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Moving On...

Congratulations to
Ty Warner, AICP! Ty has accepted a position as the first Executive Director of the newly formed Flint Hills Regional Council in the vicinity of Manhattan, Kansas, home of Kansas State University and Fort Riley Army Base, about two hours west of Kansas City. Good luck to Ty and his family as they open a new chapter in their lives!

FREE CM CREDITS!!

APA-IL has partnered with several other APA chapters in order to bring you a series of FREE CM credits. These webinars fill up fast! Please visit http://www.utah-apa.org/webcasts.htm for the 2010 schedule including a session summary, instructor, date, time, and sponsoring chapter.

MORE FREE CM CREDITS!!

The University of Washington Department of Urban Design and Planning is offering webcasts of selected class lectures, speakers, and special events for CM credit. Current selections are from the UW graduate-level seminar class taught last summer, “Tools for Sustainable Cities” (9 | CM). The full course includes 8 speakers from the class and include an interactive web-site and reading list available when you register. Additional sessions have recently been recorded and are in the process of obtaining CM credits. Look for information under “AICP Certification Maintenance (AICP-CM)” on the UW Urban Design and Planning website.

Calendar of Events

Welcome to the 100th Edition of the APA-IL News! Thank you to all that have contributed to this newsletter over the past 25+ years!

The APA-IL State Conference will be held September 22-24, 2010. This year's conference will offer 30 different sessions and mobile workshops, and will take place at the new Marriott Bloomington-Normal Hotel and Conference Center in Uptown Normal, IL. For more information and registration information, watch www.ilapa.org or contact Mercy Davison, Planner, Town of Normal at (309) 454-9590, mdavison@normal.org.

FEATURED ARTICLES


			Planning for Green Infrastructure by "Pete" Pointner, FAICP, ALA, ITE Planners cannot act alone nor ignore factors outside of their specialty to build sustainable communities. Also learn what APA is doing to assist this conversation.

			Wikiplanning^TM: Engaging the Public in New Ways Online by Deborah Ryan, RLA A new online tool for increasing not just the quantity but quality of public participation!

			The Kishwaukee Street Corridor Revitalization Plan by Phil Hanegraaf, AICP This Plan received the 2010 APA-IL Award for Community Outreach and recognizes how a community utilized the planning process to address a need that extends beyond the traditional scope of planning.

			APA-IL News Blast Reaches 100! Look back on the Chapter's newsletters over the past 25+ years...

CHAPTER NEWS


	President's Column A report on Spring 2010 Leadership Meetings by Karen Stonehouse, AICP, President Legislative Committee Update by Sharon Caddigan, AICP, Legislative Committee Chair Giving Back...The APA-IL Mentoring Program by Michael Mays, AICP, Mentoring Program Coordinator Election of Officers for 2011-2012 by Mark Koplin, AICP, Immediate Past President Cynthia Hoyle Inducted into the College of Fellows during 2010 National Conference by Ryan Scherzinger, American Planning Association In Memoriam: Alfred K. Eckersberg, AICP

ILLINOIS NEWS

	Not sure what regions are? Not sure what region you're in? Visit the map at: http://www.ilapa.org/sections.html Landmarks Illinois announced their 2010 Ten Most Endangered Historic Places CHICAGO METRO SECTION Water 2050 Newsletter CMAP designed this newsletter to help implement water plan recommendations and recommit the region to water-use conservation and demand management, (cornerstones of the Northeastern Illinois Regional Water Supply/Demand Plan). The newsletter is a valuable resource for individuals interested in our region's water issues. 2010 Chicago area census participation rates can be viewed by municipality and Chicago Community Area. The Census Bureau announced on March 31 that only 38% of households in the City of Chicago have returned their Census forms. Nationally, more than 50% of households have returned their Census forms as of March 31. McHenry County Board OKs first long-range plan since 1993 after heated debates that ended in the wee-hours of the morning. The plan is 10-years in the making. To view the plan, visit www.mchenrycounty2030plan.com. REGION 1 An article from April 16, 2010 Rockford Register Star about the positive effect that a TIF district can bring to an area to jump start development inside of the TIF and to surrounding properties not in the TIF. In this case, a local community in the area Machesney Park, IL established a TIF district in 1991 and has brought in $31.8 million in private investment. The Village had sale tax revenue of $993,891 in 1992 and now is receiving $2.85 million. This article illustrates, when a TIF is done right and for the right reasons everyone is a winner. -- article courtesy of Chris Limas, AICP REGION 3 A group of University of Illinois students worked with City of Champaign officials to design "green" solutions for residents of the John Street watershed which included bioswales, rain gardens, and other environmentally-friendly solutions to address ongoing flooding problems. The News Gazette, April 18, 2010 REGION 5 Thoughts on the $630 million Mississippi River Bridge that officials broke ground on April 29, 2010. UrbanReviewSTL, April 18, 2010
NATIONAL NEWS

	Now available, the Mixed Income Transit-Oriented Development (MITOD) Action Guide. HUD and FTA designed the guide to help local planners and jurisdictions create strategies to develop mixed income TOD around existing transit stations. The guide walks planners through the stages of plan development. The Federal Transit Administration announced on April 5, 2010 that the U.S. National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will receive $24.8 million in federal "Transit in Parks" funding for 46 projects ranging from new diesel buses to ferry improvements to bus stop improvements in Arcadia National Park in Maine. An Urban Land Institute study, “The Boston Regional Challenge’’, on housing and transportation costs for the Boston, MA region was released on April 12, 2010. Accompanying the release was an online calculator, enabling people in Boston, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. regions to calculate combined housing and transportation costs given household characteristics and exact location; how changes can impact your total expenses; show cost savings by using public transit; assess the true proportion of income going to housing and transportation, and how this can change in different locations in your region; compare household costs with averages in the neighborhood and region; evaluate the full costs of a new location before moving. Federal Railroad Administration Announces Development of a National Rail Plan The National Rail Plan will lay out a coordinated vision for future development of our nation’s freight and passenger rail networks. A final version of the plan will be released by Sept. 15, 2010. View dates and locations of public outreach meetings here. What a concept: A national suburbs museum in Johnson County Ever wonder what to do with all those empty strip malls? KansasCity.com, February 25, 2010 In India, Hitching Hopes on a Subway Clean. Modern. Punctual. Profitable. New Delhi's new subway system... New York Times, May 13, 2010

JOB POST
	Director of Business Development and Marketing, Elk Grove Village, Illinois City Planner, City of Southfield, Michigan Planning Intern, City of Davenport, Iowa

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