Local Technical Assistance projects

Technical assistance projects

Through the technical assistance program, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has initiated more than 200 local projects with local governments, nonprofits, and intergovernmental organizations to address local issues at the intersection of transportation, land use, and housing, including the natural environment, economic growth, and community development.

We want to hear from you. Visit the Engage with CMAP website to share your ideas about current projects.

Current projects

Project name or location

Project type

Aurora

Regional active mobility program

Avondale (Chicago)

Neighborhood plan

Bartlett and Streamwood

Bike and pedestrian plan

Berwyn and Riverside

Grade crossing study

Burlington

Comprehensive plan

Butterfield Road

Corridor plan

Calumet City

Subarea plan

Central Council of Mayors

Transportation resilience plan

DuPage County

Corridor plan

Garfield Green Line (Chicago)

Elevated Chicago - Garfield eHUB action plan

Hegewisch (Chicago)

Neighborhood plan

Hickory Hills

Comprehensive plan

Homes for a Changing Region

Housing policy plans

Illinois International Port District

Master plan

Indian Creek watershed

Watershed-based plan

Kane County

Innovative land use strategy research

Lemont

Downtown parking study

Logan Square Blue Line (Chicago)

Equitable transit-oriented development action plan

Mill Creek

Watershed-based plan

Oswego

Unified development ordinance

Phoenix

Planning priorities report

Robbins

TOD and industrial area plan

Summit

Zoning ordinance

Waukegan

Unified development ordinance

Completed projects

Project name or location Project type
Addison

Comprehensive Plan

Algonquin

Downtown Plan

Algonquin & Cary Subarea Plan
Alsip

Comprehensive Plan

Antioch

Corridor Plan

Arlington Heights

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Aurora

Downtown Master Plan

Beach Park

Planning Priorities Report

Beecher Comprehensive Plan

Bellwood

Intersection safety study

Belmont-Cragin

Corridor Plan

Bensenville

Comprehensive Plan

Bensenville

Zoning Ordinance

Berkeley & Hillside

Corridor Plan

Berwyn

Comprehensive Plan

Berwyn

Stormwater Management Plan

Berwyn

Zoning Ordinance

Berwyn (Depot District)

Parking Management

Big Rock

Comprehensive Plan

Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission

Feasibility Study

Blue Island

Capital Improvement Plan

Blue Island

Comprehensive Plan

Bridgeport & Canaryville (Chicago)

Priorities Plan

Bronzeville

Food Access Study

Bronzeville

Retail Land Use Plan

Calumet City

Comprehensive Plan

Calumet Park

Planning Priorities Report

Calumet Park Comprehensive Plan
Campton Hills

Comprehensive Plan

Carol Stream

Comprehensive Plan

Carpentersville

Subarea Plan

Carpentersville

Health Impact Assessment

Channahon Comprehensive Plan
Chicago - Green Healthy Neighborhoods

Land Use Plan

Chicago - Riverdale Community Area

Multimodal Transportation Plan

Chicago Heights

Comprehensive Plan

Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)

Transportation Access Study

Chicago Metro Metal Consortium

Investment Prioritization

Chinatown (Chicago) Parking Management Study
Chinatown (Chicago)

Community Vision Plan

Cicero

Comprehensive Plan

Cook County Forest Preserves

Municipal Connection Case Studies

Cook County - Planning For Progress

Consolidated Plan and Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

Cook County (Maine-Northfield Townships)

Unincorporated Area Plan

Crete

Comprehensive Plan

Crystal Lake

Transportation Master Plan

Des Plaines

Comprehensive Plan

Des Plaines - Apache Park

Neighborhood Plan

Dixmoor

Planning Priorities Report

Downers Grove

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

DuPage County Corridor Study
DuPage County

Corridor Plan

DuPage County

Sustainability Guide

DuPage County DOT

Elgin-O'Hare Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

DuPage Water Commission

Resource Guide

Elburn

Comprehensive Plan

Elgin

Sidewalk Gap Analysis

Elmwood Park

Comprehensive Plan

Endeleo Institute

Planning Priorities Report

Evanston

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Evanston

Water Conservation and Efficiency Plan

Fairmont

Neighborhood Plan

Ferson-Otter Creek (Elgin)

Watershed Ordinance Assessment

Flossmoor

Local Road safety plan

Forest Preserve District of Cook County Des Plaines River Trail Planning Study
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Municipal Connection Case Studies

Fox Lake

Planning Priorities Report

Fox Lake

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Fox River Corridor Plan

Corridor Plan for the Fox River in the Counties of McHenry and Lake

Fox River Corridor Plan

Corridor Plan for the Fox River in the Villages of Algonquin and Carpentersville

Fox River Corridor Corridor plan
Franklin Park

Comprehensive Plan

Franklin Park

Subarea Plan

Glen Ellyn

Downtown Streetscape and Parking Study

Hampshire

Planning Priorities Report

Hanover Park

Corridor Study

Harvard

Comprehensive Plan

Hinsdale

Parking Management

Hoffman Estates

Strategic Manufacturing and Workforce Development Plan

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Water Loss Assessment of Lake Michigan Permittees

Illinois Route 53/120

Land Use Plan

Impact DuPage

Housing Policy Report

Joliet

Redevelopment Plan

Justice I&M Canal

Feasibility Study

Kane County

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Kane County

Implementation Strategy for Long Range Transit Plan

Kane County

Public Land for Local Food Production Report

Kedzie Avenue (Chicago)

Corridor Plan

Lake County

Sustainable Food System

Lake County

Sustainability Chapter

Lake County

IL 53/120 Corridor Plan

Lakemoor

Comprehensive Plan

Lan-Oak Park District

Park Master Plan

Lansing

Comprehensive Plan

Lincolnwood

Corridor Plan

Lisle

Parking management study

Lower Salt Creek

Watershed-based Plan

Lynwood

Comprehensive Plan

Lyons

Comprehensive Plan

Matteson Streetscape Improvement Plan
Maywood

Retail Market Analysis

Maywood Zoning

Zoning Reference Guide

McHenry County Coordinated Investment Study
McHenry County

Consolidated Plan and Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

McKinley Park (Chicago) Neighborhood Plan
Midlothian

Corridor Plan

Midlothian

Stormwater Management Capital Plan

Monee Comprehensive Plan
Monee Comprehensive Plan
Montgomery Unified Development Ordinance
Morton Grove

Subarea Plan

New Lenox

Corridor Plan

Niles

Multimodal Transportation Plan

Niles

Environmental Action Plan

Norridge

Comprehensive Plan

North Avenue (Chicago and Oak Park) Corridor Plan
North Chicago

Comprehensive Plan

North Lawndale

Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan

North River Communities (Chicago)

Neighborhood Plan

Northern Lakeshore Trail Connectivity Study Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
Northlake

Comprehensive Plan

Northwest Municipal Conference Multimodal Transportation Plan
Northwest Municipal Conference

Des Plaines River Trail Plan

Northwest Water Planning Alliance

Drought Preparedness and Response Plan

Oak Lawn

Corridor Study

Oak Park

Water Conservation and Efficiency Plan

O'Hare Subregion

Truck Routing and Infrastructure Plan

Olympia Fields

Subarea Plan

Orland Park

Water Conservation Code

Oswego

Commercial Market Analysis Study

Oswego, Montgomery, and Yorkville

Shared Services Study

Oswego, Montgomery, and Yorkville

Shared Drinking Water Service Governance Study

Our Great Rivers

Multijurisdictional River Planning

Palos Park

Bikeways and Trails Plan

Park Forest

Development Regulations Update

Park Forest

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Park Forest

Sustainability Plan

Peotone Planning Priorities Report
Plainfield

Transportation Plan

Pilsen & Little Village (Chicago)

Action Plan

Prospect Heights

Comprehensive Plan Update

Pullman (Chicago)

Transportation and Access Plan

Red Line South Extension

Livability Project

Regional Truck Permitting Plan

Action Plan

Richmond

Planning Priorities Report

Richton Park

Capital Improvement Plan

Richton Park

Stormwater Management Plan

Richton Park

Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Update

Riverside

Central Business District Plan

Romeoville

Comprehensive Plan

Roseland Medical District (Chicago)
Existing Conditions Report and Market Analysis
Roselle

Comprehensive Plan

Rosemont

Comprehensive Plan

Round Lake Heights

Comprehensive Plan

Sandwich

Planning Priorities Report

Seven Generations Ahead

Sustainability Data Project

Silver Creek and Sleepy Hollow Creek

Watershed Ordinance Assessment

South Elgin

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

South Elgin

Unified Development Ordinance

South Holland

Comprehensive Plan

South Suburban Mayors and Managers
Association (SSMMA)

Land Use and Economic Development Plan
for I-294 / I-57

South Suburban Mayors and Managers
Association(SSMMA)

Housing Investment Tool

South Suburban Mayors and Managers
Association (SSMMA)

South Council of Mayors Complete Streets and Trails Plan

Steger

Planning Priorities Report

Sugar Run Creek Area Plan-Will County

Neighborhood Plan

Summit

Comprehensive Plan

University of Illinois at Chicago

Multimodal Transportation Plan

Waukegan

Corridor Plan

Westchester

Comprehensive Plan

West Pullman

Corridor Plan

Wheeling

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Wicker Park-Bucktown

Parking Management

Will County Transportation and Land Use Strategy
Will County

Brownfield Prioritization for Solar Energy Development Report

Wilmington

Downtown Plan

Winthrop Harbor

Comprehensive Plan

Worth

Planning Priorities Report

Zion

Comprehensive Plan

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Technical assistance projects

Through the technical assistance program, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has initiated more than 200 local projects with local governments, nonprofits, and intergovernmental organizations to address local issues at the intersection of transportation, land use, and housing, including the natural environment, economic growth, and community development.

We want to hear from you. Visit the Engage with CMAP website to share your ideas about current projects.

Current projects

Project name or location

Project type

Aurora

Regional active mobility program

Avondale (Chicago)

Neighborhood plan

Bartlett and Streamwood

Bike and pedestrian plan

Berwyn and Riverside

Grade crossing study

Burlington

Comprehensive plan

Butterfield Road

Corridor plan

Calumet City

Subarea plan

Central Council of Mayors

Transportation resilience plan

DuPage County

Corridor plan

Garfield Green Line (Chicago)

Elevated Chicago - Garfield eHUB action plan

Hegewisch (Chicago)

Neighborhood plan

Hickory Hills

Comprehensive plan

Homes for a Changing Region

Housing policy plans

Illinois International Port District

Master plan

Indian Creek watershed

Watershed-based plan

Kane County

Innovative land use strategy research

Lemont

Downtown parking study

Logan Square Blue Line (Chicago)

Equitable transit-oriented development action plan

Mill Creek

Watershed-based plan

Oswego

Unified development ordinance

Phoenix

Planning priorities report

Robbins

TOD and industrial area plan

Summit

Zoning ordinance

Waukegan

Unified development ordinance

Completed projects

Project name or location Project type
Addison

Comprehensive Plan

Algonquin

Downtown Plan

Algonquin & Cary Subarea Plan
Alsip

Comprehensive Plan

Antioch

Corridor Plan

Arlington Heights

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Aurora

Downtown Master Plan

Beach Park

Planning Priorities Report

Beecher Comprehensive Plan

Bellwood

Intersection safety study

Belmont-Cragin

Corridor Plan

Bensenville

Comprehensive Plan

Bensenville

Zoning Ordinance

Berkeley & Hillside

Corridor Plan

Berwyn

Comprehensive Plan

Berwyn

Stormwater Management Plan

Berwyn

Zoning Ordinance

Berwyn (Depot District)

Parking Management

Big Rock

Comprehensive Plan

Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission

Feasibility Study

Blue Island

Capital Improvement Plan

Blue Island

Comprehensive Plan

Bridgeport & Canaryville (Chicago)

Priorities Plan

Bronzeville

Food Access Study

Bronzeville

Retail Land Use Plan

Calumet City

Comprehensive Plan

Calumet Park

Planning Priorities Report

Calumet Park Comprehensive Plan
Campton Hills

Comprehensive Plan

Carol Stream

Comprehensive Plan

Carpentersville

Subarea Plan

Carpentersville

Health Impact Assessment

Channahon Comprehensive Plan
Chicago - Green Healthy Neighborhoods

Land Use Plan

Chicago - Riverdale Community Area

Multimodal Transportation Plan

Chicago Heights

Comprehensive Plan

Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)

Transportation Access Study

Chicago Metro Metal Consortium

Investment Prioritization

Chinatown (Chicago) Parking Management Study
Chinatown (Chicago)

Community Vision Plan

Cicero

Comprehensive Plan

Cook County Forest Preserves

Municipal Connection Case Studies

Cook County - Planning For Progress

Consolidated Plan and Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

Cook County (Maine-Northfield Townships)

Unincorporated Area Plan

Crete

Comprehensive Plan

Crystal Lake

Transportation Master Plan

Des Plaines

Comprehensive Plan

Des Plaines - Apache Park

Neighborhood Plan

Dixmoor

Planning Priorities Report

Downers Grove

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

DuPage County Corridor Study
DuPage County

Corridor Plan

DuPage County

Sustainability Guide

DuPage County DOT

Elgin-O'Hare Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

DuPage Water Commission

Resource Guide

Elburn

Comprehensive Plan

Elgin

Sidewalk Gap Analysis

Elmwood Park

Comprehensive Plan

Endeleo Institute

Planning Priorities Report

Evanston

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Evanston

Water Conservation and Efficiency Plan

Fairmont

Neighborhood Plan

Ferson-Otter Creek (Elgin)

Watershed Ordinance Assessment

Flossmoor

Local Road safety plan

Forest Preserve District of Cook County Des Plaines River Trail Planning Study
Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Municipal Connection Case Studies

Fox Lake

Planning Priorities Report

Fox Lake

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Fox River Corridor Plan

Corridor Plan for the Fox River in the Counties of McHenry and Lake

Fox River Corridor Plan

Corridor Plan for the Fox River in the Villages of Algonquin and Carpentersville

Fox River Corridor Corridor plan
Franklin Park

Comprehensive Plan

Franklin Park

Subarea Plan

Glen Ellyn

Downtown Streetscape and Parking Study

Hampshire

Planning Priorities Report

Hanover Park

Corridor Study

Harvard

Comprehensive Plan

Hinsdale

Parking Management

Hoffman Estates

Strategic Manufacturing and Workforce Development Plan

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Water Loss Assessment of Lake Michigan Permittees

Illinois Route 53/120

Land Use Plan

Impact DuPage

Housing Policy Report

Joliet

Redevelopment Plan

Justice I&M Canal

Feasibility Study

Kane County

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Kane County

Implementation Strategy for Long Range Transit Plan

Kane County

Public Land for Local Food Production Report

Kedzie Avenue (Chicago)

Corridor Plan

Lake County

Sustainable Food System

Lake County

Sustainability Chapter

Lake County

IL 53/120 Corridor Plan

Lakemoor

Comprehensive Plan

Lan-Oak Park District

Park Master Plan

Lansing

Comprehensive Plan

Lincolnwood

Corridor Plan

Lisle

Parking management study

Lower Salt Creek

Watershed-based Plan

Lynwood

Comprehensive Plan

Lyons

Comprehensive Plan

Matteson Streetscape Improvement Plan
Maywood

Retail Market Analysis

Maywood Zoning

Zoning Reference Guide

McHenry County Coordinated Investment Study
McHenry County

Consolidated Plan and Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

McKinley Park (Chicago) Neighborhood Plan
Midlothian

Corridor Plan

Midlothian

Stormwater Management Capital Plan

Monee Comprehensive Plan
Monee Comprehensive Plan
Montgomery Unified Development Ordinance
Morton Grove

Subarea Plan

New Lenox

Corridor Plan

Niles

Multimodal Transportation Plan

Niles

Environmental Action Plan

Norridge

Comprehensive Plan

North Avenue (Chicago and Oak Park) Corridor Plan
North Chicago

Comprehensive Plan

North Lawndale

Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan

North River Communities (Chicago)

Neighborhood Plan

Northern Lakeshore Trail Connectivity Study Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
Northlake

Comprehensive Plan

Northwest Municipal Conference Multimodal Transportation Plan
Northwest Municipal Conference

Des Plaines River Trail Plan

Northwest Water Planning Alliance

Drought Preparedness and Response Plan

Oak Lawn

Corridor Study

Oak Park

Water Conservation and Efficiency Plan

O'Hare Subregion

Truck Routing and Infrastructure Plan

Olympia Fields

Subarea Plan

Orland Park

Water Conservation Code

Oswego

Commercial Market Analysis Study

Oswego, Montgomery, and Yorkville

Shared Services Study

Oswego, Montgomery, and Yorkville

Shared Drinking Water Service Governance Study

Our Great Rivers

Multijurisdictional River Planning

Palos Park

Bikeways and Trails Plan

Park Forest

Development Regulations Update

Park Forest

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Park Forest

Sustainability Plan

Peotone Planning Priorities Report
Plainfield

Transportation Plan

Pilsen & Little Village (Chicago)

Action Plan

Prospect Heights

Comprehensive Plan Update

Pullman (Chicago)

Transportation and Access Plan

Red Line South Extension

Livability Project

Regional Truck Permitting Plan

Action Plan

Richmond

Planning Priorities Report

Richton Park

Capital Improvement Plan

Richton Park

Stormwater Management Plan

Richton Park

Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Update

Riverside

Central Business District Plan

Romeoville

Comprehensive Plan

Roseland Medical District (Chicago)
Existing Conditions Report and Market Analysis
Roselle

Comprehensive Plan

Rosemont

Comprehensive Plan

Round Lake Heights

Comprehensive Plan

Sandwich

Planning Priorities Report

Seven Generations Ahead

Sustainability Data Project

Silver Creek and Sleepy Hollow Creek

Watershed Ordinance Assessment

South Elgin

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

South Elgin

Unified Development Ordinance

South Holland

Comprehensive Plan

South Suburban Mayors and Managers
Association (SSMMA)

Land Use and Economic Development Plan
for I-294 / I-57

South Suburban Mayors and Managers
Association(SSMMA)

Housing Investment Tool

South Suburban Mayors and Managers
Association (SSMMA)

South Council of Mayors Complete Streets and Trails Plan

Steger

Planning Priorities Report

Sugar Run Creek Area Plan-Will County

Neighborhood Plan

Summit

Comprehensive Plan

University of Illinois at Chicago

Multimodal Transportation Plan

Waukegan

Corridor Plan

Westchester

Comprehensive Plan

West Pullman

Corridor Plan

Wheeling

Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan

Wicker Park-Bucktown

Parking Management

Will County Transportation and Land Use Strategy
Will County

Brownfield Prioritization for Solar Energy Development Report

Wilmington

Downtown Plan

Winthrop Harbor

Comprehensive Plan

Worth

Planning Priorities Report

Zion

Comprehensive Plan

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