Village of La Grange adopts comprehensive plan calling for more density near transit
January 7, 2025
January 7, 2025
In November, the Village of La Grange voted to adopt La Grange Forward, a comprehensive plan developed as part of the RTA’s Community Planning program. The document presents a forward-looking vision, goals, and strategies for various subareas of the village on topics like economic development, transportation and access, environmental sustainability, and community character. It calls for increased residential density along the Metra BNSF Corridor, pedestrian and bicycle improvements, and more.
RTA’s Community Planning program provides funding and technical assistance to local governments to help foster growth of sustainable, equitable, walkable, and transit-friendly communities. This comprehensive plan kicked off in spring 2023 and was developed with engagement among residents, businesses, organizations, staff, and elected and appointed officials. The total project budget was $195,000, and the RTA contributed $80,000 toward the transit-oriented development (TOD) subsections and community engagement efforts.
La Grange Forward outlines numerous goals and strategies for different subareas of the village. Some highlights include:
Extensive public engagement occurred throughout the planning process. Engagement efforts included a project website with an interactive comment wall and map, stakeholder interviews, several community event pop-ups, two community workshops, two workshops for Village elected and appointed officials, and several workshop meetings of the Plan Commission. Two online input tools, the comment map and ideas wall, collected more than 500 comments throughout the course of the planning process.
Read La Grange Forward: Comprehensive Plan on RTAMS, the RTA’s mapping and statistics website.
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