Loyola University Chicago
Here you will find all of CURL's research projects and publications.
CURL is conducting a multi-year evaluation research project on the Chicago Community Trust’s We Rise Together Initiative (WRT) in collaboration with colleagues from Quinlan School of Business and Institute for Racial Justice at Loyola and the community-based organization MAPSCorps.
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Marillac St. Vincent Family Services is partnering with CURL to carry out a market study of the need and utilization of Head Start classrooms in and around their service areas.
Read MoreThe Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago partnered with Bethel New Life in developing research to benefit the surrounding community. This emerging project focused on key issues around community and economic development. Research goals included utilizing GIS technology to create databases of information pertinent to the surrounding and Bethel New Life community.
Read MoreThe project documented existing local, community-based projects in an effort to include these voices in the larger smart growth development discussion. It examined how the benefits of regional economic growth might be used more effectively to address pressing social problems in these communities and the broader region.
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