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Millennium City: Richard M. Daley & Global ChicagoMain MenuChicago in 1989Richard M. DaleyA Livable CityDiversity and NeighborhoodsGlobal ChicagoInto the MillenniumAboutComplete Interviews and TranscriptsBiographies of and links to each full-lenth interview and corresponding transcript.Larissa Mukundwa0c6cb03c337751b5774fa39d09352cf04aec006eDan Harpereff3db32ed95b3efe91d381826e2c10c145cd452University of Illinois at Chicago Library
Mayor Richard M. Daley's visit to the third ward
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Gery Chico, a former chief of staff to the mayor, comments on Daley's efforts to balance different neighborhoods' needs:
Neighborhood visits and ward walks
Daley spoke to a number of local houses of worship. Clay Evans, pastor at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, discusses one of Daley's many visits to his congregation:
Daley accompanied individual aldermen on "ward walks" to learn about each ward's unique needs. Read the schedule for one ward walk in 1994:
Office of Inquiry and Information
Daley used the Office of Inquiry and Information to learn about neighborhood needs. His father, Mayor Richard J. Daley, had created this office in 1955 to hear and follow up on citizen complaints.
Terry Teele, who headed the office (1991-1996), explains that it took "the pulse of" local communities:
