Our Vision for Chicago

We need to encourage new businesses to choose Chicago and make it easier and more affordable to build and grow a business in the city. From small businesses to large corporations, a relentless focus on supporting and growing business is key to our city's success.

We need to refocus our collective attention on students. This means supporting them and their families so that they can reach academic outcomes that set them up for success and give them robust choices and pathways as adults.

We need a sustainable and responsible city budget that focuses on the long-term financial health of the city, not short-term politics. This will be incredibly hard, but it is imperative to restoring the city's ability to effectively run the government, support the economy, and create an affordable and desirable place for people to live and raise their families.

We must build significantly more housing in Chicago to address the widening housing affordability crisis. Every Chicagoan deserves a safe, affordable place to call home while working to ensure residents are not displaced from their neighborhood.

Implement a comprehensive approach to public safety that addresses both immediate security needs and underlying social and economic factors.

Chicago used to have 3.6 million residents and we have to reverse our population decline in order to thrive and reach our potential as a city. Growing our population is a key pathway to making the city more vibrant, dynamic, safer, and more economically healthy for all.

We need to lead in environmental protection, planning for the changing climate, and creating more clean energy to fuel industry and people's lives in a sustainable and low-cost way.

Revamp CTA operations with a focus on speed, reliability, and safety.

Create opportunities for youth enrichment through after-school programs, improved access to youth sports, vocational training, summer jobs, internships/externships, and mentorship.

Chicago is strategically positioned geographically, with a diverse economy, and strong academic institutions to continue to attract top talent and capital to innovate and create new technologies to keep us at the competitive edge of the global market.