“What do we aspire to do and what are we willing to do?” - Leon Walker, Corporate Coalition of Chicago Leadership Council Member and Managing Partner of DL3 Realty

At our most recent Corporate Coalition meeting last month, more than 60 Corporate Coalition members and guests discussed hashtag #placebasedinvestments at BMO’s US Headquarters in Chicago.

Roger Hochschild, Former CEO of Discover Financial Services, Hardik Bhatt, CEO of SDI Presence, and Jennifer Steans, President and CEO of Concentric Equity Partners, an Financial Investments Corporation company, discussed three different place-based strategies, why each has made these investments, and lessons learned.

Matt Johanson and Juatise Gathings, co-founders of Just Act Partners, updated members on our work together to bring good jobs to Chicago neighborhoods.

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