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Industrial and Open Space Planning in Calumet


Date: Tuesday, April 16

Time: 8:00AM - 11:30AM

CM | 2.00

Once Chicago’s industrial engine, the Calumet region fell on hard times in the 1970s. But intense planning efforts have produced remarkable success stories. Learn how planning saved Chicago’s Ford Assembly Plant and how Chicago secured the Ford Supplier Park, a boon to the region. Similarly, learn about accomplishments in restoring the areas wetlands, building a network of trails , and planning a nature center. Explore the juxtaposition and collaboration between industrial planning and open space planning, and how our profession has shaped both. Transportation: Motorcoach, walking.

List Price: $55.00 <- Your Price





Speaker Details


Marilyn Engwall

Coordinating Planner and Development Manager

City of Chicago


Daniel R. Klaiber

Coordinating Planner

City of Chicago


Jon B. DeVries, AICP

Director, Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate

Roosevelt University