StreetsBlog Chicago has taken a deep dive into the McKinley Park Neighborhood Plan in an essay and analysis by Co-editor Courtney Cobbs.
In her article "McKinley Park plan seeks to preserve affordability, make walking and biking safer," Cobbs both outlines the fundamentals of the neighborhood plan and opines on how many of its themes touch on transit and community concerns.
She writes:
I really appreciated a part in the report that discussed involving community stakeholders to identify uses for ground floor use of a mixed-used building other than retail, such as civic facilities, childcare, a health clinic, arts/theater/museum space, or a library, among other uses.
CMAP Project
The McKinley Park Neighborhood Plan is a project of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) won by the McKinley Park Development Council and released in February 2021.
"Many Chicagoans have been involved in the shaping of numerous plans, and it’s pretty common for those studies to sit on a shelf collecting dust," Cobbs writes. "I hope that the recommendations in this document are actually implemented."
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