CMAP's Regional Snapshot

Residents and leaders across the seven counties that make up metropolitan Chicago are expressing increased awareness that the most urgent challenges facing us are highly interconnected. Northeastern Illinois enjoys the status of a global center for commerce, natural resources, recreation, and many quality-of-life factors, yet some observers point to trends that could seriously erode the livability and prosperity of our region's communities.

Issued on February 6, 2007, the CMAP Regional Snapshot is meant to depict where the region stands in measurable terms, regarding fundamental issues that will shape our communities in years to come.  Numerous partners across the region have done much good work to quantify the status and needs of metropolitan Chicago; CMAP's role is to coordinate and enhance activities across those areas while promoting regional priorities.  The Regional Snapshot is not intended as an all-encompassing overview of northeastern Illinois. It is instead a short encapsulation of selected data points and trends that shed light on issues that have been identified as priorities in the region.

Click here to download the Regional Snapshot (9MB PDF).

Click here for details about the methodology and data sources behind the snapshot document.

For more information, please call Tom Garritano at 312-386-8609.