Greetings, Glencoe!
Over this summer, the All In Glencoe Planning Team has been refining the first Draft of the Big Ideas & Goals shared this spring, based on community input and guidance from Village Staff and the Plan Commission. Using engagement findings collected to date, the team has also drafted Objectives to help advance each of the Goals. Together, these comprise a framework for the draft comprehensive plan.
The planning team now asks for your feedback: what do you think of the Draft Goals and Objectives? Which should be high priorities in the plan, and which should not belong?
Click here to start reviewing and sharing! We appreciate your continued participation.
Project Progress to Date
Since last Fall, the All In, Glencoe Comprehensive Plan has been advancing and evolving, and hopefully you have had a chance to participate! Here’s a brief update on what has happened so far and where the project is headed…
- October 1, 2022 Pop-Up: A downtown pop-up event kicked off community engagement.
- Plan Commission Guidance: The Plan Commission has steered the process, reviewing and discussing plan-related questions at each stage.
- Stakeholder interviews: The project team held interviews with over twenty local stakeholders including Trustees, representatives of community institutions, Village committees and commissions, and property and business owners.
- Project website: AllinGlencoe.org is the virtual hub and has seen over 3,300 views, 1,800+ unique visitors, and collected over 325 comments and counting via the comment map and ideas wall.
- Starter Poll: Nearly 300 people weighed in for the first visioning poll.
- State of the Community Assessment: A summary of Glencoe’s current conditions and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats/challenges was prepared.
- MLK Day Unity Service Event: In January, the team joined Glencoe’s Council for Inclusion & Community and members of the faith community for an afternoon of service and conversations about belonging and inclusion.
- Community Workshop 1: On March 18, the first in-person open house was held at the Glencoe Library, seeking public input on the Draft Big Ideas and Goals. This was followed by a Virtual Open House, available from March 20 – April 3.
- Draft Goals and Objectives: Developed using community analysis and engagement findings to date, a set of Goals and Objectives serve as a working draft policy framework for the plan. Provide feedback here!
- Next Steps: More detailed strategies and implementation actions will be drafted and applied to specific subareas of Glencoe, culminating in a Draft Plan Document that will be prepared for public input. Stay tuned for updates.
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