{"id":12113,"date":"2021-12-02T07:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/?p=12113"},"modified":"2021-12-02T07:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:57:35","slug":"maurice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/maurice\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_12114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12114\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/k631f4-Mayor-Cox-CO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"677\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/k631f4-Mayor-Cox-CO.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/k631f4-Mayor-Cox-CO-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/k631f4-Mayor-Cox-CO-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/k631f4-Mayor-Cox-CO-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maurice D. Cox was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and confirmed by the City Council\u00a0 on October 16, 2019.<br \/>Celebrated for his experience merging architecture, design and politics through multiple public, private and elected positions, Cox is responsible for leading DPD&#8217;s economic development, planning and zoning functions while fostering community-improvement initiatives throughout the city. His primary focus is under-invested neighborhoods on the South and West sides.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\t\u2022\tResidents&#8217; voices should be heard for all major development decisions involving new policies and projects at the local level.<br \/>\n\t\u2022\tPlanning efforts should ensure weaker housing markets should be equitably incorporated in the fabric of stronger markets without causing displacement or gentrification.<br \/>\n\t\u2022\tPublic safety is essential around the buildings in which people live, requiring the cooperation of social service agencies, schools, youth-oriented agencies and other groups, in addition to traditional law enforcement agencies.<br \/>\n\t\u2022\tPolicy improvements that aim to ensure neighborhood affordability should include homeownership programs, repair programs, rental assistance programs, and related education efforts.<br \/>\n\t\u2022\tHousing efforts should not focus exclusively on units and costs, but also local amenities that overlap with We Will\u2019s other pillars.&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/wewillchicago.com\/housing-and-neighborhoods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">We Will Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Residents&#8217; voices should be heard for all major development decisions involving new policies and projects at the local level. \u2022 Planning efforts should ensure weaker housing markets should be equitably incorporated in the fabric of stronger markets without causing displacement or gentrification. \u2022 Public safety is essential around the buildings in which people live, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/maurice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Maurice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Maurice Cox, Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development (DPD). 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