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Developer panel recommends aligning vision, approvals and funding to jump‑start Waukegan lakefront and downtown
Summary
A Regional Transportation Authority–sponsored Urban Land Institute developer panel advised the city and Waukegan Port District to align visions, approvals and funding, prioritize downtown proof‑of‑concept projects and address environmental cleanup and utility burial to make lakefront redevelopment viable.
Sam Green, a planner in the City of Waukegan’s planning and zoning department, told the Community Development Committee on April 7 that a developer panel convened by the Regional Transportation Authority and the Urban Land Institute visited Waukegan to evaluate potential redevelopment of the lakefront and adjacent downtown. “They gave us honest, unfiltered feedback,” Green said, describing the panel’s work on two focal sites: the Bay Marine lakefront parcel and a city‑owned parking lot across the street.
The panel identified three priorities: align the city’s and port district’s visions and approvals, resolve funding and permission questions, and prioritize downtown projects that can serve as proof of concept while longer…
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