CMAP offers community assistance that provides tools, programs, and opportunities to help communities and organizations build capacity, improve quality of life, and participate in the regional planning process. More information on the different resources CMAP provides to communities is available via the links below. For further information, please call deputy executive director Bola Delano at (312) 386-8690.
August 22, 2009
To support local and regional planning efforts for the GO TO 2040 Regional Plan, CMAP hosted a conference for planning commissioners, elected officials, and municipal staff across the region to dive deeper into topics they deal with every day, highlights included:
• Leadership and Planning Law
• Comprehensive Plans and their Impact
• Stormwater Management
• Planning and Incentives
• Infill Redevelopment
• Public Engagement
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Please click here for a complete overview and archive of conference presentations. |
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Technical Assistance Providers Directory
CMAP's “one-stop shop” for information on technical assistance resources provided for local communities in the region by CMAP and its partners. Organizations and agencies that provide technical assistance to communities can add themselves to the directory here.
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Funding for Communities
A comprehensive directory of funding programs that serve economic and community development initiatives in the seven -county Northeast Illinois region. It includes programs for municipalities, government agencies, businesses, non-profit organizations, and other organizations that work to promote economic and community development. We also offer a directory of development consultants in the region.
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Tools for Communities
CMAP's key tools that can help communities tackle a variety of local planning and economic development challenges.
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Training for Communities
Whether helping the region's planning commissioners make better decisions in their municipalities, or introducing staff of neighborhood orgnanizations to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), CMAP can help build capacity at the local level.
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Assistance Programs for Communities
Does your community need a helping hand? Let CMAP provide expert guidance and technical assistance in such areas as corridor development, brownfields, stormwater management, and neutral, third-party review of municipal comprehensive plans.
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Green Practices for Communities
Do you need help putting "green" practices to work in your community? Discover which basic "green" practices (such as rain gardens and permeable paving) are being used by the region's communities and forest, park, and conservation districts. Most important, get information and practical advice from your peers.
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