Until early 2022, the CMAP Economic Development Committee promoted economic & workforce development policies, best practices, and research that foster sustainable growth and regional coordination. See the archived meeting materials below and learn more about the agency's current efforts via the CMAP Regional Economy Committee to promote robust and equitable prosperity.

Agenda for June 28, 2021

• Minutes for meeting on March 22, 2021
• Presentation: New initiatives of the Chicagoland Opportunity Zones Consortium
• Initial findings and technical assistance on the use of local development 
• Visit Chicagoland summer campaign, The Only Thing Missing is You

Agenda for March 22, 2021

• Minutes for meeting on January 25, 2021
• CMAP Legislative Agenda
• Presentation: UIC EDA University Center's Calumet Regional Mapping Tool
• Presentation: Puget Sound Regional Council's climate change planning and analysis
• Summary of COVID-19's regional economic impacts

Agenda for January 25, 2021

• Minutes for meeting on October 26, 2020
• Updating the ON TO 2050 Socioeconomic Forecast
• Presentation: Metropolitan Chicago's economic outlook - EBP and Moody's Analytics
• CMAP's multi-year implementation plan for climate mitigation and resilience
• CMAP Local Technical Assistance project: Corridor plan for Fox River in McHenry County

Agenda for October 26, 2020

• Minutes for meeting on June 22, 2020
• Presentation: INVEST South/West - Gerardo Garcia, City of Chicago's Department of Planning and Development
• Update on the Chicago Regional Growth Corporation
• CMAP Local Technical Assistance project: Garfield Green Line South Action Plan (presentation)
• New CMAP guide, Improving local development incentives: Effective practices for local governments in northeastern Illinois

Agenda for June 22, 2020

• Minutes for meeting on January 27, 2020
• Committee member updates:
  • What are your stakeholders' most immediate needs or highest concerns during this time?
  • How is your organization adjusting its strategies and community outreach to better serve marginalized communities? What barriers and/or best practices have you come across?
  • What general trends and issues will you be monitoring closely in the coming weeks?
  • How can CMAP and the committee best support your efforts?
• CMAP analysis on the impact of the pandemic on municipal revenues
• Initial results from the COVID-19 Regional Recovery Survey

The March 23 meeting was canceled. In accordance with the governor’s request for nonessential staff to work from home, the CMAP office was closed.

Agenda for January 27, 2020

• Minutes for meeting on October 28, 2019
• Presentation: Cook County Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy - Drew Williams-Clark, Center for Neighborhood Technology
• CMAP guide for local communities on the use of incentive policies
• MMC Regional Climate Action Plan
• Project proposal evaluations for CMAP Local Technical Assistance and RTA Community Planning

Agenda for October 28, 2019

• Minutes for meeting on June 24, 2019
• Presentation: Patterns of Disparity: Small Business Lending in Illinois - Brent Adams, Woodstock Institute
• Avenues for Growth (Belmont Cragin Corridors Plan)
• Master Plan for the Illinois International Port District
• Rebuild Illinois capital bill tool
• Upcoming work on workforce trends and career pathways

Agenda for June 24, 2019

• Minutes for meeting on March 25, 2019
• CMAP State Legislative Agenda
• Presentation: South Suburban Economic Growth Initiative (SSEGI) - Kristi DeLaurentiis, South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
• Presentation: Lincoln Highway Logistics Corridor - Alex Beata, Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways
• ON TO 2050 implementation priorities: Local capacity
• McHenry County Coordinated Investment Study

Agenda for March 25, 2019

• Minutes for meeting on January 28, 2019
• CMAP State Legislative Agenda
• Presentation: Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative (ILEA) - Kyle Westbrook and Lisa Castillo Richmond, Partnership for College Completion
• ON TO 2050 implementation priorities: Inclusive Growth
• Surface Transportation Program-Local (STP-L) Shared Fund
• Labor force recovery trends

Agenda for January 28, 2019

• Minutes for meeting on October 22, 2018
• Presentation: Cook County Policy Roadmap - Jay Stewart and Irene Sherr, Cook County Bureau of Economic Development
• Review of CMAP working committees
• Regional data scan of traded industry clusters

Agenda for October 22, 2018

• Minutes for meeting on June 25, 2018
• ON TO 2050: Summary of public comments and revisions
  • Full public comments on the draft ON TO 2050 plan
  • CMAP Public Comment Response Log 
• ON TO 2050: Implementation priorities
• Disinvested areas strategy report
• Regional data scan on traded industry clusters

Agenda for June 25, 2018

• Minutes for meeting on March 26, 2018
• Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
• ON TO 2050: Public comment draft
• ON TO 2050: Implementation priorities
• Local Technical Assistance (LTA) 2018 Call for Projects
• Traded clusters drill-down report

Agenda for March 26, 2018

• Minutes for meeting on February 21, 2018
• Chicago Regional Growth Corporation
• ON TO 2050: Draft Governance chapter
• ON TO 2050: Public and corporate engagement
• ON TO 2050: Proposed regional economy recommendations

Agenda for February 21, 2018

• Minutes for meeting on January 22, 2018
• ON TO 2050: Land use recommendations
• ON TO 2050: Economy recommendations
• ON TO 2050: Target setting memo for proposed land use and governance indicators
• ON TO 2050: Corporate engagement

Agenda for January 22, 2018

• Minutes for meeting on September 25, 2017
• ON TO 2050: Inclusive Growth kindred indicators - Economy memo
• ON TO 2050: Transit Trends snapshot
• Analysis of transportation trends in Economically Disconnected Areas
• Analysis of job market polarization in metropolitan Chicago
• Regional Strategic Freight Direction
• Expressway Vision

Agenda for September 25, 2017

• Minutes for meeting on June 26, 2017
• University of Illinios-Chicago EDA University Center
• ON TO 2050: Preview report
• ON TO 2050: Bi-monthly status report
• ON TO 2050: Economy indicators refinement memo
• ON TO 2050: Municipal capacity strategy
• Analysis of regional socioeconomic shifts
• Local Technical Assistance applications summary

Additionally staff are seeking written feedback from the committee on:

• ON TO 2050: Regional economic development strategy memo
• ON TO 2050: Human capital strategy memo
• ON TO 2050: Innovative capacity strategy memo

Agenda for June 26, 2017

• Minutes for meeting on March 27, 2017
• Federal Reservice Bank of Chicago Peer City Identification Tool
• ON TO 2050: Bi-monthly status report
• ON TO 2050: Alternative futures: Transformed economy memo
• ON TO 2050: Preview report
• ON TO 2050: Financial plan development

Agenda for March 27, 2017

• Minutes for meeting on January 23, 2017
• ON TO 2050: Bi-monthly status report
• WBC Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs next steps
• Freight and environmental justice
• ON TO 2050: Inclusive growth strategy
• ON TO 2050: Alternative futures transformed economy

Agenda for January 23, 2017

• Minutes for joint meeting on November 16, 2016
• Policy update on sales tax rebates
• ON TO 2050: Local Technical Assistance
• ON TO 2050: Bi-monthly status report
• ON TO 2050: Alternative futures update
• ON TO 2050: Economic resilience strategy paper

• November 16, 2016
• Minutes for September 26, 2016
• ON TO 2050: Development update
• Business Churn policy update
  • Presentation
• ON TO 2050: Municipal capacity memo
• ON TO 2050: Lands in transition
   

• October 24, 2016
   

• September 26, 2016
• Minutes for June 27, 2016
• October site visit to Downtown Aurora and Waubonsee Community College
• ON TO 2050: Emerging Regional Priorities Report
• ON TO 2050: Preliminary Population Forecast
• ON TO 2050: Local Area Allocation Process
• ON TO 2050: Plan Indicators Development
• ON TO 2050: Alternative Future Trends
• ON TO 2050: Financial Plan Development
• Proposed 2017 meeting schedule
   

• June 27, 2016
• Minutes for joint meeting on May 16, 2016
• ON TO 2050: Emerging regional priorities
• ON TO 2050: Alternative futures scenario planning
  • Scenarios presentation
• ON TO 2050: Demographic trends snapshot
• ON TO 2050: Tax policy and land use trends
• Policy update: Chicago Region's labor market
• Committee member presentation: Institute for Work and the Economy
  • Changing nature of work presentation
  • Futures of work initiative
     

• May 16, 2016
• Minutes for January 25, 2016
• Minutes for March 28, 2016
• ON TO 2050: Overview of plan development
  • Progress report
• ON TO 2050: Universe of layers
• ON TO 2050: Freight system trends snapshot
• Freight land use
• Critical Urban Freight Corridors
  • Truck bottlenecks map 
     

• March 28, 2016
• Minutes for January 25, 2016
• April site visit memo
• ON TO 2050: Land use and tax policy
• ON TO 2050: Econmoic impacts of major capital projects
• ON TO 2050: Inclusive growth approach
   

• January 25, 2016
• Minutes for December 2, 2015
• Interim Products for the Long-Range Plan
• ACS Policy Update Series
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Median Household Income
• Next Plan: Inclusive Growth Strategy Paper
• Next Plan: Regional Clusters and Trends Snapshot Report

• December 2, 2015
• Draft minutes from October 26, 2015
• Next Plan: Reinvestment and Infill
• Next Plan: Place-Based Approach Alternatives
• Next Plan: Comparative Assessment of Tax Policies and Land Use Trends
• Next Plan: Update on Select Snapshots and Strategy Papers

• October 26, 2015
• Minutes from September 28, 2015
• Northeastern Illinois Research Talent Asset Map
• Industrial Land Use Trends Analysis
  • Presentation
• Supply Chain Research
• Meeting Schedule for 2016
• Local Technical Assistance 2015 Project Selection
  • LTA memo reviewed and approved by CMAP Board on October 14

• September 28, 2015
• Minutes from June 22, 2015
• Manufacturing Perspectives
• Next Plan Economic Snapshot
  • Globally Traded Cluster Policy Update
• Next Plan Socioeconomic Forecast

• July 27, 2015 - Site visit to the UI Labs/Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute 

• June 22, 2015
• Minutes from April 27, 2015
• Metro Metals Consortium project update
  • Project presentation
  • Infrastructure investment proposal
• Next Comprehensive Regional Plan
  • Next plan presentation
  • FY2016 Workplan
• Green Infrastructure Vision

• April 27, 2015
• Minutes from February 23, 2015
• The Water Council
• Local Match Requirements for LTA program
• Regional Economic Indicators
   
• March 23, 2015 - site visit to LB Steel

• February 23, 2015
• Minutes for January 26, 2015
• Metro Chicago Exports
• Cook County Property Tax Classification Analysis

• January 26, 2015
• Minutes for November 13, 2014
• Immigrant Integration Toolkit
• Waukegan Washington Street Corridor Plan
• Cook County Property Tax Classification Analysis
• Committee Workplan

• December 12, 2013
• Draft Minutes for November 14, 2013
• Planning for Progress in Cook County
• Planning for Progress survey: http://planningforprogress.metroquest.com/

• October 8, 2013
• Draft Minutes for August 27, 2013
• Major Capital Projects Update
• GO TO 2040 Implementation Actions Update
• Staff Recommendation on Illiana Corridor Proposal

• August 27, 2013
• Draft Minutes for July 23, 2013
• GO TO 2040 Update Process
• Proposed Ammendment to GO TO 2040 -- Illiana Corridor

• July 23, 2013
• Draft Minutes for May 28, 2013
• Summary of Local Technical Assistance Program Applications

• May 28, 2013
• April 23 Draft Minutes
• Overview of Event at Argonne
• Workforce Funders Alliance RFQ

• April 23, 2013
• March 26 Draft Minutes
• CMAP Economic Development Incentives Project Update
• Cook County Regional Growth Agenda
• CMAP's Upcoming Human Capital-Related Tasks

• March 26, 2013
• Draft Minutes for January 22nd meeting

• January 22, 2013
• Draft Minutes for November 27th meeting
• Housing Policy Update--Trends of the Third Quarter 2013

• November 13, 2014
• Minutes for September 11, 2014
• Planning for Progress in Cook County
• Local Technical Assistance (LTA) Program Evaluation
• Reorienting Economic Development Draft Summary
• Next Long-range Comprehensive Regional Plan
• FY2015 Committee Workplan

• September 11, 2014
• Minutes
• DCEO Economic Development Plan
• Plan Update
  • Public comment summary
• LTA Program Evaluation
• Municipal Survey

• August 14, 2014
• Draft Minutes for June 12, 2014
• GO TO 2014 Plan Update
  • Public Meeting Poster
• Freight Task Force Final Report
• LTA Evaluation Part 2
• LTA Applications Received 2014

• June 12, 2014
• Draft Minutes for May 8, 2014
• Draft GO TO 2040 Plan Update
• LTA Program Evaluation

• May 8, 2014
• Draft Minutes for April 10, 2014
• Mission & Charge Statement
• The Future of LTA
• GO TO 2040 Update

• April 10, 2014
• Draft Minutes for March 13, 2014
• Mission & Charge Statement
• Major Capital Projects and Congestion Pricing Policy
• CMAP's Regional Tax Policy Principles
• ComEd Business Retention Survey
• • 2012 Exec Summary Report
  • Application Form

• March 13, 2014
• Draft Minutes for February 13, 2014
• GO TO 2040 Update
  • Plan Indicator Targets
• Freight Planning Activites:
  • Freight Committee
  • Regional Freight Leadership Task Force
  • Freight Policy Efforts
• Integrated Workforce Information System Update
• Draft Mission & Charge Discussion

• February 13, 2014
• Draft Minutes for January 9, 2014
• Draft Mission Statement
• GO TO 2040 Implementation Action Areas
  • Support Economic Innovation
  • Reform State & Local Tax Policy
  • Improve Education & Workforce Development

• January 9, 2014
• Draft Minutes for December 12, 2013
• Fiscal & Economic Impact Analysis of Local Decisions
• GO TO 2040 Update

November 27, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft minutes for October 23, 2012

October 23, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for September 25, 2012
• Congestion Pricing Micro-site
• Manufacturing Cluster Drill-Down Memo

September 25, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for July 24, 2012
• Freight Cluster Drill-Down Implementation Strategy Memo

July 24, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for June 26, 2012
• Freight Cluster Drill-Down Implementation Memo

June 26, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for May 22, 2012

May 22, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for April 24, 2012
• Local Technical Assistance Call for Projects
• World Business Chicago Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs
• Local Food Systems Brochure

April 24, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for March 27, 2012
• Freight Drill-Down memo

March 27, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for February 28, 2012
• OECD Territorial Review of the Chicago Tri-State Metro Region Discussion Memo

February 28, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for January 24, 2012
• Regional Tax Policy Task Force Memo
• Regional Tax Policy Task Force Report

January 24, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for November 29, 2011

November 29, 2011

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for October 25, 2011
• Local Technical Assistance Update
• Energy Impact Illinois Information Kit
• GO TO 2040 Implementation Report Outline

October 25, 2011

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes for September 27, 2011
• Draft Framework for CMAP's 2012 Legislative Agenda
• GO TO 2040 Implementation Report Memo
• GO TO 2040 Implementation Report for Human Capital
• CMAP Committee Meeting Summaries

September 27, 2011

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes for July 26, 2011
• Freight Drill Down Memo
• Local Technical Assistance Program Update
• GO TO 2040 Implementation Report Memo
• GO TO 2040 Implementation Report for Human Capital

July 26, 2011

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes for June 28, 2011
• Legistlative Update
• Freight Drill Down Update

June 28, 2011

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft Minutes for May 24, 2011
• Community Planning Project Descriptions
• Community Planning Project Map
• Implementation Table Exercise Part 2: Outcomes and Next Steps

May 24, 2011

• Draft Minutes for April 26, 2011
• LTA Program Update
• Implementation Table Exercise: Outcomes and Next Steps

April 26, 2011

• Draft Minutes for March 22, 2011
• Committee Meeting Agenda Development
• Committee Support for Implementation of Human Capital Recommendations
• Cluster Drill Down Report Update

March 22, 2011

• Draft Minutes for October 26, 2010
• Committee Charge
• GO TO 2040 Human Capital Section
• OECD Project Overview
• CMAP Local Technical Assistance Program

• November 16, 2010 -- Meeting Cancelled
  • Draft Minutes for October 26, 2010
  • Legislative Update
     
• October 26, 2010
  • Draft Minutes for August 24, 2010
  • Committee Accomplishments 2010
  • Update on GO TO 2040 and Economic Innovation
  • Implementation of GO TO 2040: Technical Assistance
  • Presentation on economic innovation cluster drill-down
  • Sustainable Communities Initiative and GO TO 2040
     
• September 28, 2010 -- Meeting Cancelled
  • Draft Minutes for August 24, 2010 (see October 26, 2010 meeting)
  • Legislative Update
     
• August 24, 2010
  • Draft Minutes for June 22, 2010
  • Summary of Summer Public Outreach for GO TO 2040
     
• July 27, 2010 -- Meeting Cancelled
  • Draft Minutes for June 22, 2010
     
• June 22, 2010
  • Draft Minutes for May 25, 2010
  • Draft Chapter for Economic Innovation
     
• May 25, 2010
  • Draft Minutes for April 27, 2010
  • Work Plan for Innovation Focus Groups
  • Draft Chapter for Workforce & Education Chapter
     
• April 27, 2010
  • Draft Minutes for March 23, 2010
  • Draft Economic Development Quarterly
  • Memo on Innovation Meetings
  • Draft Chapter on Data Sharing & Transparency
     
• March 23, 2010
  • Draft Minutes for February 23, 2010
  • Draft Chapter on Major Capital Projects
  • Workforce & Education Recommendations
  • Economic Innovation Recommendations
  • Workforce Development Report
     
• February 23, 2010
  • Draft Minutes for January 26, 2010
  • Tax Policy Memo
  • Tax Policy Snapshot
  • Transportation Finance Recommendation
  • Legislative Update
  • Updated committee meeting schedule
     
• January 26, 2010
  • Draft Minutes for November 17, 2009
  • Preferred Scenario
  • Regional Freight System Planning Project
  • 2010 Committee Meeting Schedule

• November 17, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for October 27, 2009
  • Draft Preferred Scenario
  • Memo on Innovation Discussion
     
• October 27, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for September 22, 2009
  • Memo on RCF strategy reports
  • Memo on draft preferred scenario
  • September presentation on preferred scenario development
  • Monthly Committee Summary
• September 22, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for July 28, 2009
  • Summary report from Sub-Committee Meetings
  • Memo on Scenario Conclusions
  • Results of GOTO 2040 Public Engagement
  • Monthly Committee Summary
     
• July 28, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for June 23, 2009
  • Memo on Scenario Conclusions
  • Memo on RCF reports and Committee involvement
  • Strategy Report on Innovation
  • Strategy Report on Infrastructure
  • Strategy Report on Green Economic Development
  • Strategy Report on Export Promotion -- Import Substitution
• June 23, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for May 26, 2009
  • Draft Strategy Report on Innovation
  • Invent the Future Workshop at the IDC Conference
     
• May 26, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for April 28, 2009
  • Memo regarding Regional Snapshot on Energy
     
• April 28, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for March 24, 2009
  • Evaluation Measures for Capital Projects
  • GO TO 2040 Scenarios
  • Incentives Update Memo
     
• March 24, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for February 24, 2009
  • ECD Involvement Diagram
  • Proposed Developments of Regional Importance (DRI) v.2
     
• February 24, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for January 27, 2009
  • Proposed Developments of Regional Importance (DRI) v.2
     
• January 27, 2009
  • Draft Minutes for November 25, 2008
  • Revised meeting dates for calendar year 2009
  • Approach to Economic Development in GO TO 2040
  • Employment Projections
  • Employment Projections Methodology

• November 25, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for October 28, 2008
  • Proposed meeting dates for Calendar year 2009
  • Committee Accomplishments 2008
  • Economic Development Research for GO TO 2040
     
• October 28, 2008
  • Minutes for September 23, 2008
     
• September 23, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for August 26, 2008
  • Snapshot Business Location Decisions
  • Regional Indicators Workshop
  • GO TO 2040 Partnership
     
• August 26, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for July 22, 2008
  • Regional Snapshot: Cluster Analysis
  • Scenario Process
  • Economic and Community Development Courses of Action
  • Regional Indicators on Economic Competitiveness
     
• July 22, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for June 24, 2008
  • Draft on the Proposed CMAP Process for Adressing DRIs
  • DRI Appendix
  • Regional Snapshot: Planning Impacts of Latino Population Growth
  • Regional Indicators Project Update
  • Flyer for Indicator Workshops
     
• June 24, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for May 27, 2008
  • Spreadsheet of Indicators
  • Memo: Regional Snapshot on the Planning Impacts of Latino Population Growth
  • Draft on the Proposed CMAP Process for addressing Developments of Regional Importance
     
• May 27, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for April 22, 2008
  • Memo on Regional Indicators for Economic Competitiveness
     
• April 22 2008
  • Draft Minutes for March 25, 2008
  • List of Indicators
  • Memo: Snapshot on Aging
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: Article on CMAP GO TO 2040 campaign
     
• March 25, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for February 26, 2008
  • Memo on Meeting Material
  • Draft Work Plan for ECD Committee
  • Draft Quality of Life Indicator Project
  • Scenario Construction
  • Memo on Impact Fees
  • Save-the-Date: Panel Discussion on Development Incentives
     
• February 26, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for January 22, 2008
  • Memo on Meeting Material
  • Example of Impact Analysis Summaries
  • Snapshot Memo on Impact Fees
  • Vision Revisions for ECD Committee
  • Work Plan Outline for ECD Committee
     
• January 22, 2008
  • Draft Minutes for November 27, 2007
  • Memo on Meeting Material
  • Vision Development Comments
  • Economic Impact Model Software Overview
  • Economic Development Incentives Snapshot
  • Regional Snapshot Report: Jobs-Housing Balance

• November 27, 2007
  • Draft Minutes for October 30, 2007
  • Memo on Meeting Material
  • CMAP Technical Assistance Brochure of Services
  • Vision Development Memo
  • Snapshot Report: Infill
     
• October 30, 2007
  • Memo on Meeting Material
  • Summary and Methodology
  • Public Engagement for Regional Comprehensive Plan
  • Seal the Deal Invitation
  • Regional Vision Development
  • Snapshot Report: Infill
  • Draft Sustainability Snapshot
     
• September 25, 2007
  • Memo on Materials
  • Consultant Directory
  • Themes Sheet
  • Community and Technical Assistance Work Plan
  • How to Seal the Deal
     
• August 28, 2007
  • Main Themes for Vision Event
  • Memo on Materials
  • Crain's Market Facts 2007
  • Cities of the Future
  • Consultant Directory
  • Vision for the Future
  • Process Presentation
  • Regional Vision Development
     
• July 24, 2007
  • ECD Major Themes
  • Memo on Materials
  • Report on Sustainability
  • Summit II Summary
  • Consultant Directory
  • Vision for the Future
  • Process Presentation
     
• June 26, 2007
  • ECD Major Themes
  • Sustainability Snapshot Writeup
  • Committee Structure Memo
  • Economic and Community Development Work Plan
  • Portfolio of Services Provided
  • Cluster Analysis Presentation
  • Comparative Regional ED Plans and Quality of Life Indicator
     
• May 22, 2007
   
• April 24, 2007
   
• March 6, 2007
   
• January 31, 2007