Chicago: Still A Great Investment

Over the past year or so the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee under Mayor Daley's leadership has been running around putting a funding package together to move Chicago forward to make it "Olympic Ready". Being the knocked out in the International Olympic Committee's first round stunned most but everyone has to remember that Chicago is still the same great city that made it to the final rounds.

All the same reasons that so much private money was raised to fund the Olympics had they happened remain as to why Chicago is still the same great city for moving many of the plans forward. We obviously don't need the game venues but we look at the opportunities for jobs, housing and transportation. The redevelopment plans of many of the neighborhoods need to just be tweaked but are still viable.

Chicago already is one of the best cities. We need to continue to grow our commercial, residential and tourist opportunities. If you have never been here before, explore Chicago.

Chicagoans should remain as resourceful as they have been in the past and move forward, not stop. We need to leave the door open and work towards so many of the other global opportunities we can bring to the city.