Throughout the Midwest, there are examples of thriving central business districts. University of Illinois Extension in partnership with the University of Illinois Department of Urban and Regional Planning conducted a literature review to identify common strategies and attributes of successful...

    Phase 4: Implementation In this phase, the business consulting team aligned their analysis with the objectives and scope of the engagement. This included providing best practices for organizational structure, a fundraising strategy and a proposed value proposition...

August, 2014 North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Extension, University of Wisconsin Extension, Iowa State Extension. Maintaining and revitalizing a downtown plays a critical role in overall...

Transit Planning & TOD Urban Design in Peoria Drew Awsumb,Department of Urban & Regional Planning; Bumsoo Lee (DURP) and Kathie Brown, UI-Extension The greater Peoria metropolitan region has experienced meaningful expansion in recent decades and additional growth is...

UIUC Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois Extension and CityLink presented at IL American Planning Association Annual Meeting in Evanston last week. As part of a Capstone study process, UIUC Department of Urban and Regional Planning partnered with University of...