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Village of Addison Begins Community Plan Update

The Village of Addison is updating its comprehensive plan that will guide land use, transportation, development, and other important quality-of-life decisions for decades to come.  As part of this effort, the Village invites all local residents, business owners, community leaders, and other stakeholders to attend a special community planning event.

On August 17, 2011, the Village of Addison, in partnership with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), will host the first public workshop to begin updating the Village’s comprehensive plan.   This first public meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Village Hall, 1 Friendship Plaza, Addison, IL 60101.  This session will feature a brainstorming exercise that allows participants to state their preferences regarding topics that the comprehensive plan should address and identify issues and opportunities important to Addison’s future.   

A grant to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is enabling CMAP staff to provide technical assistance to Addison to update its comprehensive plan and support public participation in the process. 

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The process to update the comprehensive plan includes three phases.  The first phase includes a detailed analysis of existing land uses and community facilities as well as gathering initial public input regarding the issues and opportunities in the Village.  The second phase consists of creating a shared vision and identifying specific goals and recommendations to achieve it.  The third phase will develop an implementation strategy to put the plan’s recommendations into action.

Together the Village of Addison, CMAP, and community stakeholders will have the opportunity to explore best practices and unique opportunities relating to land use, residential and commercial development, transportation, parks and open space, and numerous other key topics.  

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For information, contact:

Cynthia Hernandez, Community Outreach Specialist at CMAP (312-386-8623 or chernandez@cmap.illinois.gov

Arlene Kollar, Village of Addison Planning Department (630-693-7525 or akollar@addison-il.org)

RSVP (not necessary but appreciated) by Friday, August 12.

 

 

 

HUD and CMAP build capacity for local planning

 

Especially in challenging economic times, many communities have difficulty allocating enough resources to plan as proactively as they would prefer.  At the same time, proactive planning is necessary for economic prosperity and protecting community assets.  The HUD-funded effort is helping fill this gap by making staff resources and grants available to assist with local planning projects that help to implement GO TO 2040, the first comprehensive plan for metropolitan Chicago in more than 100 years. 

The HUD grant to CMAP was announced one day after leaders of the seven-county region, on October 13, 2010, unanimously adopted GO TO 2040.  The region’s plan establishes coordinated strategies that help the region’s 284 communities address transportation, housing, economic development, open space, the environment, and other quality-of-life issues.  See www.cmap.illinois.gov for more information.

With the three-year $4.25 million HUD award (http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/press-release-10-14-10), CMAP has begun a new Local Technical Assistance program sponsored by HUD as part of the federal interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities. CMAP issued a call for projects in early 2011, prompting more than 220 proposals from over 130 municipalities, counties, interjurisdictional groups, and nongovernmental organizations -- an indication of significant unmet demand for local planning capacity. 

In March, CMAP began partnering with the first wave of 62 local governments, nonprofits, and intergovernmental organizations selected for assistance.  Like the Village of Addison effort, these projects address local issues at the intersection of transportation, land use, and housing, including the natural environment, economic growth, and community development.  Download a full list of projects at http://goo.gl/1nYBM.

CMAP is the official regional planning organization for the northeastern Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will. 

Media contact:  Justine Reisinger, 312-386-8802 or jreisinger@cmap.illinois.gov

Program contact:  Pete Saunders, 312-386-8654 or psaunders@cmap.illinois.gov

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