Chicago's new Cultural Plan

I've been attending meetings for the new Cultural Plan for Chicago, and was quoted today in the Chicago Tribune article by Howard Reich, "Chicagoans Respond to Draft Chicago Cultural Plan." An excerpt: "When everything was flashing on the screen, it seemed very vague to me," added Gretchen Kalwinski, a writer. "We need specifics. As the group dissected the draft plan's recommendations for attracting and retaining artists, they dug into those specifics. Kalwinski and the others, for instance, ardently supported the plan's recommendation to "create a comprehensive system to accommodate space needs for artists and creative professionals. "My husband and I are both artists, and we may have to leave Chicago, because it has been so hard to find space to live and work (in) here," Kalwinski told her group. "My friends are leaving every week."