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CMAP Community Conversation Held in Beecher
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Terry Gatlin
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Beecher Herald
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10.02.08
On Tuesday, September 23, Hubert Morgan and Janet Bright from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) were at the Washington Township Center in Beecher to conduct a community conversation regarding the future of the seven counties in CMAP's area - Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will.
During this community conversation, 28 members from Beecher, Washington Township, Crete, Crete Township and other communities met to discuss how they would like this area to look in 2040. They understood that it would take time for the area to develop.
The important issue was to discuss how this area would be 32 years from now.
The participants were divided into four groups and each group chose a topic from the list provided by the conversation leaders.
The participants were asked to think about the ways their communities would address the topic chosen by each group and then make a brief report to the whole group.
Some questions the participants addressed were: