“Chicago is comprised of 77 very different neighborhoods, each of which have been recovering (from the housing crash) at their own pace, but commercial growth is what spurs economic growth,” she said. “If we look at the Whole Foods in Englewood, at The 606 trail, at what the Obama library is doing for these neighborhoods and some of the property values in those surrounding areas, we’re seeing that kind of growth come in. That kind of commercial development and investment always spurs that economic growth that we want to see, so while our neighborhoods are all recovering at different paces, there are definitely some that are well and above what they were prior to the recession.”