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WeProsper is a joint initiative of Woodstock Institute, New America Chicago, and The Chicago Urban League
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Data-driven insights on spending trends could help drive community reinvestment on Chicago’s South Side
Twenty volunteer Mastercard data scientists ran an analysis to quantify “leakage,” or how much community spending is leaking to other areas