Shelby County Comprehensive Plan Working Group Tim Macholl, Morgan Johnston, Nathan Jones, Yijie...

Shelby County Comprehensive Plan Working Group

Tim Macholl, Morgan Johnston, Nathan Jones, Yijie Zheng

Shelby County Comprehensive Plan Working Group

Goal: To update the Shelby County Comprehensive Plan

Phase One: Identify key issues affecting ShelbyCounty (expected completion date = middle of September)

Phase Two: Propose options for responding to the issues (expected completion date = end of October)

Phase Three: Present a final draft of a Comprehensive Plan for review by the Shelby County Board

(expected completion date = middle of December)

Six Issues

1. The DiME Effect2. Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth3. The Soil, Water, and Fields4. The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake5. Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want6. Putting Assets to Work

DecaturMattoon

Effingham

3 MoviesK-Mart4 ArbysMenards

2 Wal-MartsCircuit City

Wal-MartMcDonald’s

2 MoviesK-MartArbys

MenardsWal-Mart

2 McDonald’s

MoviesArbys

Wal-MartMcDonald’s

Six Issues

1. The DiME Effect2. Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth3. The Soil, Water, and Fields4. The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake5. Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want6. Putting Assets to Work

Rich Rural Farm Land and Natural Resources

Farm vs. Non Farm Employment 1969-2000

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Three Major Industries as % of Total Employment

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Farming as % of Total Employment Manufacturing as % of Total Employment Retail Trade as % of Total Employment

Six Issues

1. The DiME Effect2. Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth3. The Soil, Water, and Fields4. The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake5. Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want6. Putting Assets to Work

Six Issues

1. The DiME Effect2. Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth3. The Soil, Water, and Fields4. The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake5. Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want6. Putting Assets to Work

Six Issues

1. The DiME Effect2. Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth3. The Soil, Water, and Fields4. The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake5. Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want6. Putting Assets to Work

Population by Decenial Census

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Population Pyramid 1990

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Under 5 years

10 to 14 years

20 to 24 years

30 to 34 years

40 to 44 years

50 to 54 years

60 to 64 years

70 to 74 years

80 to 84 years

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Female Male

Population Pyramid 2000

1000 800 600 400 200 0 200 400 600 800 1000

Under 5 years

5 to 9 years

10 to 14 years

15 to 19 years

20 to 24 years

25 to 29 years

30 to 34 years

35 to 39 years

40 to 44 years

45 to 49 years

50 to 54 years

55 to 59 years

60 to 64 years

65 to 69 years

70 to 74 years

75 to 79 years

80 to 84 years

85 years and over

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Six Issues

1. The DiME Effect2. Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth3. The Soil, Water, and Fields4. The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake5. Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want6. Putting Assets to Work

County Assets

LandPeople

NeighborsLake Shelbyville

Tourist AttractionsCounty Internet Sites

Towns, Cities, Villages

Shelby County Comprehensive

Plan Working Group

Goal: To update the Shelby County Comprehensive Plan

Phase One: Identify key issues affecting Shelby County (expected completion date = middle of September)

Phase Two: Propose options for responding to the issues (expected completion date = end of October)

Phase Three: Present a final draft of a Comprehensive Plan for review by the Shelby County Board

(expected completion date = middle of December)

Where do we go from here?

Keep Recreation Moneyin the County

• Actively promote the County through websites, brochures, and events

• Direct visitors to recreational areas, restaurants, and attractions with signs

• Hand out coupon books at camp grounds and other accommodations to encourage visitors to get out into the County

Target Residential Growth

• “Boomerang” segment: people who are from here might want to come back

• Lake Visitors: long term visitors might choose to relocate here

• DiME residents: might want to liveor retire in the county

• Protect agricultural land by encouraging good land and building design

• Minimize the amount of residential development in agricultural areas

• Encourage flood control, stormwater runoff and soil conservation efforts

Sustain Agricultural Production

Shelby County Comprehensive

Plan Working Group

Goal: To update the Shelby County Comprehensive Plan

Phase One: Identify key issues affecting Shelby County (expected completion date = middle of September)

Phase Two: Propose options for responding to the issues (expected completion date = end of October)

Phase Three: Present a final draft of a Comprehensive Plan for review by the Shelby County Board

(expected completion date = middle of December)

Mac Butler

Zoning Administrator

301 E. Main St. Room 2Shelbyville, IL 62565217-774-1499sczone@consolidated.net

Contact Information

Prof. Hopkins, l-hopkins@uiuc.edu

Tim Macholl, macholl@uiuc.edu

Morgan Johnston, mbjohnst@uiuc.edu

Nathan Jones, nmjones1@uiuc.edu

Yijie Zheng, zheng5@uiuc.edu

Department of Urban

and Regional Planning

111 Temple Buell Hall611 Taft DriveChampaign, IL 61820217-840-6766 (Nathan Jones)

Population 1969-2000 (2)

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21500

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