On April 25, 2006,
the American
Planning Association honored NIPC's
2040 Regional
Framework Plan as the national plan of the
year. See the
press release
about this award, which was presented at the
association's annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. At the
presentation ceremony, APA executive director Paul Farmer recognized
special contributions of the late
Sam Santell, the NIPC planning director whose leadership was
central to completion of the award-winning plan.
 Local elected officials and planners
in northeastern Illinois have an important
new set of tools to aid land-use decisions in NIPC's
2040 Regional Framework Plan. The comprehensive plan is the culmination
of an extensive public-involvement process that included 200 workshops
where 4,000 participants expressed their vision of how the region should
address growth through the year 2040.
The 2040 Plan defines three basic elements -- Centers,
Corridors and Green Areas -- to establish a framework for the region's
communities to plan more effectively to deal with growth that NIPC
forecasts will exceed 10 million residents and 5.5 million jobs by 2030.
The 2000 U.S. Census found just over 8 million residents with about 4.3
million jobs in the region.
To request
a print copy of any materials listed below, send email to
info@nipc.org or phone NIPC at
312-454-0400.
Popular Summary of the 2040 Plan
NIPC has created a popular summary
of the 2040 Plan, called "Realizing the Vision, which includes a poster
version of the 2040 Regional Framework Map. A multimedia CD is
also available on request. The summary version is also available
on the web in Spanish as "Alcanzando la Vision."
- Web-based version of
"Realizing the Vision" popular summary
- Web based Spanish
version of "Alcanzando la Vision" popular summary
-
2040 Plan "Realizing the Vision" popular summary
(PDF file, 3.8MB)
- 2040 Regional Framework Map
(PDF file, 750KB)
Full Version of the 2040 Plan
Due to its length of over 300 pages, the full 2040 Regional Framework
Plan is available as 10 separate PDF files, which are listed below.
Chapter 1 --
Introduction
Chapter 2 --
Envisioning 2040
Chapter 3 --
Centers, Corridors and Green Areas
Chapter 4 -- The
Common Ground Planning Process
Chapter 5 --
Local and Regional Planning in Northeastern Illinois
Chapter 6 --
Realizing the Vision
Chapter 7 --
Implementation Strategies
Appendices
Press Materials
NIPC issued the following press materials on September 28,
2005. Earlier archival press releases are in the
NIPC News section.
- Press release:
"2040 Plan Provides Tools for Local Officials"
- Quote sheet
with remarks on the 2040 Plan from NIPC partner organizations
Launch Event
The 2040
Plan was published on September 28, 2005, with a public
celebration
hosted by NIPC at Sears Tower to launch the plan's implementation phase.
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