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DESCRIPTION:Interactive public workshops in Arlington Heights\, Buffalo G
 rove\, Mount Prospect\, Palatine and Rolling Meadows will shape future h
 ousing planning\nThrough the "Homes for a Changing Region" project\, fiv
 e northwest suburban communities will engage the public around strategie
 s to meet each community&rsquo\;s future housing needs.\nThe public is e
 ncouraged to attend interactive workshop events in June in Arlington Hei
 ghts\, Buffalo Grove\, Mount Prospect\, Palatine\, and Rolling Meadows. 
 Each Homes for a Changing Region event will bring area residents togethe
 r to start creating a collective vision for future housing in their comm
 unity.\nCommunity leaders and citizens alike will participate in a board
  game-like exercise\, through which participants work together over larg
 e maps and use game pieces representing different types of housing devel
 opment to indicate how and where the village's expected residential grow
 th should occur. The results will be used to guide strategies in each co
 mmunity that support a balanced mix of housing types\, serve the needs o
 f existing and future residents and workers\, and enhance livability.\n&
 ldquo\;In hosting this workshop we hope to gain insight into planning fo
 r housing needs\,&rdquo\; said Irvana K. Wilks\, Mayor of the Village of
  Mount Prospect.&nbsp\; &ldquo\;Whether a business owner or resident\, w
 e invite everyone from the community to attend.&nbsp\; We will listen to
  presenters who have gathered demographical data about Mount Prospect an
 d surrounding areas.&nbsp\; Then we will explore new ideas the attendees
  have.&nbsp\; Those ideas will help us chart our Village's future."\nHom
 es for a Changing Region is led by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and Ch
 icago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's Local Technical Assistance (LTA
 ) Program\, in partnership with local communities\, and with support fro
 m the Metropolitan Planning Council. In recent years\, Homes for a Chang
 ing Region has collaborated with leaders from Aurora\, Blue Island\, Gur
 nee\, Libertyville\, Montgomery\, Northlake\, Oak Forest\, Plainfield\, 
 and Woodstock.\nDetails follow on each community's meeting. For more inf
 ormation about Homes for a Changing Region\, visit www.cmap.illinois.gov
 /homes or www.metroplanning.org/homes.\nWHAT\nArlington Heights\, Buffal
 o Grove\, Mount Prospect\, Palatine\, and Rolling Meadows will host publ
 ic workshops in June\, inviting local residents to weigh in on local hou
 sing plans being created through Homes for a Changing Region project.\nW
 HEN AND WHERE\nBuffalo Grove\nJune 20\n7:00 p.m.\nVillage Hall\n50 Raupp
  Blvd.\nBuffalo Grove\, IL 60089\nStaff Contact: Bob Pfeil\, Village Pla
 nner\nPROGRAM CONTACTS\nDrew Williams-Clark\, Principal Planner\, Chicag
 o Metropolitan Agency for Planning (312-386-8770 or awilliamsclark@cmap.
 illinois.gov)\nAllison L. Milld\, Director of Housing Initiatives\, Metr
 opolitan Mayors Caucus (312-201-4507 or amilld@mayorscaucus.org)\nNancy 
 Firfer\, Senior Advisor\, Metropolitan Planning Council (312-863-6025 or
  nfirfer@metroplanning.org)\n
URL:http://buffalogrove.patch.com/events/homes-for-a-changing-region-nort
 hwest-suburban-workshops
SUMMARY:Homes for a Changing Region Northwest Suburban workshops
LOCATION:Buffalo Grove Village Hall: 50 Raupp Blvd\, Buffalo Grove\, IL
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