December 22, 2011
Watershed protection plan nears completion by Lawrence Synett
Published by: TribLocal
TOPICS: Water
This article in the Crystal Lake TribLocal covers the completion of the Silver Creek and Sleepy Hollow Creek Watershed and quotes CMAP staff Tim Loftus.

December 20, 2011
CMAP Director Sees Evanston's Future Tied To Regional Plans
Published by: Evanston Roundtable
TOPICS: GO TO 2040
This article covers CMAP’s Executive Director Randy Blankenhorn’s talk about GO TO 2040 before Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse chapter.

December 19, 2011
Illinois schools snare most R&D investment in the Midwest by John Pletz
Published by: Crain’s Chicago Business
TOPICS: Economy, Innovation
This article covers Illinois universities are among the Midwest’s top recipients of research dollars. The fourth edition of the Illinois Innovation Index newsletter had described how research and development (R&D) funding for private and public organizations in Illinois can drive innovation.


December 14, 2011
Village Gets $60K Grant to Study Route 30 Improvements by Michael Sewall
TOPICS: Economic – workforce development , Land use, LTA
This New Lenox Patch article covers how New Lennox approved the agreement to accept the $60,000 Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program grant to help the Village plan for Route 30 corridor.

December 9, 2011
Winners and losers in the money-go-round by Mary Ellen Podmolik
Published by: Chicago Tribune
TOPICS: Housing, LTA, Transit-oriented development
The article covers theWest Cook County Housing Collaborative receipt of the $2.9 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Challenge grant and a $4.2 million Disaster Recovery (“IKE”) grant. The article quotes CMAP Executive Director Randy Blankenhorn and highlights work in CMAP’s LTA program, funded by an HUD’s Sustainable Communities Initiative grant.

December 9, 2011
Fun with energy efficiency! (No really. I promise) by Sarah Laskow
Published by: Grist
TOPIC: Energy
This article covers the Energy Bills campaign promoting Energy Impact Illinois (EI2) tools, such as MyHomeEQ.

December 7, 2010
Helping cities make most of scant resources by Esther J. Cepeda
Published by:  Chicago Sun-Times
Topics:  GO TO 2040, Housing, Land Use, Transit-oriented development, Transportation
This article is about CMAP's new local technical assistance program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to facilitate implementation of principles detailed in the GO TO 2040 plan. 

December 2010
GO TO 2040:  A Pivotal Moment for Metropolitan Chicago by Mayor Gerald Bennett of Palos Hills and Randy Blankenhorn
Published by:  Illinois Municipal Review
Topics: GO TO 2040
GO TO 2040 made the cover of the Illinois Municipal League's (IML) monthly magazine with an article written by CMAP Board Chairman Mayor Gerald Bennett and executive director Randy Blankenhorn.  The article was also reprinted on IML's website.

January 11, 2010
Redrawing the American City by Laura Wright
Published on:   Mother Nature Network
Topic:  Land use, Transit-oriented development
This article, originally published in OnEarth magazine, focuses on future development and land use for the City of Chicago.  CMAP's Randy Blankenhorn is interviewed in the story. 

January 9, 2010
Protecting the Future of Chicagoland's Drinking Water by Steve Kellman
Published by:  Circle of Blue
Topic:  Water
This article describes the draft Regional Water Supply Plan being developed by CMAP with the Regional Water Supply Planning Group.  CMAP's Tim Loftus is interviewed in the story.

March 8, 2010
Towns urge residents to help capture new funds by filling out census by Marni Pyke
Published by:  The Daily Herald
Topic:  Data
This article is about the importance of census data on the allocation of federal funding and uses population projections from CMAP.

February 28, 2010
My Kind of Town, Letter to the Editor
Published by:  OnEarth
Topic: Land use, Transit-oriented development
CMAP's Randy Blankenhorn wrote a letter to the editor in response to the article, "Redrawing the American City," which was published in the Winter 2010 edition of OnEarth magazine.  The letter, which was published in the Spring 2010 OnEarth magazine, addresses the need to plan sustainably through cooperation at the local, regional, and state levels.  The letter was also published on the OnEarth website.

February 26, 2010
Carpentersville Business Development Commission to survey village businesses by Emily McFarlan
Published by:  The Courier-News
Topic:  Full Circle
This story is about a survey of village business owners that was conducted based on data collected for the Carpentersville Business Development Commission.  The data was collected through CMAP's Full Circle program.

February 25, 2010
Local mayors host their first Municipal Expo by Kevin Olson
Published by:  Regional News
Topic:  GO TO 2040, Economic - workforce development
The Southwest Conference of Mayors hosted its first Municipal Expo, which featured speakers from regional organizations, including CMAP's Bola Delano.  Delano spoke about GO TO 2040 and workforce development.