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On June 11, 2008, the CMAP Board voted unanimously to approve the GO TO 2040 Regional Vision (opens 3.2MB PDF).  The GO TO 2040 planning process began in September 2007 with development of the Regional Vision for 2040. The vision was drafted by CMAP and its stakeholders and then revised based on extensive public input via committees and surveys. Click here to read more about that process and the resulting Regional Vision.

CMAP and its partners are now in an intensive research phase to develop a set of indicators  for predicting and measuring economic, environmental, social, and cultural variables that affect quality of life.  The public can provide input during July and August 2008 in a series of Indicators Workshops.  The indicators will be used to gauge the effects of strategies that are being considered to implement the Regional Vision.  Click here to read more about the GO TO 2040 planning process (opens 147KB PDF). 

Let your voice be heard at a GO TO 2040 Indicators Workshop Take a trip with us to your community’s future . . . Sit in the driver’s seat, and imagine your dashboard has gauges to measure all the significant indicators

The GO TO 2040 team has posted a couple of strategy papers, one on the teardown phenomenon and the other on bicycling.  We want your feedback, so this series of papers is formatted to allow any registered user to comment.  Registering is fast and simple.  Click here to read more about the strategy papers.

Weigh in by commenting on our latest blog entry, "Economic Prosperity Needs Smart Investments," by CMAP's Randy Blankenhorn.  Lately, Randy writes, he has been talking to people about the need to invest in the infrastructure of our region and our

NEWS FROM GO TO 2040. . . The "Bold Ideas" contest at Whitney Young High School has been a major success. Click here for photos and videos of the winning contestants, and watch that page for materials that they and their fellow students submitted. The

For immediate release  Monday, March 24, 2008  Press Contact Tom Garritano (312 386 8609 or tgarritano@cmap.illinois.gov)GO TO 2040 planning campaign asks residents to imagine a brighter future Grant to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning from The Chicago Community Trust will

Executive director Randy Blankenhorn was interviewed on WTTW's Chicago Tonight as part of the agency's launch of GO TO 2040, Metropolitan Chicago’s first truly comprehensive regional planning campaign.    

With its GO TO 2040 plan and campaign, CMAP wants people across northeastern Illinois including decision makers in the public and private sectors to think like residents of the future. Our desire is for you to virtually "GO TO 2040" by

Now in its 18^th year, Chicago’s award-winning multimedia public affairs series, Chicago Matters: Growing Forward has been launched to examine how the choices we make today impact our environment and the future of our region.  All of the topics that will be covered in the series are integral to the work of CMAP. Please see http://www.chicagomatters.org for the programming list and more information.  

GO TO 2040 wants people across northeastern Illinois -- including decision makers in the public and private sectors -- to think like residents of the future. Our desire is for you to virtually "GO TO 2040" by becoming part of our planning process.  Click here to read more.

You may have noticed the striking slide show of photographs that greet you on GO TO 2040's main page.  Those pictures were taken by residents across metropolitan Chicago who entered our Images of Northeastern Illinois photo contest.   http www.cmap.illinois.gov photo 2007.aspx