Press Releases

Chicago Loop Alliance Creative Manager

January 18, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Jan. 18, 2017 CHICAGO—Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA), the sole service provider for Special Service Area (SSA) 1-2015, is proud to announce Kate Keleman as its new Placemaking & Creative Manager, effective immediately. Keleman brings to CLA over a decade of curatorial and public programming experience, most notably her pivotal role in …

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CLAF Annual Meeting

January 5, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Jan. 5, 2017 CHICAGO—Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA), the sole service provider for Special Service Area (SSA) 1-2015, announced today that Peter Kageyama, author of For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places, will be the keynote speaker at the CLA Foundation’s 2017 Annual Meeting on Thursday, …

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2016 ACTIVATE series

December 15, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Dec. 15, 2016 CHICAGO—Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) announced today that its ACTIVATE event series generated an estimated $860,745 in economic impact to Loop businesses this year, twice the amount compared to last year’s $393,120. More than 17,000 people attended six ACTIVATE events from May 2016 to October 2016, each of which …

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Chicago Loop Sculpture

November 14, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Nov. 14, 2016 CHICAGO—This morning Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA), the sole service provider for Special Service Area (SSA) 1-2015, proudly unveiled its latest public art installation, “Races.” The 500 pound artwork by Illinois artist Bobby Scribner is made of steel and depicts several abstract figures “racing” into the Loop from The …

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