Carpentersville Begins Community Planning Project
Carpentersville Begins Community Planning Project
Tomorrow, November 3, 06:30 pm
100 Cleveland Ave, Carpentersville, IL,
The Village of Carpentersville, with the assistance of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), is developing a plan for its Old Town Area that will be a catalyst to spur and guide new development. As part of that effort, the Village is inviting local residents, business owners, community leaders, and other stakeholders to attend a special community planning event.
To be held on Thursday, November 3, 2011, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Carpentersville Middle School (100 Cleveland Avenue, Carpentersville, IL 60110), this workshop will feature an interactive brainstorming exercise in which participants can state their preferences for the future of the Carpentersville Old Town area plan.
Together, the Village of Carpentersville, local residents, business owners, property owners, and community stakeholders will explore opportunities in land use planning, residential and commercial development, transportation, parks and open space, and numerous other aspects important to the Old Town Area's prosperity.
The evening includes a meet-and-greet from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
For information or to RSVP, contact Cynthia Hernandez of CMAP (312-386-8623 or chernandez@cmap.illinois.gov).
The plan development process will include three phases. The first phase includes an analysis of existing land uses and community facilities, as well as gathering initial public input regarding the issues and opportunities in the Old Town Area. Phase two consists of creating a shared vision and identifying specific goals and recommendations to achieve it. The final phase will develop an implementation strategy to put the plan's recommendations into action.
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 Campton Hills 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