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Trustees approve 2025'2028 strategic plan to guide connectivity, infrastructure and downtown redevelopment
Summary
The board adopted a strategic plan developed with Northern Illinois University covering connectivity and beautification, organizational infrastructure and downtown economic redevelopment; staff will use it to prioritize projects and budgeting through 2028.
The Village of East Dundee Board of Trustees approved a strategic planning and development initiative covering 2025 through 2028, accepting priorities developed with Northern Illinois University.
Staff said the plan resulted from an environmental scan, stakeholder interviews, focus groups, a leadership workshop with the board and staff, and a community survey. The strategic plan groups goals into three priority areas: (1) connectivity, recreation and beautification; (2) organizational and infrastructure growth and advancement; and (3) downtown economic development and redevelopment.
Short-term (one- to three-year) priorities that the board scored as high included development of the Hager Pottery site, replacement of lead service lines, and development of a village communications plan. Longer-term priorities identified for roughly four to eight years include completing certain redevelopment projects, improving the village's bond rating and continuing lead-service-line replacement work.
Staff said the plan is intended as a flexible road map to help prioritize budget decisions and projects and recommended periodic review and monitoring. The plan includes an implementation component and lists project- and resource-related goals such as pursuing grant funding, improving GIS capability, and addressing staffing and facility needs.
Trustees voted to adopt the resolution. Staff said the full plan, including appendices and the consultant's materials, will be published and that staff will return with progress updates as the board requests.
Why it matters: The strategic plan gives staff and trustees a prioritized list of goals and an implementation framework to guide budgeting and project decisions through 2028, including infrastructure, downtown redevelopment and riverfront-focused initiatives.
What happens next: Staff will begin integrating the plan's priorities into annual budgeting and project planning and will provide the board periodic status reports.
