February 25, 2005

CONTACT: Anne Brooks Ranallo, 312-355-2523, aranallo@uic.edu

PANELS TO DISCUSS URBAN PLANNING ISSUES

Big-box stores, faith-based development and other issues will be
addressed in "Opposing Viewpoints," a series of panel discussions
presented by the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Urban
Planning and Public Affairs.

March 8
5:30 p.m. - "Neighborhoods and Shopping Districts: Can Big Boxes and Local Businesses Work Side by Side?" Moderated by Lee Brown,
president/principal, Teska Associates. Prairie Avenue Bookstore, 418 S. Wabash Ave. Panelists: Enrique Salgaldo, executive director, Division Street Business Development Association; Ellen Shepard, executive director, Andersonville Chamber of Commerce; Fred Murray, director of leasing, Harlem Irving Companies, Inc.

April 5
5:30 p.m. - "Faith-Based Planning: What is the Role of Religious
Institutions in Community Development?" Room 110, UIC CUPPA Hall, 410 S. Peoria St. Panelists to be announced.

April 26
5:30 p.m. - "Regionalism Revisited: What is in the Future for Regional
Planning Agencies?" Illini Center, 200 S. Wacker Dr. Panelists to be
announced.

Each event begins with registration and light refreshments at 5:30 p.m.
Discussions take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

General admission is $10 for the public, $5 for University of Illinois
Alumni Association members, and free for students with UIC
identification.

To register in advance, call (312) 996-2569 or e-mail atraud2@uic.edu.
For information on this and previous discussion series, visit
www.uic.edu/cuppa/alumni/SSS.html

UIC ranks among the nation's top 50 universities in federal research
funding and is Chicago's largest university with 25,000 students,
12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the state's major public
medical center. A hallmark of the campus is the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world.

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