Community planning "is a process that seeks to engage all members of the community to create a more prosperous, convenient, equitable, healthy, and attractive place for present and future generations. The guidance document that results from this planning process is the comprehensive plan."
More cars, fewer kids, curbside pickup, meal plans, carpools, zoom-school, virtual recreation, furry friends - how has your life changed since moving to Winnetka?
EV, bandwidth, work spaces, smaller - no, bigger homes - multi-generational living, clones, drones, robots - what will your needs be 5, 10, 15 years from now?
It's Comp Plan time. And you're up.
It's a thing. Comp plans make towns that work, work. They help guide decisions on land use, economic development, natural resources, transportation, housing, sustainability, and more. They help balance the needs and wants of competing forces while making sure the people who live there keep wanting to, and those who want to, get to.
Every town needs one, We've got one. It's two years past its due date.
Enter, you.
Comp plans work when residents dish. What's good, what's bad, what's not there yet, what would be way cool - or not so much. Insights and expectations - we know you've got them.
And finally, somebody wants them. How good is that?
This is not something you want to leave to the other guy. Especially if you plan to be here in 5, 10, or 15 years. You don't have to be a trustee or a commissioner. You live here - that's cred enough. If you plan to stay here for more than a nanosecond, that's skin in the game.
So stop by, and bring a friend. The future of Winnetka is in your hands - as close to literally as it's ever been. Wow.
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