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Take opportunity to make Illinois a true innovator
It's been about five months since federal stimulus dollars were dispersed, and everyone's analyzing whether the funding is creating enough — and the right — jobs. Recovery funding was intended to boost a weak market, so counting jobs is one measure of success. But the American Recovery…
Small investments in your community make a difference
Though your mail gets delivered to Dolton, Tinley Park, or Lansing, chances are you consider “home” to be much broader – a mental map of all of the great places you visit, whether once a week or on special occasions, in the south suburbs and throughout Chicagoland. That’s…
Village garners planning award
MANHATTAN -- The village recently was awarded the Silver Award in the Planning Category by the American Planning Association for its recently adopted comprehensive land use plan. Mayor William Borgo accepted the award at the 2008 Illinois American Planning Association State…
Parking fee hike should fund community improvements
The city’s parking meter rate increases may seem steep, but what if those revenue increases led to more and better transit options and community improvements? Increasing parking meter rates can help manage demand for Chicago ’s limited parking spaces and curb excess traffic…
Trying to improve community through public transit, pedestrian access
Like most Chicagoans, Serena Armstrong loves taking a stroll along Lake Michigan. But to get there from her home in Bronzeville, she has to walk one of the neglected and dilapidated pedestrian bridges that stretch over Lake Shore Drive. “I like to walk down by the lake, but I’m not…
Long term: three el stations near United Center
Commercial development around the United Center-accessed by up to three el stations-is the keystone of a set of planning recommendations for the Near West Side. The recommendations were culled by Reconnecting Neighborhoods, an initiative of the Chicago Department of Planning and…
Learning to Love Density
The third in a series of workshops dealing with development dynamics on Hyde Park's 53rd Street retail district will take place this coming Saturday, November 15 (see flier below).Hyde Park alum and Metropolitan Planning Council VP for External Relations Peter Skosey helps to explain what…
Lawndale Corridor Development Initiative
North Lawndale Corridor Development Initiative is an ambitious plan to revitalize North Lawndale between Ogden Avenue to Cermack and 16th Street stretching from Pulaski to Kedzie and create mixed use development. Such an effort is to improve the quality of life for residents by inviting…
Another report calls for new retail, transit for Westhaven
A new El stop at Damen and Lake streets. A commercial corridor bustling with small cafes and restaurants, copy shops and dry cleaners along Damen south to the United Center . New curbs and planters, park benches and quaint plazas. That's the vision for Westhaven presented to…
'Think regionally,' planner tell execs
Planning and development experts urged business and community leaders to become involved in big-picture policy issues and develop public-private partnerships at a “Regional Consensus” luncheon hosted by the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce.

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