In the city that works, our dreams want purpose. The Chicago Schools, whether they be of economics or architecture or advertising, share a grounded, functional core. The Chicago belief that a dream without application is a dream wasted is a powerful, determining principle. And from it a few not-so-small plans became quite largely real: like the skyscraper, alternating current, the mail-order business, the labor movement, the film industry, the atom bomb and electronic trading. The Chicago Convergence long term plan seeks to galvanize the city's talent and money around a shared passion for the interactive future, host the world's first start-up marketplace and promote our successes. Connect the human fabric through commerce on behalf of a larger vision: Pioneering Chicago as The New Media Capital of the World.
