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In 1960, Chicago formed its first Sister Cities agreement with Warsaw, Poland, and launched the Chicago Sister Cities International Program. [33] In the 1970s and 1980s, the program added seven additional Sister Cities, and in 1990, Mayor Richard M. Daley officially established a volunteer board of directors for the organization. [ 34 ]
Social venture capital is a form of investment funding that is usually funded by a group of social venture capitalists [1] or an impact investor [2] to provide seed-funding investment, usually in a for-profit social enterprise, in return to achieve an outsized gain in financial return while delivering social impact to the world.
In 1921–22, the Tribune Tower competition was held to determine the design for the new headquarters of the Chicago Tribune, a major American metropolitan newspaper.The competition garnered 260 entries, and the first place honor was awarded to a design by New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood.
The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is a student-managed business plan competition, where undergraduates and postgraduates from various programs and all levels at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology organize and enter the competition. Teams must include at least one full-time MIT student, but membership is not limited to the MIT ...
In 2016, the nine counties of the Chicago metropolitan area accounted for 77.3% of the state's total wages, with the remaining 93 counties at 22.7%. [11] The state's industrial outputs include machinery, food processing , electrical equipment, chemical products, publishing, fabricated metal products and transportation equipment.
The USA Softball adult program began in 1934. With over 170,000 teams, 2.5 million players, and 500,000 coaches involved on an annual basis, the adult program is the largest USA Softball program. USA Softball provides programs of competition for adults including fast pitch, slow pitch and modified pitch for men and women.
Also known as the Continental Pageantry System, the pageant features different competitions. Miss Continental Plus debuted in 1991, a pageant for competitors weighing 225 lb (102 kg) or more. Miss Continental Elite was created in 2004 for entertainers who are over the age of 40.
The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (REC Foundation or RECF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization best known for managing competitions and programs for the VEX Robotics Competition. [1] Over 1.1 million students have participated in RECF programs around the world.