Shelby County Comprehensive Plan Working Group

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

2. 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)

3. Six Issues • The DiME Effect • Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth • The Soil, Water, and Fields • The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake • Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want • Putting Assets to Work

4. Decatur Mattoon Effingham

5. 3 Movies K-Mart 4 Arbys Menards 2 Wal-Marts Circuit City Movies Arbys Wal-Mart McDonald’s Wal-Mart McDonald’s 2 Movies K-Mart Arbys Menards Wal-Mart 2 McDonald’s

6. Six Issues • The DiME Effect • Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth • The Soil, Water, and Fields • The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake • Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want • Putting Assets to Work

7. Rich Rural Farm Land and Natural Resources

10. Six Issues • The DiME Effect • Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth • The Soil, Water, and Fields • The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake • Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want • Putting Assets to Work

13. Six Issues • The DiME Effect • Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth • The Soil, Water, and Fields • The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake • Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want • Putting Assets to Work

15. Six Issues • The DiME Effect • Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth • The Soil, Water, and Fields • The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake • Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want • Putting Assets to Work

17. 1990 2000

19. Six Issues • The DiME Effect • Growing Crops and Cultivating Growth • The Soil, Water, and Fields • The Army Corps of Engineers and The Lake • Wanting What You Have and Having What You Want • Putting Assets to Work

20. County Assets Land People Neighbors Lake Shelbyville Tourist Attractions County Internet Sites Towns, Cities, Villages

21. 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)

22. Where do we go from here?

23. 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

24. 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 live or retire in the county

25. Sustain Agricultural Production • 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

26. 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)

27. Contact Information Department of Urban and Regional Planning 111 Temple Buell Hall 611 Taft Drive Champaign, IL 61820 217-840-6766 (Nathan Jones) Mac Butler Zoning Administrator 301 E. Main St. Room 2 Shelbyville, IL 62565 217-774-1499 sczone@consolidated.net 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