Plans, Projects & Programs

Sustainability & Healthy Community Planning

• Blue Water
• Cal-Sag Trail Development
• Comprehensive Plan
• Community Health Monitoring: Grassroots Public Health Effort
  • Joint effort of BICDD, Cook County Health Dept, Healthy Communities, CMAP, ATSDR & USEPA
  • Community Health Coalition
• CPPW Model Communities Program

• Active Transportation Plan [.pdf]
• Complete Streets Ordinance [.pdf]
• Local Food System Assessment
• Community Garden Expansion
• Breastfeeding Encouragement
• Healthy HotSpots
• Cultural Heritage Branding
• Environmental Planning
  •   NE District: Cleanup & Redevelopment of former Landfill at 119th/Vincennes
    • Phase I & Phase II Assessments of former landfill at 119th/Vincennes
    • Funded by IEPA MBRG grant
    • 2009 USEPA CleanUp Grant awarded for former landfill (5/08/2009)
    • 2011 USEPA CleanUp Grants awared for former landfill (09/01/2011)
  •  TOD Redevelopment Areas Assessment Project
    • 2007 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant project
    • Blue Island Brownfields: Technical Report
  • COD Redevelopment Areas Assessment Project
    • 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant project [.pdf, 357KB]
• Forestry Board
• GIS/Mapping/Data
  • Brownfields Site Inventory
  • South Suburban GIS Consortium
  • Building & Business Inventory  
    • Full Circle
    • LOIS
• Housing
  • Blue Island Housing Policy Plan
  • Chicago Southland Housing & Community Development Collaborative
  • South Suburban Land Bank

• Plans, Studies & Reports

  Adopted Local Plans

  • Blue Island Comprehensive Plan (2012)
    • Comprehensive Plan (June 2012)
    • Existing Conditions Report (Dec 2011)
  • Blue Island Plan for Economic Development (2009)
  • Blue Island Active Transportation Plan (2012)

  Studies

  • Blue Island Reaches Next Crossroads: MPC Blue Island Task Force July 2006 [.pdf, 545kb]
  • Calumet River Corridor: Economic Development Vision & Strategy [.pdf, 82.4kb]
  • Green River Pattern Book: Sustainable Planning & Design Principles by SSMMA and CSEDC [.pdf, 7.98MB]
  • Homes for a Changing Region
    • Year 3: Blue Island, Plainfield, & Woodstock (2010)
  • CMAP GOTO2040: Community Design Workshops – Blue Island (2009)
  • Chicago Regional Energy Snapshot– Sept 2009
    • Blue Island Energy & Emissions Profile

  Grant Awards

  Since its 2006 inception, the Sustainability & Environment team has applied for and been awarded the following grants.

  • 2012 SSMMA Brownfields RLF
  • TA Award: CMAP Local Traffic Counts: NE District
  • TA:CMAP Local Technical Assistance Award: Comp Plan
  • TA: SSMMA/CSEDC TOD Corridors Planning Study–Phase 2
  • $600,000 2011 USEPA Brownfields CleanUp Grant
  • $   17,572  2011 IHPA CLG Grant-Landmark Tour & Brochure Update
  • $   75,000 2011 Model Communities Grant-CCPHD/PHIMC
  • $   16,640  2010 IHPA CLG Grant-Blue Island Preservation Program
  • $200,000 2010 SSMMA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
  • $200,000 2009 USEPA Brownfields CleanUp Grant
  • $400,000 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant
  • $102,250 2008 Preserve America Grant
  • $  81,000 IDOT Corridor Planning Grant
  • $200,000 2007 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant
  • $  37,000 IDCEO Local Planning Grant
  • $240,000 IEPA MBRG