"Go to" the year 2040 and imagine what our region looks like. How do you get to work? How is the education system different? Where do you shop? Is there more open space or less? Where do you go for health care? How have we addressed problems like poverty, climate change, and increasing energy costs?
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is charged with developing a vision for the year 2040 and beyond. The GO TO 2040 plan and its implementation campaign will help us get from here to there. To do that, CMAP needs to know what you think. What are your priorities for the future? What do you hope changes? What do you hope stays the same?
The GO TO 2040 plan will be published in 2010. Over the next 30 years, residents, businesses, and local governments will need to work together to fulfill the GO TO 2040 plan and keep it up to date. Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago expressed bold ideas that immeasurably enhance our lives today -- such as the open lakefront, regional transportation system, and preserved park lands.
The GO TO 2040 plan will lay the path ahead for a bolder, brighter region that will benefit generations to come.
The following survey should take you about 10 minutes to complete. By responding, you can have a voice in how the region will take shape.
In which county do you live?
Please attach a priority level to the following statements.
1 = Urgent, 2 = Very Important, 3 = Important, 4 = Not Very Important, and 5 = Unimportant.
We want to know their relative importance to YOU.
Family
Good quality, affordable housing
Social organizations, teams, and other civic activities that bring people together in communities
Excellent quality public schools for all citizens
A strong economy that provides all residents with job opportunities for a high standard of living
Community
Low crime rate
An efficient transportation system without traffic delays for people or freight
Healthy residents who exercise regularly and have access to the best medical care available
Reasonable cost of living
Region
World-class museums, arts and cultural institutions and cultural events
Region-wide conversion to energy and fuel sources that do not harm the environment
A fair tax structure that mutually benefits the region's communities
Carefully protected open spaces, parks, water supply, and other natural resources
Local governments that work together to improve lives equitably across the region
(OPTIONAL) Please respond to the following in 200 words or less for each question.
If you could change one thing about our region, what would it be?
If you could change one thing about your neighborhood, what would it be?
If you could preserve one thing about our region, what would it be?
If you could preserve one thing about your neighborhood, what would it be?
Are you: