Emily Blumenthal

Southsider. Urban planner/policy wonk x corporate strategy. Currently wearing sneakers to work @nike

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Big drop from @urbaninstitute today! Loving this body of work looking at one of our largest & longest-standing #community & #EconomicDevelopment programs, #NMTC

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

This is walking the walk. Hat tip to the @MLB for their actions today, some things are #biggerthanbaseball.
Let’s fight voter suppression & protect our democracy
#gapol #GoodTrouble @morethanavote

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Rebuking Georgia’s new elections law, Major League Baseball moved this summer’s All-Star Game from Atlanta. The move comes after days of pressure from civil rights groups and the MLB Players Association. https://t.co/OwupImSkgu

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Reuniting with Twitter for the 1st time since 45 left the bldg to join the the @RustandyCenter @StiglerCenter convo about the biz community’s role in innovating for social equity 😍

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

In conversations about investing on the south & west sides, we need to consider both equity in the financial sense & racial equity — @iffcdfi’s Victoria Lakes-Battle #LiveAtUrban w/ @drbdouglas #inclusivegrowth

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Nick Brunick: Holistic approach that includes affordable housing is critical to ensuring investment in neighborhoods is powerful but doesn’t tip the community into gentrification #LiveAtUrban #howhousingmatters #inclusivegrowth @macfound

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Great conversation highlighting both subsidized housing AND the need to preserve naturally occurring affordable housing @macfound

[Ianna Kachoris Ori @ikachoris]

Question for panel 1: “How Can #OpportunityZones Advance the Development and Preseration of #AffordableHousing?”@goldmansachs @macfound #LiveAtUrban

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

“Kids can be what they can see” @ChicagosMayor talking about the power of kids seeing transformation in their community #opportunityzones #LiveAtUrban @macfound @ChiTrust

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Excited to reunite with my @urbaninstitute family today for this important conversation about driving neighborhood revitalization in my beloved hometown

[The Chicago Community Trust @ChiTrust]

The #OpportunityZone tax incentive meant to spur economic development in communities lacking access to capital. In just a few minutes, @urbaninstitute, @macfound, @ChiTrust and the Pritzker Traubert Foundation will discuss how this can create community benefit in Chicago.

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Starting the day off right @polskycenter: Talking about how to drive investment in neighborhoods on the South and West Sides of Chicago w/ @CrainsChicago #inclusivedevelopment

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Worlds collide:
As a proud Southsider,
@Illinois_Alma alum, and
@ChicagoBooth student, I could not b more excited abt this new partnership https://t.co/4S0HxAVJil

[Polsky Center at the University of Chicago @polskycenter]

ICYMI: We've launched a partnership with @Illinois_Alma to expand entrepreneurship and innovation collaboration between our two schools.

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

People are talking about an innovation ecosystem. On the Southside of Chicago. 🙏🙌 https://t.co/Z5JooLsV3p

[jeff sommer @jeffsommer]

a chat with Richard @R_Thaler https://t.co/42mtxcmNvM

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

Uber and Lyft allow richer people to opt out of slow transit, adding traffic which further delays folks on buses https://t.co/LRgWPeNrj1

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

My week @ChicagoBooth: Started the wk celebrating Prof Thaler's @NobelPrize win, ending it with #boothwomenconnect #isthisreallife #whybooth

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

"It runs a total of 3 miles in a huge region. Set up to fail." https://t.co/nfpIOuHd6E

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Proud 3rd gen Southsider. 1st in my family to set foot on this campus & not be trespassing. Excited to get down to business @ChicagoBooth

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

How you know you're a policy nerd: Fangirling over a @repcurrie sighting on the @Metra. 🤓😍#twill

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

"It's pretty hard to take seriously the claim that this is abt Rule of Law, coming from this Administration" YES @cecmunoz! #proudDPCalum https://t.co/WmwkioronW

[Arne Duncan @arneduncan]

Wrong, immoral, and lacking any sense of our common humanity. https://t.co/rmOJqwh70y

[Emily Blumenthal @EmilyB2_3]

Proud product of public education. Happy #firstdayofschool @ChiPubSchools! Let's get it.👊📚