Community Corner
The Top 3 Things This City Needs
Steps towards building a better Chicago Heights are underway. What are your priorities?
Nearly 100 Chicago Heights residents gathered together at the Chicago Heights Park District on Nov. 13 to vision a future Chicago Heights.
It was another step in the in the process to develop a new strategic plan for the city, and it’s fueled by a $100,000 grant from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).
At the end of the meeting, participants voted on their top three priorities for the city. They are:
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- A revitalized downtown marketplace/business corridor, filled with sustainable mom n’ pop-type shops and possible high-end chains.
- The creation on a live/work/play community, involving more work on parks and a potential community performing arts center.
- The development of a Metra train station in downtown Chicago Heights and other transit oriented development.
Other ideas such as free city-wide wi-fi and food access plans were also in the running.
Your turn: What do you think this city needs by the year 2030?
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