Company Profile
Company Overview
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) was created to integrate planning for land use and transportation in the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will. CMAP and its partners are removing barriers to cooperation across geographical boundaries and subject areas such as land use, transportation, natural resources, housing, and economic development. By understanding how these issues -- and our communities' futures -- are inter-related, CMAP seeks to change the way planning is conducted in northeastern Illinois.
Company History
Formed in 2005, CMAP integrates planning for land use and transportation in the seven counties of northeastern Illinois. The new organization combined the region's two previously separate transportation and land-use planning organizations -- Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) and the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) -- into a single agency. On September 1, 2006, the CMAP Board issued a strategic report on the agency’s vision, governance, and funding. Metropolitan Chicago will have an additional 2.8 million residents and 1.8 million jobs by 2040, and CMAP is leading the GO TO 2040 planning campaign to develop and implement strategies for addressing this growth's serious implications on quality of life -- including transportation, housing, economic development, open space, the environment, and natural resources.
CMAP operates under authorizing leglislation known as Public Act 095-0677. The agency's current by-laws were revised on November 28, 2007. The CMAP Board's membership (click for a list or a map of Board members) reflects the regional consensus that led to creation of CMAP, featuring balanced representation from across the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will. (The CMAP planning area also includes Aux Sable Township in Grundy County). The board is chaired by Gerald Bennett, mayor of Palos Hills. On April 12, 2006, CMAP hired Randall S. Blankenhorn as its first executive director to oversee operations of the unified agency.