PRACTICE AREAS REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

COMMUNITY PLANNING
:: Comprehensive Planning
:: Zoning & Development Codes
:: Neighborhoods
:: Transit Oriented Developments (TODs)
:: Business Districts
:: Corridors
:: Regional & Specific Area Plans
:: Appearance & Design GuidelinesMUNICIPAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
:: Planning Administration
:: Organizational & Process Assessment
:: Plan Commission/Zoning Board Training
:: Special Studies & PlansDEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
:: Public/Private Entitlement Facilitation
:: Plan Review Support Services

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
:: Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
:: BDDs
:: Business Incentives
:: Fiscal Studies
:: Grants
:: Developer Recruitment/Negotiation

PROBLEM SOLVING
:: Community Engagement
:: Project Facilitation
:: Consensus Building

 

  

COMPREHENSIVE PLANS: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Bartlett*, City of Belvidere/Boone County*, Dixon, East Dundee*, Hampshire*, Lindenhurst*, Riverdale*, South Elgin*, Wayne*, Winfield*, Winthrop Harbor*, Rochelle*, Wheaton*, Wood Dale*, Loves Park*, Johnsburg*, Deer Park*, Oregon*, Geneseo*, Princeton*, Mokena*, Villa Park (ILAPA Award)*, Zion (ILAPA Award)*, Frankfort*, Barrington Hills*, Long Grove*, Marengo (ILAPA Award)*, Savoy*, Hanover Park*, Romeoville*, Roselle, IL*, Crown Point, IN*

ZONING, SUBDIVISION & URBAN DESIGN STUDIES: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Rural Hamlet and Village Overlay Districts, Bedford Park*, Kane County IL*; Interchange Overlay and Planned Development Districts, Hampshire IL*; Residential Building Scale study for Kenilworth IL*; Sign Ordinances: Winfield*, Deer Park IL*; Special Use Permit Standards, Dixon IL*; Tree Preservation and Landscape Performance Standards: Chesapeake and Loudoun County VA*; Overlay Zoning: Winfield*; Planned Development Districts: Deer Park*, Willow Springs*, Winfield*, South Elgin*; Transit Supportive FBC-TOD Districts: Prairie Grove*, Blue Island*, Manhattan*, Morton Grove*, Geneva*; Comprehensive Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Updates: Hanover Park*, Winthrop Harbor*, Frankfort*, Pontiac*, Dixon*, Marengo*, Pontiac*, Oak Brook*, Lincolnwood, IL*

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Joliet Quality of Life Plan*; Wheaton Northeast Neighborhood Plan*; Dubuque IA Washington Neighborhood Revitalize Initiative*; West Chicago Clayton Street*; Bensenville Pine Avenue*

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD): [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Lombard IL (ILAPA Award)*, Montgomery IL (ILAPA Award)*, Prairie Grove IL (ILAPA Award)*, Romeoville IL*, Willow Springs IL*, Hanover Park IL*, Mokena IL*, Schaumburg IL*, Highwood IL*

TRANSPORTATION/CORRIDOR PLANS: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Halsted Street, Riverdale IL*; Skokie Valley Highway (Route 41), Highland Park IL*; Routes 45 and 173, Lindenhurst IL*; Fox River Bridge Alternatives, South Elgin IL*; Design Guidelines, Streetscape Plan and ISTEA grant application for East Dundee IL*; Bikeway Plan and ISTEA grant application for Barrington and Deer Park IL*; Rt. 30 (Grant Hwy) Marengo IL*; Rt. 251 Rochelle IL*; St. Charles Road, Villa Park IL*; Irving Park Road, Hanover Park IL*; Multi-jurisdictional corridor plans for Du Page County*; Weber Road, Romeoville IL*

APPEARANCE & DESIGN GUIDELINES: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Community-wide Plans: South Elgin*, Winnetka*, Winfield*, Bartlett*, East Dundee*, Belvidere*, Lindenhurst*, Zion*, Villa Park*, Frankfort*, Hanover Park IL*, Crown Point IN*; Downtowns: Clarendon Hills*, Deer Park*, Mokena*, Willow Springs*, Loves Park*, Prairie Grove*, South Elgin*, Montgomery*, Winfield*; Elburn Facade Improvement Program*

REGIONAL PLANNING STUDIES: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Regional Land Use Plan for Northeastern Illinois Regional Planning Commission; Bikeway Plan for Barrington (IL) Area Council of Governments; Watershed development standards for Kane County IL*; Streater Vermillion River Greenway Plan*

HISTORIC & RURAL PRESERVATION: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Army Trail Road, Design Guidelines, Historic District Improvement Plan, ISTEA grant application for the Village Center and Dunham Farm, Wayne IL*; Mill Creek Watershed, Kane County IL*; Widmayer Road Hampshire IL*, Vehe Centennial Farm OSLAD Grant in Deer Park, IL*

RESIDENTIAL/RECREATIONAL/INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING & DESIGN: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Nine hundred acre mixed use Waterfront Development Plan in Portage IN*; Berke Homes IL*; Clayton Street Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan, West Chicago IL*; Campus Master Plan, Highland Park Hospital IL*, Quality of Life Plan, Joliet, IL*; Lewis University-South Campus, Romeoville, IL*

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Downtown Redevelopment Plan Implementation, Highland Park IL; Redevelopment Strategies, Growth Dimensions, Belvidere IL*; Winfield IL*; South Elgin IL Village Center and Riverfront Master Plan*; Wood Dale IL*, Villa Park IL*, Oregon IL*, E. Dundee IL*, Hampshire IL*, Marengo IL*, West Chicago IL*, Rockton IL*; Elburn IL*; CBD Plans: Winfield*, South Elgin*, Wood Dale*, Villa Park*, Oregon*, East Dundee*, Hampshire*, Marengo*, West Chicago*, Elburn*; Economic Development Plans: Rockton*, Belvidere* IL

COST/REVENUE IMPACT ANALYSIS: [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Fiscal Impact Model: Wayne IL*, Winfield IL*; Impact Fee Study, East Dundee IL*; Large scale residential fiscal Impact analysis, Winfield IL*; Widmayer Road Area Plan, Hampshire IL*; Rochelle IL*; Mixed-use Development, St. Charles IL*; Mixed-use TOD, Prairie Grove IL*; Community incorporation, LaFox IL*

TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF): [CLICK TO EXPAND/COLLAPSE]

Business Districts/Downtowns: Winfield IL*, Batavia IL*, McHenry IL*, Joliet*, Westmont*, Colona*, Willow Springs*, South Elgin IL*, Lindenhurst IL*, Moline IL*, Schaumburg IL*, Bensenville IL*, Rochelle IL*, Moline IL*, Montgomery IL*, Industrial Parks: E. Dundee*, Schiller Park IL*; Business Development Districts: Oak Lawn*, Geneva*, Loves Park*, Deer Park*, Hanover Park IL*

All projects identified with an * were completed under the direction or with assistance from Kon Savoy while employed at another firm.