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the Homer Horizon | January 25, 2018 | 3
Village receives input for Homer at forum
Meeting a way
to attain more
thoughts, ideas for
strategic plan
F. Amanda Tugade
Freelance Reporter
As the New Year unfolds,
the Village of Homer Glen
continues to work on gaining
a better understanding of
what its community needs in
order to grow.
That initiative took shape
in the form of a Stakeholder
Forum at the Committee of
the Whole meeting held Jan.
17 at Village Hall.
The Village Board, along
with representatives from
the Chicago Metropolitan
Agency for Planning and the
Northern Illinois University
Center for Governmental
Studies, welcomed a group
of Homer Glen’s public officials
so they could learn how
to improve and expand the
Village.
CMAP Outreach Principal
Jane Grover and Craig Rapp,
a senior advisor to the Center
for Governmental Studies
at NIU, primarily led the
discussion and helped the
audience recognize the importance
of voicing its ideas,
opinions and concerns.
The board voted at the
end of last October to approve
a professional services
agreement with Northern
Illinois University Center
for Governmental Studies
for strategic planning
services as part of the ongoing
development of the
Ken Marcin, 50, a longtime resident of Homer Glen who
is a part of the Homer Athletic Club, speaks during the
Stakeholder Forum at the Committee of the Whole meeting
held Jan. 17 at Village Hall. Photos by Geoff Stellfox/22nd
Century Media
Village’s strategic plan. The
Village also sent out the National
Citizen Survey last
spring for residents to give
opinions and feedback on
what they want to see in the
community. The results of
that survey are available on
Community stakeholders and residents used clickers to
respond to a number of questions both on themselves and
their thoughts on Homer Glen.
the Village’s website.
Grover and Rapp said by
taking the time to talk and
listen with each other, the
people of Homer Glen will
have the chance to create a
fuller vision of their hometown.
“The idea of strategic
planning for a local govern-
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