Today’s arrests of protesters in downtown Chicago, and the drumbeat
of businesses announcing they will close shop at the end of
this week, casts further doubt on Chicago's projection that the two-day
NATO summit will be a money maker.
“We stand to benefit a little if
things go well, but we could get a black eye if they don’t,” says Alan
Sanderson, an economist at the University of Chicago. Read more »
In his ongoing quest to make Chicago more of an internationally
prominent city, Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants the city to open tourism offices in
Brazil, Germany, and Japan this year.
Today’s arrests of protesters in downtown Chicago, and the drumbeat
of businesses announcing they will close shop at the end of
this week, casts further doubt on Chicago's projection that the two-day
NATO summit will be a money maker. 
The aims of a 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan – the city’s first such plan
since 1986 – is subject to many interpretations. 