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Sustainable Regional Planning in the Chicago Region

Learn about the importance of regional planning in the Chicago area and the initiatives being implemented to create sustainable communities in land use, transportation, and more.

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Sustainable Regional Planning in the Chicago Region

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  1. Sustainable Regional Planning in the Chicago Region Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) Tuesdays at APA October 25, 2011

  2. IMPORTANCE OF REGIONS

  3. Formed by state law in 2005 to integrate planning for transportation and land use Seven-county area, with geographically representative Board CMAP BACKGROUND

  4. CMAP BACKGROUND 7 counties 284 municipalities 123 townships 307 school districts 136 fire districts 173 park districts 108 library districts 88 miscellaneous 1,226 total

  5. GO TO 2040: KEY RECOMMENDATIONS Livable Communities 1. Land Use and Housing 2. Water and Energy Conservation 3. Parks and Open Space 4. Local Food Human Capital 5. Education and Workforce Development 6. Economic Innovation Efficient Governance 7. Tax Policy 8. Access to Information 9. Coordinated Investments Regional Mobility 10. Transportation Investments -- major capital projects 11. Public Transit 12. Freight

  6. LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (LTA) PROGRAM Funded through federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities, joint DOT-HUD-EPA program Purpose is to implement GO TO 2040 plan through assistance to communities Approximately 30 projects underway, with 30 more under development Next call for projects planned for April 2012

  7. CONSORTIUM MEMBERSHIP • American Planning Association – Illinois chapter • Arts Alliance Illinois • Center for Neighborhood Technology • Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance • Chicago Community Trust • Chicago Jobs Council • Chicago Wilderness • City of Chicago • Congress for the New Urbanism • Cook County Government, nonprofit and philanthropic participation: • Councils of Government (multiple) • Delta Institute • DePaul University, Chaddick Institute • Donnelley Foundation • DuPage County • Field Museum • Harris Family Foundation • Housing Action Illinois • Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity • Illinois Housing Development Authority • Kane County • Kendall County • Lake County • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • MacArthur Foundation • Metropolis Strategies • Metropolitan Mayors Caucus • Metropolitan Planning Council • Openlands • Regional Housing Initiative • Regional Transportation Authority • Urban Land Institute • Walter S. Mander Foundation • Will County

  8. Current projects chosen from among 220 applications submitted by communities • Major types: • Comprehensive plans • Revisions to zoning ordinances or other local regulations • Small-area plans • Topic-specific projects – water, sustainability, housing, others LTA PROJECT PRIORITIZATION

  9. LTA PROGRAM TIMELINE October 2010: HUD grant announced January 2011: contract signed and work able to begin January-March 2011: applications for LTA projects reviewed and 60 priority projects identified February-April 2011: 10 new staff hired October 2011 (current): 30 active projects December 2011: initial projects begin to be completed April 2012: next call for projects January 2014: HUD grant ends

  10. FAIRMONT PLAN Unincorporated community between Joliet and Lockport, challenged by population loss, vacant land Plan for reinvestment will address governance, infrastructure, and redevelopment

  11. CAMPTON HILLS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Incorporated in 2007 (newest municipality in region) Major issues include preservation of rural character, open space, groundwater

  12. NORRIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Older community with aging population (25% are 65+) Plan will address “aging in place”, attracting younger families, and site-specific redevelopment

  13. PARK FOREST SUSTAINABILITY PLAN Includes planning and design, natural systems, energy and climate, economic development, and equity

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