Chicago Department of Planning and Development

Save the date for the 2025 Chicago Preservation Expo! In celebration of National Historic Preservation Month, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) will present the 2025 Chicago Preservation Expo from 4-8 p.m. on Monday, May 19 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Through this free event, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with City staff, community and nonprofit organizations, professional service providers and trades experts at the forefront of historic preservation in Chicago. Organizations and businesses involved in historic preservation can now apply to table at the Preservation Expo. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gGeZQ9Jx. Free tickets will be available for the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 14. #PreservationMonth #HistoricPreservation #ChicagoHistory #FreeEvents

Today Plan Commission voted to adopt the 95th Street Corridor Plan, a joint effort between DPD and Chicago Transit Authority to promote equitable transit-oriented development between Halsted and Cottage Grove. Read the plan: Chicago.gov/95th

At a meeting today, the Chicago Plan Commission adopted DPD's Broadway Land Use Framework Plan, which provides recommendations for future land use and zoning policies along the corridor between Montrose and Devon in Edgewater and Uptown. Informed by months of community outreach in partnership with ward offices, the plan identifies strategies for achieving goals related to housing affordability, business vibrancy, livability, transit and pedestrian orientation, neighborhood character and more. Read the framework here: https://lnkd.in/gtvbC3jH 

"The Missing Middle housing initiative is targeting areas on the South and West Sides to repopulate and stabilize the population in these areas... the initiative also aims to create ownership for those in the community and give them the option to rent out units with the developments they own." Read more: https://lnkd.in/gWVdBj4z

🚨 Jobs alert! DPD is hiring a contracts review specialist, a director of planning, research and development, city planners and a coordinator of economic development. Learn more and apply today at http://Chicago.gov/Careers.

Thanks to the 150+ North Lawndale residents who attended last night's "Missing Middle" open house to learn about the two-, three- and four-flat buildings planned for 44 vacant City lots between Ogden Avenue and Douglas Boulevard. Co-hosted by DPD and Ald. Monique Scott (24th) and featuring five minority-led development teams, the meeting underscored North Lawndale's profound interest in market-rate home ownership and $40 million in forthcoming residential investment.

“Southeast Side residents gathered at an open house to offer input as the city looks to revitalize the industrial corridors along the Calumet River.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/gGQaMdHU

DPD is hiring five City Planner V positions! Apply now through Feb. 27 at Chicago.gov/Careers.

The “Project Highlights” booklet is an overview of Department of Planning and Development (DPD) projects that were either initiated or completed between January and December of 2024. Under the leadership of Commissioner Ciere Boatright, DPD shepherded more than $11 billion in new projects through the Plan Commission process, outpacing the totals for 2022 and 2023 combined. The small, medium and large grant programs meanwhile allocated more than $400 million toward more than 600 business development projects, supporting $1.7 billion in private investment across the city. The featured projects are just a portion of DPD’s accomplishments, but they collectively represent the wide variety of transformative community development initiatives under Mayor Brandon Johnson to foster a more equitable and sustainable Chicago. Each project was accomplished through the hard work of staff in partnership with elected officials, businesses, community leaders, private developers and other partners. DPD staff looks forward to implementing many other improvements for a more equitable Chicago in the year to come.

Today DPD and the Chicago Department of Transportation released A Vision for LaSalle Street, a community-led framework for public realm improvements and neighborhood-oriented enhancements between Wacker Drive and Jackson Boulevard. Learn more at Chicago.gov/LaSalleStreet. The vision includes 11 planning principles which include: 👏 Promoting a mix of private uses that encourage vibrancy outside of traditional 9-to-5 business hours, such as new restaurants and stores 🌳 “Softening” the street’s canyon-like environment with new landscaping and greenery. 🎨 Making art, architecture and performance spaces foundational parts of the corridor’s identity 🚸 Creating welcoming, pedestrian-oriented community gathering spaces and convenient public transit connections 👨👩👧👧 Prioritizing diverse, affordable programming that makes LaSalle an equitable and accessible destination for visitors and Chicagoans citywide The document was informed by hundreds of community members through in-person and online meetings, an electronic survey and outreach through the 34th and 42nd ward offices. CDOT is also conducting an engineering assessment of LaSalle’s physical and structural conditions that will be completed in 2025 which will further inform the City's goals for a safe, inviting and innovative public realm that reflects the community's vision for corridor growth.