Technical Assistance Providers Directory

Data/GIS: GIS demographic data 

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

ComEd

DevCorp North  

Lake County Planning, Building, and Development
 
Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement

Urban Transportation Center, UIC

Wilbur Smith Associates (consultant)

Main Contact for Technical Assistance:
Janice Metzger
Senior Project Manager
(773) 269-4019
(773) 378-4830 (fax)
jan@cnt.org 

Other Areas of Technical Assistance:
Data/GIS: GIS demographic data, GIS land use data, GIS mapping assistance Economic Development (Other); Land Use: Brownfield and greyfield redevelopment, Community visioning, Infill, Mixed-use re(development), Natural areas and open space; Transportation: Integrating transportation and land use planning, Station area and transit oriented development, Transportation (other); Economic Development: Office market analysis, Residential market analysis, Retail market analysis;  Environment and Natural Resources: Green practices in communities, Natural landscaping, Stormwater management; Housing: Affordable housing;

Main Contact for Technical Assistance:
Jon Hallas, AICP
Associate Planner
(312) 386-8764
(312) 386-8765 (fax)
jhallas@cmap.illinois.gov

Other Areas of Technical Assistance:
Data / GIS: GIS land use data, GIS mapping assistance, Interpreting census data, Visualization / 3D modeling, Data / GIS (other); Land Use: Brownfield and greyfield redevelopment, Community visioning, Comprehensive plan development / review, Farmland preservation, Greenways and trails, Historic preservation, Infill, Mixed-use (re)development, Natural areas and open space, Streetscapes and urban design, Zoning and smart codes, Land Use (other); Transportation: Bicycle and pedestrian planning, Capital project funding, Circulation and access planning, Financial resources for transportation planning, Implementing human services plans for transit, Integrating transportation and land use planning, Operating project funding, Small area traffic forecasting, Station area and transit oriented development, Transportation corridor planning, Transportation (other); Economic Development: Business attraction / retention, Office market analysis, Residential market analysis, Retail market analysis, Tax-increment financing (TIFs), Economic Development (other); Environment and Natural Resources: Conservation design, Flood protection, Green practices in communities, Local water conservation, Natural landscaping, Stormwater management, Stream and wetland protection, Water quality, Watershed plans, Environment and Natural Resources (other); Housing: Affordable housing, Prevention of foreclosures, Housing (other)

Specific Projects:
Regional Data from US Census Bureau
Beginning date: 2008
Ending date:

Description of project:
Provide links to regional data for the 7-county area for data released from the US Census Bureau. Data include regularly scheduled population estimates, and new estimates from the American Community Survey.

Contact person for project:
Jon Hallas, AICP
jhallas@cmap.illinois.gov

Other Areas of Technical Assistance:
Economic Development: Business attraction/retention, Office market analysis,Economic development (other); Data/GIS: GIS demographic data,Interpreting census data; Other: Energy efficiency evaluations and incentives