La Grange Comprehensive Plan Update

Project Highlights

• The project website, which included an interactive comment map and “ideas wall”, served as a virtual hub for the community to provide their input and feedback, as well as receive project updates and outreach event communications.
• Focus was given to the downtown subarea, which includes three distinct districts focused around La Grange’s two commuter train stations, and other areas in the Village that require a focused planning lens.
• The planning process was very collaborative, with two joint workshops involving the Village Board and its many other boards and commissions, three community workshops, and various other pop-up events.
• The plan outlines a robust set of zoning related recommendations that are meant to inform a future update to the Village’s zoning ordinance.

The La Grange Comprehensive Plan is a tool to help the Village Board and appointed commissions guide future decision-making in matters of public policy, local regulation, development review, and allocation of resources. This guidance starts with the community vision and goals for the future that are presented in the Plan. Desired outcomes are further defined by the Plan’s recommended actions and strategies, which are organized around particular geographic areas (e.g. downtown, industrial districts) and by topic (e.g. economic development, sustainability).

These recommendations build on past planning efforts of the Village and reflect extensive community outreach and analysis of existing market, land use, and transportation conditions considered as part of this planning process. In this way, the Plan can aid Village officials and staff, alongside partner agencies, as a basis for consistent and thoughtful community actions over a planning horizon of the next 10 to 15 years.