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The public is encouraged to attend interactive workshop events in September in five West Cook County suburbs: Bellwood, Berwyn, Forest Park, Maywood, and Oak Park. Each “Homes for a Changing Region” event will bring village residents together to start creating a collective vision for future housing in their community.
Village leaders and citizens alike will participate in a board game-like exercise, through which participants work together over large maps and use game pieces representing different types of housing development to indicate how and where the village’s expected residential growth should occur. The results will be used to guide strategies in each community that support a balanced mix of housing types, serve the needs of existing and future residents and workers, and enhance livability.
Homes for a Changing Region is led by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s Local Technical Assistance Program, in partnership with local communities, and with support from the Metropolitan Planning Council. In recent years, Homes for a Changing Region has collaborated with leaders from Aurora, Blue Island, Gurnee, Libertyville, Montgomery, Northlake, Oak Forest, Plainfield, and Woodstock. In 2011, the project will work with 12 communities in metropolitan Chicago