Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

04/03/2026

09/11/2020

The Lane Report, September 2020

Marc J. Lane is a Chicago attorney and financial adviser and vice chair of the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation.

08/11/2020

The Lane Report, August 2020

How we redesign Chicago and set its priorities will define who we become, how healthy we are, how long we live and how habitable our city remains.

06/12/2020

Government is expanding its function beyond funding the programs it supports and tightening or loosening regulations. Increasingly, it’s stepping up as an innovative and disruptive agent of change.

06/02/2020

The Lane Report, June 2020

To fund the program, the state planned to rely on bond proceeds and revenue from increased taxes, fees and gambling. But that was before the Governor predicted that COVID-19 will leave Illinois with a $7 billion budget shortfall over the next two years. Although Congress is being pressed to pass an....

05/12/2020

Illinois’ crumbling infrastructure represents the best opportunity to rebuild the state’s struggling communities.

05/12/2020

The Lane Report, May 2020

StreetWise is now “powered by YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.” When COVID-19 is behind us, should Chicago’s other nonprofits consider merging with one another?

04/08/2020

StreetWise is now “powered by YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.” When COVID-19 is behind us, should Chicago’s other nonprofits consider merging with one another?

03/28/2020

Attorney and social enterprise advocate Marc J. Lane discusses how the current crisis is affecting impact companies, the need to conserve cash and how their challenges differ from those facing other businesses.

01/02/2020

The Lane Report, January 2020

An executive decision to include a company’s employees in ownership can contribute to their financial security and give them a welcome voice in management. It can also boost the company’s profitability and reduce its tax burden.

12/18/2019

The Cook County Commission on Social Innovation, which I have the honor to serve as Vice Chair, just released its 2019 Annual Report. Founded in 2016, the Commission makes policy recommendations to the Cook County Government to create, scale, sustain and fund novel solutions to social problems.

The Commission on Social Innovation brings together government officials from Cook County and the City of Chicago and partners who lead in social entrepreneurship, economic development, philanthropic investment, research, and nonprofits.