CERTAINLY APPLY.

>> THAT'S A LOT TO WATCH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> AS WE JUST SAW, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND AMENITIES LIKE THEATERS AND PARKS AND LIBRARIES AND GROCERY STORES MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS MORE LIVABLE AND APPEALING, BUT CAN THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THEM SAFER?

WHAT IMPACT CAN THEY HAVE ON CRIME?

HERE TO DISCUSS THAT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHICAGO'S UNDER RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS, PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE MANAGER FOR THE NONPROFIT TEAMWORK INGLEWOOD, ARCHITECT AND PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CHICAGO ARCHITECT CENTER, UP UNTIL LAST SEPTEMBER SHE WAS IN THE COOK COUNTY LAND VACANT PROPERTIES, AND THE FORMER 47th BOARD ALDERMAN, -- AWARD.

NOW WITH THE SECURITY PROJECT, I WANT TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU ON THIS, IT'S -- GETTING TO WHERE A LACK OF PUBLIC SPACES CAN IMPACT CRYING.

>> PUBLIC SPACES LIKE INGLEWOOD, IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISINVEST THEM, THE UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCES AROUND NOT HAVING THOSE AMENITIES CREATES MORE CRIME, FOLKS THAT DON'T FEEL PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND TRAVEL OUTSIDE TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE THINGS LIKE GROCERY STORES AND THEATERS, SOMETHING AS SMALL AS TRYING TO GET TO A PET STORE TO GET SOMETHING FOR YOUR PET, CROSSES BOUNDARIES YOU MAY NOT FEEL SAFE IN, AND IF YOU ARE A SENIOR HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THERE IF YOU DON'T DRIVE QUICK >> TRANSPORTATION CAN BE AN ISSUE.

>> WHEN THERE ARE NOT AMENITIES AND SPACES THAT ARE WELCOMING, WHY SHOULD PEOPLE COME OUT, WHY SHOULD THERE BE LIFE ON THE STREET ACTIVITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEN THERE IS A LACK OF POSITIVE INFLUENCE, THAT IS WHEN THE AREA IS RIGHT FOR OTHER THINGS TO HAPPEN.

I WAS RECENTLY ON A TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT STATE STREET, THE ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN, WITH THE LACK OF ACTIVITY IN TERMS OF RETAIL PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMS LIKE THAT THAT NEED TO REVERSE THAT.

>> YOU NEED PUBLIC SPACES AND INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR GROWTH.

VAST SWATHS OF THE CITY HAVE BEEN REDLINED HISTORICALLY BUT THE PLACES THAT ARE FOOD DESERTS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY BANKING, TRANSIT AND HOUSING, BROADBAND AND EVERY KIND OF DESERT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

YOU BASICALLY FORCE COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN CAPITALISM WITHOUT CAPITAL AND THAT LEADS TO PROBLEMS.

>> ON THE FLIPSIDE, WOULD YOU SAY THE CRIME IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO BRINGING INVESTMENT TO COMMUNITIES?

>> NO ACTUALLY I DON'T, AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR STRATEGY IN MOST OF THE AMERICAN CITIES, WE BEG, NUDGE, BIG ACTORS TO COME TO COMMUNITIES AND THEY ARE HERE TODAY AND THEN THEY ARE GONE TOMORROW, AND WE BELIEVE IF THE MARKET WANTS TO INVEST IN TRINITIES THE PUBLIC SHOULD, THAT'S WHY THE PUBLIC OPTION SHOULD PLAY A BIG ROLE.

>> YOU THINKING A PLATE OBSTACLE IN GETTING THEM TO INVEST QUICK >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THE FORMER ALDERMAN, CRIME ISN'T SO MUCH A DETERRENT AS THE AMOUNT OF ROOFTOPS THERE ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BUYING POWER IN THE DATA THAT IS OUT THERE, THAT NEEDS TO BE COLLECTIVELY USED TO GO TO PUBLIC BANKS, AND PRIVATE LENDING INSTITUTIONS AND SHOW THEM THAT THESE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT DEAD, THAT THEY REALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF LIFE IN THEM, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WILLING TO SPEND THEIR DOLLARS.

>> DEMETRIUS, WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WHOLE FOODS, WALMART IN CHATHAM, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DOES IT HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD QUICK >> CLOSING GROCERY STORES ELICITS UNINTENTIONAL CRIME, WE LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, REHABILITATION RESOURCES, IT AFFECTS US NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE CONNOTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESIDENCE, AND DISCOURAGES THEM FROM PLANTING ROOTS IN INGLEWOOD, HENCE THE BLACK FLIGHT OUT OF INGLEWOOD AND SOUTHSIDE CHICAGO, THE COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

>> YOU'VE ADVOCATED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OWNING AND OPENING GROCERY STORES, HOW WOULD THAT WORK QUICK >> I VOTED FOR THE SUBSIDY FOR WHOLE FOODS IN INGLEWOOD, AT THE TIME THE CEO CARED ABOUT THE FOOD DESERTS, SOON AFTER WE INCENTIVIZED WHOLE FOODS, AMAZON BOUGHT THEM AND THEY DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY AROUND THE FOOD DESERTS.

WE HAVE ENTIRE COMMITTEES THAT ARE WRITTEN OFF BY THE CAPITAL MARKETS AND MARKET ACTORS, THE ARGUMENT FOR PUBLIC GROCERY STORES THERE EIGHT STATES WITH GOVERNMENT LIQUOR STORES, AND WHEN THE GROCERY STORE CLOSE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE OVER, WHAT THEY REALIZED IS WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GROCERY STORES BUT IT'S ALSO NOT OKAY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE NO ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD, WE NEED CITIES TO BE UNTRUE AND ORIOLE, AND PUBLIC OPTIONS FOR EVERYTHING THE MARKET GIVES.

>> WHAT IS YOUR REACTION, SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT STEP IN WHERE THE PRIVATE HAS FAILED QUICK >> THE OPTION FOR GOVERNMENT TO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE DISINVESTMENT THAT HASN'T -- HAS OCCURRED, AND THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE FOR THE CITY GOVERNMENT, WITH THAT, FOLLOWING A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, OPENING STORES WOULD BE THE BEST PLAN OF ACTION.

>> DO YOU THINK RESIDENCE CAN BE DISTRUSTFUL OF A CITY OPERATED STORE QUICK >> ABSENTLY, THAT'S WHY PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED THE TRUST WITH RESIDENTS IS IMPORTANT.

>> YOU'RE THE FORMER HEAD OF THE COOK COUNTY LAND BANK, VACANT, FORECLOSED, OPPORTUNITIES, THE GOAL BEING TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WOULD YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE GOVERNMENT USING VACANT LAND FOR PUBLIC SPACES AND AMENITIES?

>> VACANT LAND IS OWNED BY A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES, THE COOK COUNTY LAND BANK, THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE MAJORITY IS ACTUALLY ON THE PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, THE FIRST STEP IS IDENTIFYING WHO OWNS EACH OF THESE PARCELS AND COMING UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF HOW TO ASSEMBLE THESE AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE IS A PUBLIC SPACE, IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO INVEST IN, IN A COOPERATIVE, THE FIRST STEP THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO IS MAKE THE LAND ACCESSIBLE.

>> DEMETRIOUS COX YOU MENTIONED BLACK FLIGHT, CHICAGO HAS BEEN LOSING THAT FOR DECADES, THE NUMBER OF BLACK CHICAGOANS IS AT ITS LOWEST 1950, HOW HAS A LACK OF AMENITIES IN PUBLIC SPACES PLAYED INTO THIS?

>>> HOW YOU FEEL IN YOUR HOME, A LOT OF US ARE JUST UPROOTING HER LEAVING AND GOING TO OTHER PLACES, AND DISINVESTMENT IS OCCURRING, INSTEAD OF FOLKS ADVOCATING FOR BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, THEIR NEED FOR OTHER PLACES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO DO, INGLEWOOD, WE FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE, AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS, DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

>> THE PEOPLE LEAVING ARE THE ONES WHO CAN AFFORD TO LEAVE RIGHT?

[ LAUGHTER ] WHAT ABOUT THE FOLKS LEFT BEHIND AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE?

>> AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE FUMIKA COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SUCCEEDED HISTORICALLY, IT IS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A SYSTEMATIC INVESTMENT, WHETHER THROUGH BANK LOANS OR PUBLIC INVESTMENT, AND WHEN THOSE THINGS ARE DENIED RIGHT, IF YOU CAN'T PICK UP AND LEAVE TO GREENER PASTURES, YOU ARE LEFT WITH NOT ONLY SYSTEMIC DISINVESTMENT BUT THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF ALL OF THAT.

>>> IS TO YOUR POINT WE NEED TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES, AND GIVE THEM UNILATERAL INVESTMENT BY A PUBLIC INSTITUTION WHICH IS IMPORTANT, WE CAN EITHER CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE GRANTS, ALL THESE THINGS THAT KIND OF WORK ON THE MARGINS, OR HARNESS PUBLIC CAPITAL TO INVEST ALONGSIDE COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT THEY CAN THRIVE.

IT CAN'T JUST BE LINCOLN SQUARE WHERE I LIVE.

>> ELEANOR, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE, CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, DUE TO SUPPORT INVESTMENT IN UNDER INVESTED COMMUNITIES QUICK >> I ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR LOOKING AT THE TOOLS WE HAVE NOW, WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT, IT IS CONTROVERSIAL AMONGST MANY FOLKS BUT A CHANCE TO RE-EXAMINE THAT, THERE WAS TALK OF DOING A PUBLIC BANK, USING UTILIZING THE DOLLARS FOR THAT, I COULD SEE THAT BEING A BIG HELP IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE MAY BE ARE NOT FINANCED -- FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LOCALLY.

>>> IN ADDITION, THE IMPROVEMENT FUND AND NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITY FUND, THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ALREADY WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES, NOR DO ENOUGH OF THEM AND ADMINISTER PROGRAMS, AND PACKING WHERE THEY ARE CAPABLE OF, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION, RE-EXAMINING THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW THEY CAN STRENGTH AND.