local legacy planning: inventory of resources irene hogstrom northeastern illinois planning...

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Irene HogstromNortheastern Illinois Planning Commission

The Local Legacy ActThe Local Legacy ActThe Local Legacy ActThe Local Legacy Act

Create inventory of resources Coordinate municipal and county efforts Present information in compatible ways Assess threats to resources using:

Population projections Land use patterns Development trends

McHenry Resource InventoryMcHenry Resource InventoryMcHenry Resource InventoryMcHenry Resource Inventory

Three categories of resources Cultural, Agricultural, Natural

What resources must we protect? Where are they located? Progress Made

Digital data sources gathered from different providers

Resources mapped by category

Some DataSome DataSome DataSome Data

NIPC land-use inventory Chicago Wilderness Landcover Kishwaukee River

Preliminary ResultsPreliminary ResultsPreliminary ResultsPreliminary Results

Natural resources Agricultural resources Cultural resources

Natural ResourcesNatural ResourcesNatural ResourcesNatural Resources

Agricultural ResourcesAgricultural ResourcesAgricultural ResourcesAgricultural Resources

Cultural ResourcesCultural ResourcesCultural ResourcesCultural Resources

Review of InventoriesReview of InventoriesReview of InventoriesReview of Inventories

Critical scrutiny required Paper maps provided for breakout sessions

Quality of the inventories Are these inventories correct? Are these inventories complete? Do we need to add items to the inventory?

Building on the inventories What resources are already protected? What are

not?