Sustainability & Healthy Community Planning

• Joint effort of BICDD, Cook County Health Dept, Healthy Communities, CMAP, ATSDR & USEPA
• Community Health Coalition

• Active Transportation Plan [.pdf]
• Complete Streets Ordinance [.pdf]
• Local Food System Assessment
• Community Garden Expansion
• Breastfeeding Encouragement
• Healthy HotSpots

• NE District: 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)
  • 2011 USEPA CleanUp Grants awared for former landfill (09/01/2011)
• 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]

• Brownfields Site Inventory
• South Suburban GIS Consortium
• Building & Business Inventory
  • Full Circle
  • LOIS

• Blue Island Housing Policy Plan
• Chicago Southland Housing & Community Development Collaborative
• South Suburban Land Bank

Plans, Studies & Reports

Adopted Local Plans

• Blue Island Comprehensive Plan (2012)
  • Comprehensive Plan (June 2012)
  • Existing Conditions Report (Dec 2011)
• Blue Island Plan for Economic Development (2009)
• Blue Island Active Transportation Plan (2012)

Studies

• Blue Island Reaches Next Crossroads: MPC Blue Island Task Force July 2006 [.pdf, 545kb]
• Calumet River Corridor: Economic Development Vision & Strategy [.pdf, 82.4kb]
• Green River Pattern Book: Sustainable Planning & Design Principles by SSMMA and CSEDC [.pdf, 7.98MB]
• Homes for a Changing Region
  • Year 3: Blue Island, Plainfield, & Woodstock (2010)
• CMAP GOTO2040: Community Design Workshops – Blue Island (2009)
• Chicago Regional Energy Snapshot – Sept 2009
  • Blue Island Energy & Emissions Profile

Grant Awards

Since its 2006 inception, the Sustainability & Environment team has applied for and been awarded the following grants.

• -2012 SSMMA Brownfields RLF
• -TA Award: CMAP Local Traffic Counts: NE District
• –TA:CMAP Local Technical Assistance Award: Comp Plan
• -TA: 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