CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AGENCY FOR PLANNING (CMAP)

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:00am to 3:00pm

Sneak Preview: GO TO 2040 "Invent the Future" Workshop

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)

At this event to kick off CMAP's "Invent the Future" phase of the GO TO 2040 regional planning campaign, you will be the first to experience interactive tools that will let residents create, share, and compare their future scenarios. In addition to workshops like this, the software will be available starting June 1 at www.goto2040.org and in kiosks at dozens of locations that include Millennium Park, Metra stations, libraries and festivals across the region. [MORE]

Saturday, November 8, 2008 10:00am to 11:30am

The GO TO 2040 Plan: Bold Innovations for a Better Chicago

Chicago Humanities Festival

How will metropolitan Chicago look by the year 2040— and how should it look? This Community Conversation, organized for  the 2008 Chicago Humanities Festival by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), will focus on the role of commuter rail and potential regional high-speed rail service. [MORE]

CMAP'S GO TO 2040 comprehensive regional plan

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)

Population in the seven counties of metropolitan Chicago is expected to reach nearly 11 million by 2040. To accommodate these 2.8 million new residents, our region has some urgent decisions to make in the very near future. Should rapid growth outward continue? Or should we consolidate housing and jobs where infrastructure already exists? Should we emphasize roads or transit — or invest in both? How can we reduce energy use while also strengthening our region’s economy?

Community Discussions: What's Next?

Chicago Public Library

Eleven Chicago Public Library locations will host community discussions featuring facilitators whose insights into the Plan of Chicago and related topics will bring added depth to the conversation. Using Carl Smith’s book, The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City--the Fall 2009 selection for One Book, One Chicago--as a launching point, these programs will ask: How has the city been shaped by our needs these past one hundred years and how will it evolve in the next one hundred? What’s next? [MORE]

GO TO 2040 Kiosk at Millennium Park

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)

How do you think we should plan for the future of northeastern Illinois. Visit the GO TO 2040 Kiosk located at the southeast corner of the Chase Promenade South and have your say! The kiosk is available for use during park hours. [MORE]

Invent the Future Workshops

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)

To accomodate 2.8 million new residents expected by 2040, our region has some urgent decisions to make in the very near future. [MORE]

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Midewin is the largest protected open space in the Chicago metropolitan region and the largest grassland restoration ever initiated east of the Mississippi River. 19,000 acres of native tall-grass prairie are being preserved and restored. Midewin’s sweeping landscape on the former site of the Joliet Arsenal 40 miles southwest of Chicago, is in one of the region’s fastest-growing counties. Now owned and managed by the US Forest Service, it will be a tremendous natural asset for neighboring communities and the metropolitan area as a whole.