City of Blue Island Think Outside the Loop
Sustainability & Healthy Community Planning
- Blue Island Comprehensive Plan
- Blue Water
- Cal-Sag Trail Development
- Community Health Monitoring: Grassroots Public Health Effort
- Joint effort of BICDD, Cook County Health Dept, Healthy Communities, CMAP, ATSDR & USEPA
- Community Health Coalition
- CPPW Model Communities Program
- Active Transportation Plan [.pdf]
- Complete Streets Ordinance [.pdf]
- Local Food System Assessment
- Community Garden Expansion
- Breastfeeding Encouragement
- Healthy HotSpots
- Cultural Heritage Branding
- Environmental Planning
- NE District: Cleanup & Redevelopment of former Landfill at 119th/Vincennes
- Phase I & Phase II Assessments of former landfill at 119th/Vincennes funded by IEPA MBRG grant
- 2009 USEPA Cleanup Grant awarded for former landfill (5/08/2009)
- 2011 USEPA CleanUp Grants awarded for former landfill (09/01/2011)
- TOD Redevelopment Areas Assessment Project
- COD Redevelopment Areas Assessment Project
- 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant project [.pdf, 357KB]
- NE District: Cleanup & Redevelopment of former Landfill at 119th/Vincennes
- Forestry Board
- GIS/Mapping/Data
- Brownfields Site Inventory
- South Suburban GIS Consortium
- Building & Business Inventory
- Full Circle
- LOIS
- Housing
Plans, Studies & Reports
Adopted Local Plans
- Blue Island Comprehensive Plan (2012)
- Comprehensive Plan (June 2012)
- Existing Conditions Report (Dec 2011)
- Blue Island Plan for Economic Development (2005)
- Blue Island Active Transportation Plan (2012)
Studies
- Blue Island Reaches Next Crossroads: MPC Blue Island Task Force July 2006 [.pdf, 545kb]
- Calumet River Corridor: Economic Development Vision & Strategy [.pdf, 82.4kb]
- Green River Pattern Book: Sustainable Planning & Design Principles by SSMMA and CSEDC [.pdf, 7.98MB]
- Homes for a Changing Region
- CMAP GOTO2040: Community Design Workshops – Blue Island (2009)
- Chicago Regional Energy Snapshot– Sept 2009
- Blue Island Energy & Emissions Profile
Grant Awards
Since its 2006 inception, the Sustainability & Environment team has applied for and been awarded the following grants.
- 2012 SSMMA Brownfields RLF
- TA Award: CMAP Local Traffic Counts: NE District
- TA:CMAP Local Technical Assistance Award: Comp Plan
- TA: SSMMA/CSEDC TOD Corridors Planning Study–Phase 2
- $600,000 2011 USEPA Brownfields CleanUp Grant
- $ 17,572 2011 IHPA CLG Grant-Landmark Tour & Brochure Update
- $ 75,000 2011 Model Communities Grant-CCPHD/PHIMC
- $ 16,640 2010 IHPA CLG Grant-Blue Island Preservation Program
- $200,000 2010 SSMMA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
- $200,000 2009 USEPA Brownfields CleanUp Grant
- $400,000 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant
- $102,250 2008 Preserve America Grant
- $ 81,000 IDOT Corridor Planning Grant
- $200,000 2007 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant
- $ 37,000 IDCEO Local Planning Grant
- $240,000 IEPA MBRG
