Lightfoot’s development czar reflects on 4-year fight for balanced growth – Chicago Sun-Times

Samir Mayekar said new approaches that align social goals with business opportunities are taking hold, citing investments in Chicago by Discover Financial Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Illinois Tool Works and Northwestern Medicine. “We need a modern approach and the business community, I think, is looking to find its voice in the post-pandemic era of what civic engagement is. There had been a definition of this. I think it was largely philanthropic based."