Invest South/West here to stay, no matter who wins mayoral election, planning chief says

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Invest South/West plan to rebuild 10 neglected neighborhood commercial corridors has a "sense of permanence" that will live on no matter who wins the mayoral election, Chicago's premier planner said Thursday.

Since arriving from Detroit three years ago, Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox has been laser-focused on delivering Lightfoot's mayor's signature plan to leverage $750 million in "re-prioritized" public money to lure private investment not seen in decades.

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Invest South/West here to stay, no matter who wins mayoral election, planning chief says

Since arriving from Detroit three years ago, Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox has focused on delivering Lightfoot's mayor's signature plan to leverage $750 million in public money already in the pipeline" to lure private investment to areas neglected for decades.

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