Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reaching out to leaders in the business, philanthropic, sports and entertainment communities to raise $4.5 million he says is needed to beef up anti-violence programming.
A source tells Crain’s the mayor spent much of the past week talking to executives about donating funds that would allow 2,000 more young people into programs that keep them off the streets. (The programs already reach 3,500 Chicago kids.)
The measures come as his friend and former boss, President Barack Obama, makes plans to visit Chicago to address the issue of violence.
The mayor at the at the annual Momentum awards dinner sponsored by the Chicago Entrepreneurial Center
More photos from the dinner here
Shot by Crain’s photographer Erik Unger
“Woman was on the phone being interviewed for a job and this guy took her phone to put in a good word.” via @dan4lopez
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is outlining his plans for a “New Chicago.” The infrastructure projects planned in his first term — including renovating 100 CTA stations, repaving half of the city’s 2,000 miles of streets and rebuilding so many parks that at least one will be within a 10-minute walk of every Chicagoan — are expected to cost $7.2 billion and will create 30,000 jobs. You can read more about the initiative here.
