Boeing, city now must make the marriage work.(Brief Article)

Crain's Chicago Business, May, 2001

The high-profile courtship of Boeing Co. is over. Now, we'll see if the marriage between the global aerospace giant and Chicago will turn out to be a happy and profitable match. Having wooed the company with a publicly backed incentives package worth millions of dollars, state and city leaders have every right to expect Boeing to become an active corporate citizen, one that's engaged in the area's business, philanthropic and cultural lives.

Boeing, in return, has a right to expect Chicago to live up to its potential as a premier transportation hub, which means the politicians must accelerate efforts to solve onerous delays and capacity problems at O'Hare International Airport. The honeymoon is just beginning, but all indications are that Boeing's...

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