Local Program– Envision Evanston 2045

Read LWVE's Statements on Envision Evanston 2045 Comprehensive Plan:

Read the LWVE Statement on the November 2024 Envision Evanston Plan Draft.

Read the updated LWVE Statement on the February 2025 Envision Evanston Plan Draft.

Envision Evanston 2045
This working group was formed to monitor and report on the process and outcomes of the Envision Evanston initiative. The goal is to:
• Follow the development of the comprehensive plan and determine areas of League advocacy based on issues consistent with League positions.
• Educate members on proposed Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code revisions.

The group met several times in 2024-2025 to review and discuss the November and February drafts of the Comprehensive Plan. Statements on these documents were prepared by the group, approved by the LWVE Board and submitted as part of the public feedback process.

LWVE Statement on the November 2024 Envision Evanston 2045 Comprehensive Plan Draft
The League of Women Voters of Evanston appreciates the hard work and dedication involved in creating a draft comprehensive plan to guide Evanston’s development and growth in the coming years. Thank you also for encouraging and accepting public input from diverse components of our community to help formulate the vision, policies, and actions.

We endorse the broad goals presented in the introductory section of Envision Evanston and many of the specific policies and proposed actions. However, our review of the initial draft plan identified several topics and concerns that were missing and should be considered as the plan is finalized...

Read the January 28, 2025 LWVE Statement on Envision Evanston 2045 Comprehensive Plan Draft.

LWVE Statement on the February 2025 Revision of the Envision Evanston 2045 Comprehensive Plan Draft
The League of Women Voters of Evanston appreciates the efforts to incorporate citizen feedback in this revision to the draft Comprehensive Plan. We are pleased that many concerns raised in our January 28, 2025 memo were addressed. We are in general agreement that this revision is a stronger document, contains a lot of useful information, and succeeds as an aspirational plan.

One important point articulated by our members is that this 20-year plan cannot be adopted and then filed away. It will need to be regularly revisited and reassessed to see if it continues to reflect city priorities, if progress has been made on planned actions, and if actions taken are achieving intended goals. We offer some suggestions to enhance the usefulness of the Comprehensive Plan as a reference document and to facilitate regular review...

Read the April 3, 2025 LWVE Statement on Envision Evanston 2045 Comprehensive Plan Draft.

The LWV of Evanston appreciates this opportunity for members of the public to provide feedback on the Comprehensive Plan revision.

If you would like to follow up with us on any of the points we have raised, please contact–
Suzanne Calder: (847) 864-1299 or
Betty Hayford: (847) 491-1997.

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Local Program– Envision Evanston 2045