Tag Archive for 'comprehensive community initiatives'

An addendum to the Great Society 2.0 story about a multibillion-dollar poverty-fighting initiative in Chicago.

Way back in August 2006, when I was living in San Francisco and writing for SF Weekly, I had a story come out about Communities of Opportunity, a multimillion-dollar public/private partnership between the city, local foundations, and corporations to help SF’s poorest residents. My basic thesis was that the city was doing a killer job [...]