions (with theCampaign forSensible Growthand Openlands):

Trim CreekWatershed ActionPlan, February 2006

Greater Marengo-Union WatershedAction Plan, February2006

Troubled Waters:Meeting Future WaterNeeds in Illinois,January 2006

ideas@work vol. 4no. 1: SensibleWater Strategies,January 2005

ideas@work vol. 4.no. 2: WatershedPlanning forSustainableCommunities,January 2005

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BOARD OFGOVERNORS(as of 12/31/06)

ExecutiveCommittee

ChairLee M. MitchellPartnerThoma CresseyBravo, Inc.

Vice ChairsKing HarrisChairmanHarris Holdings, Inc.

George A. Ranney, Jr. President & CEOChicago Metropolis2020

Co-Vice ChairsDevelopmentSidney R. DillardSenior Vice PresidentCorporate FinanceLoop Capital Markets

John S. Gates, Jr. Chairman & CEOPortaeCo LLC

SecretaryValerie B. JarrettCEOThe Habitat Company

TreasurerJeff E. SmithPartnerErnst & Young LLP

General CounselJohn M. McDonoughPartnerSidley Austin Brown& Wood LLP

Past ChairJohn A. BuckChairman & CEOThe John BuckCompany

PresidentMarySue Barrett

M. Hill HammockChief AdministrativeOfficerChicago PublicSchools

Bernard LoydPresidentUrban Juncture, Inc.

Mary K. LudginManaging Director &Director, InvestmentResearchHeitman

James E. MannExecutive DirectorIllinois Clean EnergyCommunityFoundation

Thomas H. Morsch, Jr.Senior Vice PresidentMarsh, Inc.

Priscilla (Pam) A. WalterPartnerGardner Carton &Douglas LLP

Paula WolffSenior ExecutiveChicago Metropolis2020

Board Members

Rolando R. AcostaAttorney at LawAcosta, Kruse &Zemenides, LLC

Diane M. AigottiTreasurerAon Corporation

John W. BairdChairmanBaird & Warner, Inc.

David E. BakerVice President ofExternal AffairsIllinois Institute ofTechnology

Gail K. Boudreaux 06

Executive VicePresident of ExternalOperationsBlueCross BlueShieldof Illinois

Todd C. BrownVice ChairmanShoreBank

Karen S. ButlerSenior DevelopmentDirectorGeneral GrowthProperties, Inc.

Paul Carlisle 06

Senior VP, MarketManagerChase

Gery J. ChicoPartnerChico & Nunes LLP

Timothy S. CraneExecutive VicePresidentHarris Bank

Douglas CrockerDC Partners LLC

Lester CrownChairmanHenry Crown &Company

Peter DebrecenyVice President,Corporate RelationsAllstate InsuranceCompany

Jon B. DeVriesPrincipal, NationalDirector-StrategicDevelopmentURS Corporation

Katherine A. DonofrioSenior Vice Presidentof Business ServicesPeoples EnergyCorporation

Ann M. DrakeCEODSC Logistics, Inc.

Robert V. FitzsimmonsPartnerMayer, Brown, Rowe& Maw LLP

James C. Franczek, Jr.PartnerFranczek Sullivan P.C.

Dennis J. GannonPresidentChicago Federationof Labor, AFL-CIO

Linda GoodmanPrincipalGoodman WilliamsGroup

Jacques N. GordonInternational Director,Investment ResearchJones Lang LaSalle

Joseph A. Gregoire 05

President & CEO,Illinois BankingNational City Bank

David K. HillChairman & CEOKimball Hill Homes

Julie M. Howard 05

President & ChiefOperating OfficerNavigant Consulting,Inc.

Lawrence Howe

Jerry S. JamesPresidentEdward R. JamesPartners, LLC

Aron D. Levine 06

Regional Executive-Midwest CommericalReal EstateBank of America

Joyce E. MimsVice President &General CounselRyerson

J. Stanley Pepper 05

Pepper ConsultingServices

Quintin E. Primo III 05

Chairman and ChiefExecutive OfficerCapri CapitalAdvisors LLC

Kevin C. RichardsonPresidentHeartland SolutionsGroup

Jean RuddPrincipalJR Strategies

Maria N. SaldañaManaging Director ofU.S. InvestmentBankingPopular Securities

Jean E. SheridanExecutive VicePresident, Corp. &Institutional Svcs.Northern Trust

Martin SternExecutive VicePresidentU.S. Equities Realty,LLC

Mary White VasysPresidentVasys Consulting Ltd.

Sona WangGeneral PartnerInroads CapitalPartners

Henry S. WebberVice President,Community &Government AffairsUniversity of Chicago

MPC values thecontributions ofthe following, wholeft the Board in2005 or 2006:

Michael J. Alter

Jill Billhorn

Laurence O. Booth

Warren K. Chapman

Polly A. Flinn

Donald Haider

Carrie J. Hightman

Edward H. King

Jimmy M. Lago

George W. Lofton, III

Reinhard J. Schneider

David C. Wilhelm

MPC LEADERSHIP

BOARD OFGOVERNORS

05 06 Joined in 2005 or 2006.

20052006

HONORARYBOARD

Jean AllardOf Counsel (Retired)Sonnenschein Nath& Rosenthal

Edward K. BankerSenior Vice President(Retired)Harris Trust andSavings Bank

Laurence O. BoothDesign PrincipalBooth HansenAssociates

Jay K. BuckSenior Vice President(Retired)ABN AMROIncorporated

Clark BurrusVice Chairman(Retired)First Chicago CapitalMarkets

Donald HaiderProfessor of PublicManagementNorthwesternUniversity, KelloggSchool ofManagement

James J. McClureGardner Carton &Douglas LLP

James T. OtisOf Counsel (Retired)Keck, Mahin & Cate

Walter W. ReedPresident (Retired)Creative RelationsInternational, Ltd.

Daniel R. TollChairman (Retired)Corona Corporation

Honorary Life Board

Dorothy L. RubelExecutive Director(Retired)MetropolitanPlanning Council

RESOURCEBOARD(as of 12/31/06)

Bridget M. AndersonPartnerKPMG LLP

Mark A. AngeliniPractice LeaderS. B. Friedman &Company

Jill BillhornAT&T Business SalesCenter Vice PresidentAT&T Illinois

Robert D. BlackwellCo-CEOElectronic KnowledgeInterchange

Marca Bristo 06

President and ChiefExecutive OfficerACCESS Living ofMetropolitan Chicago

Robert F. Carr, III

Gloria CastilloPresidentChicago United Inc.

Alison L. ChungPresidentTeamWerks

Ellen C. Craig

Paul A. DillonPresident & CEODilllon ConsultingServices LLC

Judy ErwinExecutive DirectorIllinois Board ofHigher Education

Ricardo Estrada 05

Executive DirectorErie NeighborhoodHouse

Paul B. FischerProfessor & ChairLake Forest College

Bernard J. Ford, Sr.Senior Vice PresidentMcDonoughAssociates, Inc.

Julie E. HamosRepresentative,District 18Illinois House ofRepresentatives

John F. Hartray, Jr.PrincipalNagle Hartray DankerKagan McKay PenneyArchitects Ltd.

Robert A. HutchinsConsultant

William C. JacksonVice PresidentBooz Allen Hamilton

Eric G. JohnsonPresident & CEOBaldwin RichardsonFoods Co., Inc.

Sokoni KaranjaExecutive DirectorCenters for NewHorizons, Inc.

Paul KingChairmanUBM, Inc.

Thomas C. KirschbraunManaging DirectorJones Lang LaSalle

Robert A. KorneckiPresident & CEO,Midwest RegionBurson-Marsteller

Jimmy M. Lago 06

ChancellorArchdiocese ofChicago

John V. LaMotteSenior PrincipalThe Lakota Group

Avis LaVellePresidentA. LaVelle ConsultingServices, LLC

Mary C. MosterSenior ConsultantL.C. Williams &Associates

Paul E. NowickiAssistant VicePresident,Government & PolicyBNSF RailwayCompany

Leticia Peralta Davis

Stephen M. Porras 06

Vice President–Acquisitions,Affordable HousingRelated Midwest

Sylvia Puente 06

DirectorUniversity of NotreDame Institute forLatino Studies/MCI

James M. RatcliffeVice President,Corporate Relations(Retired)R. R. Donnelley &Sons Company

Jesse H. RuizPrincipalGardner Carton &Douglas LLP

Joanne V. SchroederPresidentVlecides-SchroederAssociates, Inc.

David C. SharpeProfessor ofArchitectureIllinois Institute ofTechnology

Howard Stanback

A. Gail SturmSenior Vice PresidentProTen Realty Group

Robert B. TeskaChairmanTeska Associates,Inc.

Mindy W. TurbovPresidentTurbov Associates

Joseph A. WilliamsPresidentTarget Group Inc.

MPC LEADERSHIP

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EXECUTIVEADVISORS(as of 12/31/06)

Founder

Elmer W. JohnsonPartnerJenner & Block

Members

Brenda C. BarnesChairman & CEOSara Lee Corporation

David W. BernauerChairmanWalgreen Co.

Carol L. BernickChairmanAlberto-CulverCompany

Norman R. BobinsChairman, President& CEOLaSalle Bank

John BrennanCentral RegionPresidentBank of America

Ellen CostelloPresident & CEOHarris Bank

William M. DaleyChairman of theMidwest Region,JPMorgan ChaseChase

Craig J. DuchossoisChief ExecutiveOfficerDuchossoisIndustries, Inc.

W. James FarrellChairmanIllinois Tool WorksInc.

David L. GrangePresident & CEOMcCormick TribuneFoundation

Joseph A. GregoirePresident & CEO,Illinois BankingNational City Bank

Edward R.HambergerPresident & CEOAssociation ofAmerican Railroads

Richard L. KeyserChairman & CEOW. W. Grainger, Inc.

Frederick A. KrehbielCo-ChairmanMolex Incorporated

Edward M. LiddyChairman & CEOThe AllstateCorporation

Mark T. MaasselPresidentNorthern IndianaPublic ServiceCompany

Siddharth (Bobby) N.MehtaChief ExecutiveOfficerHSBC North AmericaHoldings Inc.

David J. NeithercutPresident & CEOEquity Residential

Theodore J. NovakPartnerDLA Piper

William A. OsbornChairman & CEONorthern Trust

James N. OwensChairman & CEOCaterpillar Inc.

Robert L. Parkinson, Jr.Chairman & CEOBaxter InternationalInc.

Thomas M. PatrickChairman, President& CEOPeoples EnergyCorporation

Jeffrey A. PattersonPresident & CEOPrime Group RealtyTrust

J. Marshall PeckChairmanInterPark Holdings,Inc.

Thomas PontarelliExecutive VP andChief AdministrationOfficerCNA

Penny PritzkerPresidentPritzker Realty Group,L.P.

John W. RoweChairman & CEOExelon

Paul L. SnyderMidwest AreaManaging PartnerKPMG LLP

Joseph R.StackhouseSenior VicePresident, GreaterChicago RegionComcast

Miles D. WhiteChairman & CEOAbbott Laboratories

Terry E. ZinkPresident & CEOFifth Third Bank

COMMITTEELEADERSHIP (as of 12/31/06)

Community BuildingAdvisory Board:Todd Brown,Shorebank, andKaren Butler,General GrowthProperties, Inc.

Housing:Joseph Gregoire,National City Bank,and Bernard Loyd,Urban Juncture, Inc.

Investment: Jeff E. Smith, Ernst & Young LLP

RegionalDevelopment: James C. Franczek,Franczek SullivanP.C., and SylviaPuente, University ofNotre Dame Institutefor LatinoStudiesTransportation: Ann Drake, DSCLogistics, andThomas Morsch,Marsh, Inc.

Urban Development: Mary Ludgin,Heitman, andThomas Kirschbraun,Jones Lang LaSalle

MPC is particularlygrateful to PaulaWolff, who co-chairedthe RegionalDevelopmentCommittee from itsinception until 2006.

20052006

2005-2006 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Passed statestormwater man-agement legisla-tion permittingcounties and theirmunicipalities in thefast growing edgecounties of ourregion and the MetroEast St. Louis areato have uniformplanning and reg-ulation to preventflooding and improvewater quality.

Released TroubledWaters, resulting ina $5 million, three-year state commit-ment to set up awater supply plan-ning process thatwill be administeredby CMAP for an 11-county region ofnortheastern Illinois— one of two pilotinitiatives to devel-op a statewidewater supply plan.

Completed fourTechnical AssistancePanels with UrbanLand Institute-Chicago to revitalizecommunities andplan for new growthmore sensibly inElburn andMidlothian, as wellas Chicago’sAndersonville/North Clark Streetand Bridgeportneighborhoods.

Built state aware-ness of the needfor education funding and qualityreform, includingattracting over35,000 individualsfrom across thestate to join A+Illinois.

Successfully urgedstate officials toinvest $464 millionin new funding intoschools with lowproperty wealth orhigh poverty rates,and expanded earlychildhood educationstatewide.

Helped A+ Illinoisraise resourcesfrom GatesFoundation, WoodsFund, ChicagoCommunity Trust,and its members todeploy a team oforganizers through-out the state, blan-ket targeted areaswith direct mail andphone banks, andpersuade electedofficials to movefrom promises toaction.

Created a newcross-disciplinaryprogram to coordi-nate all of MPC’sdirect assistanceunder the leader-ship of a newCommunity BuildingAdvisory Board ledby Todd Brown ofShorebank andKaren Butler ofGeneral GrowthProperties.

Helped the Villageof Riverdale raise$30 million for thefirst 130 units ofnew housing as partof the transforma-tion of Pacesetterinto Whistler’sCrossing.

Worked with communities fromLake Forest toRolling Meadows toSt. Charles to takeaction, includingsetting up localhousing committees,setting thresholdsfor inclusionaryhousing, and devel-oping new fundingsources — all tobring affordablehousing to high jobgrowth areas, andpave the way forother communitiesthroughout theregion.

Passed the Chicagoordinance to banrestrictive cove-nants on groceryand drugstore properties.

Called for creationof the Central AreaAction Plan TaskForce, to monitorprogress on variousinitiatives within theplan, which MPChas advocated.

Built Chicago CityCouncil support for TransportationEnhancementDistricts, broaden-ing the pilot areafrom one communityto four.

Advanced Public-PrivatePartnerships as avehicle for financ-ing new state infra-structure needs.

Fostered develop-ment of the ChicagoMetropolitanAgency for Planning,with recommenda-tions that were influential in shapingthe agency’s blue-print for the region.

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Front row (l to r): Peter Skosey, Laura Broussard, Nikol Miller, Kirsten Powers, Mandy Burrell, Robin Snyderman. Second

row: Katherine Bucar, Kristen Hoffman, Anne Cole, Jackie Diaz, Jaela Neal, Scott Goldstein, Lillie Jernigan. Third row:

Michael Davidson, Clare Fauke, Pam Lee, Chris Butler, Rebecca Macey, Kim Grimshaw Bolton. Back row: Roberto Requejo,

Josh Ellis, Ryan Canney, Michael McLaughlin.

STAFF

MarySue BarrettPresident

Kim Grimshaw BoltonCommunicationsDirector

Laura BroussardHousing ResearchAssistant

Katherine BucarProduction Assistant

Mandy BurrellCommunicationsAssociate

Samantha DeKovenHousing Consultant

Kristi DeLaurentiisManager, LocalGovernment andCommunity Relations

Jackie DiazProgram Assistant

Josh EllisCommunityDevelopmentAssociate

Scott GoldsteinVP of Policy &Planning

Kit HodgeAssociate

Kristen HoffmanAssistantDevelopment Director

Jane HornsteinConsultant, Employer& Developer Relations

Lillie JerniganSuburban EAH Consultant

Pam LeeDevelopmentAssistant

Rob McCloskeyVP of Finance &Administration

Michael McLaughlinTransportationDirector

Nikol MillerDevelopmentAssociate

Jaela NealProgram Assistant

Kirsten PowersDevelopment Director

Roberto RequejoHousing Associate

Peter SkoseyVP of ExternalRelations

Robin SnydermanHousing Director

Joanna TrotterManager, CommunityBuilding Initiative

Coalition Partners

Ryan CanneyA+ Illinois DeputyCampaign Manager

Michael DavidsonCampaign forSensible GrowthManager

Clare FaukeA+ IllinoisCommunicationsCoordinator

Mary Ellen GuestA+ Illinois Manager

Christopher Butler A+ Illinois LeadOrganizer

Laurel BaultA+ Illinois Organizer

Ilya SheymanA+ Illinois Organizer

Liz MoranA+ Illinois Organizer

Vince CasillasA+ Illinois Organizer

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FINANCIALS

2005 RESULTS 1 2006 RESULTS 2

Opening net assets $9,707,567 $10,474,123

IncomeMembership/contributions/events $1,203,007 $1,282,772Bold Plans/Bright Future $376,602 $0Restricted grants $2,172,665 $1,784,100Other income $60,608 $235,000

Total net assets available $13,520,449 $13,775,995

ExpensesSalaries $1,339,173 $1,632,354Benefits and taxes $244,011 $371,423Occupancy expenses $183,626 $220,000 Policy program support $411,471 $366,857Bold Plans/Bold Future $14,171 $42,600Special projects support $853,874 $777,162

Total $3,046,326 $3,410,396

Net ending assets $10,474,123 $10,365,599Unrestricted net assets:

Board designated reserve fund $5,808,053 $6,208,053Undesignated $1,206,637 $1,100,315

Temporarily restricted net assets $1,442,068 $1,039,866Endowment fund $2,017,365 $2,017,365

1 Audited numbers2 Unaudited numbers

2005 Donor Profile

Foundation gifts and grants 48%

Corporate gifts 25%

Annual Meeting Luncheon, matching gifts, and miscellaneous gifts 12%

Investments, publication, and other events 3%

Government grants 8%

Board of Governors and Resource Board members 3%

Membership and contributions from individuals 1%

Restricted Program Grants 80%

Unrestricted gifts 20%

See page 12 for listing of donors.

2005 Expenditures

Programs 78%

General operations 11%

Fundraising 11%

2005 Volunteer Hours

Board members 1,748

Non-board members 3,709

Total 5,457

BREAKING NEW GROUND...

StaffKim Grimshaw BoltonCommunicationsDirectorKatherine BucarProduction AssistantMandy BurrellCommunicationsAssociateDesignKate Friedman PhotographyJosh Hawkins: pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9,10, 11, 23Michael Prischman:pages 7, 8Richard Mariner: page 6

Metropolitan Planning CouncilAnnual Report 2005-06

by leading the way

Sandra Young has been a resident and

dedicated leader of the Chicago Housing

Authority’s Ida B. Wells development for the

past 25 years, including the

last eight as president of

the Wells Local Advisory

Council. Wells is being re-

developed as Oakwood

Shores, a mixed-income

community just blocks from

Lake Michigan on Chicago’s South Side, and

Young continues to be a dynamic and inspiring

community advocate.

In the late 1980s, Young participated in MPC’s

Wells Community Initiative, a resident skills

development and leadership training program,

so we are especially proud of her many

achievements: from negotiating the hiring of

more than 25 public housing residents by the

Oakwood Shores property managers, to

attracting commerce and retail to the area as

a board member of the Quad Communities

Development Corporation.

The young people pictured on the cover (from

l to r: Ira Young, Kirby Stanton, and Felicia

Golden) are participants in some of the youth

activities Young has organized as an active

partner of the Chicago Park District, which

include summer camps and, more recently,

supporting a book written by neighborhood

teenagers, entitled “The Other Side of the

Fence.”

On a personal level, Sandra is getting ready to

purchase her first home in the new community

… a groundbreaking moment in anyone’s life.

Metropolitan Planning Council25 East Washington StreetSuite 1600Chicago, Illinois 60602312.922.5616 ph312.922.5619 fxinfo@metroplanning.orgwww.metroplanning.org

Founded in 1934, the MetropolitanPlanning Council (MPC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group ofbusiness and civic leaders commit-ted to serving the public interestthrough the promotion and implementation of sensible planning and development policiesnecessary for an economically competitive Chicago region. MPCresearches and develops policy recommendations and conductsoutreach and advocacy in partner-ship with public officials and community leaders to enhanceequity of opportunity and quality of life throughout metropolitanChicago.

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