Julianne Hill

Julianne Hill is a Chicago-based freelance writer and producer. Contact her at [email protected]

At the closing plenary session of the National Mayors Summit on City Design, mayors facing aging infrastructure, soaring foreclosure rates, and an increasing need for smart cities demanded that barriers preventing local and national governments from collaborating to develop cities must come down. Read what the federal officials in attendance at this summit in Chicago said in response.
Mayor Richard M. Daley’s ability to bring his intertwining priorities to fruition in Chicago have earned him the Urban Land Institute’s prestigious ULI J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development for 2010, making him only the second mayor so honored in the award’s 11-year history.
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