01/07/20: How Crain's Forum Broke Ground In 2019

Crain’s Forum is a 12-month deep dive into the seemingly intractable problems facing our city and state, addressing issues including gun violence, wages and housing, among others. Forum editor Hugh Delios spoke to host Amy Guth about the impact of the Forum’s first eight months and gave a preview of the subjects it'll take on in the months ahead. Plus: Illinois weed sales totaled nearly $11 million in the first five days, Chicago is among the top 10 best-paying metro areas, the city is nabbing land near the Obama Presidential Center, photo-editing app maker VSCO taps a Signal and Feedburner veteran as director of engineering and a Penny Pritzker-backed tech booster heads to Fulton Market. Use hashtag #CrainsDailyGist on Twitter to continue the conversation about these and other business stories.