Thank you for commenting on the draft GO TO 2040 comprehensive regional plan

The draft GO TO 2040 comprehensive regional plan comment period has now ended. Each comment received will be carefully considered and included in an appendix to the plan, which will be revised before going to the CMAP Board and MPO Policy Committee for final approval on October 13, 2010. Based on nearly three years of research, deliberation, and public input, the plan recommends action in four themes: Livable Communities, Regional Mobility, Human Capital, and Efficient Governance. By implementing GO TO 2040, our region will

• Emphasize support for existing communities.
• Encourage more compact,sustainable development patterns.
•  Increase the efficiency and transparency of government through better decision making.
•  Reduce congestion by emphasizing modernization (rather than expansion) of the current transportation system.
•  Give residents more options for getting around, including transit, walking, and bicycling.
•  Improve parks and preserve open space.
•  Reduce consumption of energy and water.
  

We appreciate everyone’s input and look forward to your continued participation when the plan’s crucial implementation phase begins in October. Stay tuned for the relaunched CMAP website with engaging new content about the GO TO 2040 plan.  You can view a compilation of comments received to date here.

If you participated in an Invent the Future workshop during the summer of 2009 you can now find all this information in one place. Our updated Invent the Future page describes what this process was, links you to an archive of the software we used to talk about trade-offs, and links you all the public input we received.

CMAP has prepared a brief booklet that describes next steps in implementing the new Water 2050 plan for 11 counties of northeastern Illinois. Also available is a summary of the Water 2050 summit that CMAP convened on March 22.  Intended to ensure the availability of clean water for household and commercial use through mid-century, the plan was commissioned by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to address population and economic growth that could prompt water shortages in the region. Learn more at our Water Supply page, or in an earlier press release.  Additional informative graphs from the plan and information on related news coverage are also available.  Contact us for a hard copy of the plan.

Our newly updated Strategy Papers landing page contains links to summary pages for each topic, with a sample of findings from each paper.  This new format is easier to navigate and lets people comment on any topic.  The papers feature research conducted on various planning strategies during the development of GO TO 2040. 

Our recently completed Strategy Papers library contains dozens of reports on a range of topics affecting our region today. Papers on everything from Wastewater Planning, Housing Preservation and Parking Mangement provide a wealth of information on how such strategies should affect the GO TO 2040 plan. The Human & Community Development Strategy Papers include reports on topics such as Arts & Culture, Education, Food Policy, Workforce Development and Public Health. These papers in particular were developed in conjunction with various partner agencies and commissioned by the Chicago Community Trust. Read more about our collaboration.