Chesterton planning consultant presents draft comprehensive plan and future land use map

Matthew O'Rourke, the planning director for American StructurePoint, told the Chesterton Plan Commission the firm has produced an existing-conditions report and a draft future land use map as part of a comprehensive-plan process that began in 2025. "My name is Matthew O'Rourke. I'm the basically planning director for American StructurePoint, the firm that was brought in there," he said, and described the plan as a 20-year guiding document meant to reflect community priorities rather than to enact zoning changes directly.