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ON TO 2050 plan update wins approval
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) Board and MPO Policy Committee adopted an update to ON TO 2050, the region's long-range plan, on October 12. ON TO 2050 guides planning and decision-making for northeastern Illinois and helps shape the future for its 8.6 million residents.
Conditions change frequently, which is why CMAP updates its long-range plan every four years — we recently saw a global pandemic that disrupted economies, deepened inequities, and changed the way people move throughout the region.
The update addresses:
- How the experience of the last four years reaffirms ON TO 2050’s principles of resilience, inclusive growth, and prioritized investment.
- Important changes in our forecasted population, transportation investments, and funding resources.
- Where we go from here, and how we can put the recommendations and strategies into action.
- The progress made. It reiterates the key goals regarding prosperity, environment, community, governance, and mobility.
- The determination of regionally significant projects. It identifies capital investments in our region’s expressways, transit system, and arterials.
Public comment is also a crucial component of the update, which reflects the input and perspectives of hundreds of stakeholders, including residents, advocates, community organizations, county and municipal representatives, and CMAP’s transportation partners and committee members.
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Get an up-close look at ON TO 2050 at museum in Lake County
You can experience CMAP’s long-range plan, ON TO 2050, up close and personal in Lake County. The Bess Bower Dunn Museum in Libertyville is hosting an exhibit, which runs through Sunday, November 13.
Learn about transportation, walkable communities, climate change, and more. A special reception is planned for 5:00 p.m. Thursday, October 27. Sign up to register for this free event.
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Regional leaders come together to maximize metropolitan Chicago's economic growth
Leaders from our region's seven counties, in partnership with economic development organizations throughout the region, are shepherding a new era of regional economic cooperation.
With consensus around principles for regional cooperation, the Chicagoland Inclusive Regional Economy Initiative aims to boost economic growth and shared prosperity across the region and its diverse communities.
By working together, the goal is to ensure robust, equitable economic growth by building a globally competitive ecosystem and leveraging the region’s assets, including a world-class transportation infrastructure, economic sectors, talent, and innovation.
CMAP set this work in motion two years ago by forming the Regional Economic Recovery Task Force, at the request of Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, the other county board chairs, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Together with other initiatives, regional collaboration is continuing to implement key strategies in the City of Chicago’s July 2020 Forward Together plan, the first COVID-19 recovery effort of any major U.S. city
Pictured above: Left to right: Dr. Clyne Namuo, President of Joliet Junior College; Jim McConoughey, President of the McHenry County Economic Development Corporation; Michael Fassnacht, President & CEO, World Business Chicago and Chief Marketing Officer for the City of Chicago (behind); Chair Scott Gryder, Kendall County Board; Greg Bedalov, President and CEO of Choose DuPage; President Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board of Commissioners; Chair Corinne Pierog, Kane County Board; Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, Will County Executive; Xochitl Flores, Bureau Chief of Economic Development for Cook County; Samir Mayekar, Deputy Mayor of Economic and Neighborhood Development for the City of Chicago; Erin Aleman, Executive Director of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning; Chair Michael Buehler, McHenry County Board; Doug Pryor, President and CEO of the Will County Center for Economic Development
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New greenhouse gas emissions data available for northeastern Illinois communities
CMAP's newly updated greenhouse gas emissions inventory shows that between 2010 and 2019, overall greenhouse gas emissions in northeastern Illinois decreased by 9 percent. While this is progress, the region has a shared goal of reducing emissions by 5 percent annually through 2050, and it fell 36 percent short of the goal.
For the first time, CMAP produced individualized data summaries by county, community, and Chicago neighborhood that provide a snapshot of emissions from the building, transportation, and waste sectors. Local governments, sustainability committees, and others are encouraged to use this data to develop local climate action plans.
In ON TO 2050, the comprehensive plan for northeastern Illinois, CMAP set a goal for the region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent, relative to 2005 levels, by 2050. This target aligns with the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping global warming to below 2° Celsius (3.7° Fahrenheit).
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Look to the future! Share your thoughts on We Will Chicago plan
The public is invited to comment on the City of Chicago’s draft We Will Chicago plan, which represents Chicago’s first citywide plan since 1966. A draft is open to public comment through Tuesday, November 1.
Chicago residents, business owners, workers, and visitors can provide feedback via 10-minute surveys that cover each pillar of the draft plan. The pillars address numerous topics, ranging from transportation and infrastructure to arts and culture. Public feedback on the draft goals and objectives will inform the final plan before it is presented to the Chicago Plan Commission in 2023.
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