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Joliet committee previews interactive workshop to shape comprehensive plan
Summary
Committee reviewed outcomes from topic-area workshops (about 230 attendees total), previewed Community Workshop #2’s four character-area exercises and online parallel, and discussed outreach strategies and redevelopment tools including RiverEdge tax credits.
The committee steering the city’s comprehensive plan reviewed recent outreach, previewed the second community workshop and online participation options, and discussed how redevelopment incentives might affect focus areas.
Speaker 1 opened the meeting by summarizing the topic-area workshops held in December and January and saying, “We had in total over an estimated 230 attendees,” a mix of sessions that drew between about 15 and 50 people each. The city used Mentimeter during sessions to collect anonymous input and will produce a draft summary of themes for committee review.
Consultant Leslie Roth described the format for Community Workshop #2: four character-area stations (the mall area, Ridge Brook corridor, Legacy Eastside industrial area and the South Chicago/McDonough Street…
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