Community Development Department
Current Projects
- Cal-Sag Trail Development
- COD Redevelopment
- ♦ NE Mixed-Use Commercial District
- ♦ South COD Cleanup & Redevelopment
- Community Health Planning
- ♦ Community Health Monitoring:Sustainable Grassroots Public Health Effort
- ¤ Joint effort of BICDD, Cook County Health Dept, Healthy Communities, CMAP, ATSDR & USEPA
- ♦ CPPW Model Communities Project – CCPHD & PHIMC funded initiative
- ¤ Active Transportation Plan
- ¤ Complete Streets Ordinance
- ¤ Local Food System Assessment
- ¤ Community Garden Expansion
- ¤ Breastfeeding Encouragement
- ¤ Healthy HotSpots
- Comprehensive Plan*New*
- ♦ CMAP Local Technical Assistance
- Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Update
- ♦ RTA TOD Zoning Project
- Building & Business Inventory
- ♦ Full Circle
- ♦ LOIS
- Environmental Planning
- ♦ Cleanup & Redevelopment of former Landfill at 119th/Vincennes
- ¤ Phase I & Phase II Assessments of former landfill at 119th/Vincennes
- ¤ Funded by IEPA MBRG grant
- ¤ 2009 USEPA CleanUp Grant awarded for former landfill (5/08/2009)
- ♦ TOD Redevelopment Areas Assessment Project
- ¤ 2007 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant project
- ¤ Blue Island Brownfields: Technical Report
- ♦ COD Redevelopment Areas Assessment Project
- ¤ 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant project [.pdf, 357KB]
- ♦ Blue Island Goes Green
- ¤ Greenest Region Compact
- ¤ E-Recycling
- ¤ CFL Bulb Distribution
- ¤ Rain Barrels
- ¤ Urban Forestry Board
- ¤ Community Gardening
- Housing
- ♦ Housing Policy Planning by Metropolis 2020 & Metro Mayors Caucus
- ♦ Chicago Southland Housing & Community Development Collaborative
- TOD Redevelopment
- ♦ SSMMA/CSEDC TOD Corridors Planning Study – Phase 2 Implementation
- Western Avenue Corridor Redevelopment Plan Project [.pdf, 413KB]
- GIS/Mapping
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Studies & Reports
- • Blue Island Plan for Economic Development
- • Blue Island Reaches Next Crossroads: Report of the MPC Blue Island Task Force July 2006 [.pdf, 545kb]
- • Calumet River Corridor: Economic Development Vision & Strategy [.pdf, 82.4kb]
- • Green River Pattern Book: Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Principles by SSMMA and CSEDC [.pdf, 7.98MB]
- • Homes for a Changing Region: by Metropolis 2020 & Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
- Project Period: November 2008 – Fall 2009
- Year Three: Blue Island, Plainfield, and Woodstock
- • CMAP GOTO2040: Community Design Workshops – Blue Island Spring 2009
- • Chicago Regional Energy Snapshot- Sept 2009
- Blue Island Energy & Emissions Profile
Grant Awards
Since its 2006 inception, the Community Development (formerly Planning) Department has applied for and been awarded the following grants.
- → Technical Assistance: CMAP Local Traffic Counts: NE District
- → Technical Assistance: CMAP Local Technical Assistance Award: Comp Plan
- → Technical Assistance: SSMMA/CSEDC TOD Corridors Planning Study – Phase 2
- → $600,000 2012 USEPA Brownfields CleanUp Grant
- → $ 17,572 2011 IHPA CLG Grant – Landmark Tour & Brochure Update
- → $ 75,000 2011 Model Communities Grant – CCPHD/PHIMC
- → $ 16,640 2010 IHPA CLG Grant – Blue Island Preservation Program
- → $200,000 2010 SSMMA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
- → $200,000 2009 USEPA Brownfields CleanUp Grant
- → $400,000 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant
- → $102,250 2008 Preserve America Grant
- → $ 81,000 IDOT Corridor Planning Grant
- → $200,000 2007 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant
- → $ 37,000 IDCEO Local Planning Grant
- → $240,000 IEPA MBRG