The Bank of America Global Ambassadors event in held in September in Chicago supported the advancement of women’s leadership and economic empowerment. It featured a diverse group of leading women executives and other powerful voices in entrepreneurship and business, including Stephanie Hickman, President and CEO of Chicago-based Trice Construction Company and an alumna of the Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) program. Read More

While businesses have spent decades fleeing inner cities, their return to Chicago’s forgotten districts has helped create a new economic future for the city. Read More

In April the MacArthur Foundation, Chicago Community Trust (CCT), and the Calvert Foundation announced Benefit Chicago, an innovative collaboration that aims to mobilize $100 million in impact investments for nonprofits and social enterprises in Chicago. Read More

Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) returned to the Windy City July 28th, gathering over 120 entrepreneurs from across the country for a series of engaging lectures, panels, and workshops geared toward the growing pains that all small business owners must maneuver. Read More

In what is perhaps the largest city-anchor collaborative effort of its kind, eight universities have entered into separate agreements with the City of Chicago to collectively spend more than $2.5 billion on economic and community investments over the next three years. Read More